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Tread carefully: Global pay and employee benefits traps for the unwary

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This briefing highlights a number of international pay and employee benefits legal issues that carry potentially severe penalties. Each of these issues is well worth a review now to avoid future consequences. International...more

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Taxing Times - December 2020

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Former N.Y. Elected Official Sentenced To Six Months - The court also ordered the New Yorker to pay $254,628 in restitution to the IRS. A former Town of Hempstead, New York, councilman was sentenced to six months in...more

Burr & Forman

Unpaid Federal Employment Taxes: The Government’s Chief Enforcement Priority

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Businesses that have employees must pay wages and salaries to their employees, and the employer must collect federal employee income taxes and the employee’s share of social security (FICA) from these wages and salaries, add...more

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DOJ’s Prosecution Of Health Care Exec Illustrates Unique Intersection Of Securities & Employment Tax Fraud Schemes

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In a recent criminal prosecution of a medical doctor/entrepreneur for defrauding his company’s shareholders, the government employed a novel theory of securities fraud premised, in part, upon the defendant’s failure to pay...more

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Not Paying Your Employment Taxes? Prison Time Could Be In Your Future

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It is a very common story for small businesses to get behind on paying employment taxes. Federal employment taxes are largely made up of FICA and withholding taxes. The IRS is especially keen on businesses who fail to pay...more

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Court’s Ruling Holding Corporate Officer Responsible for Trust Fund Recovery Penalty Illustrates Risk of Personal Liability for...

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A district court in the Northern District of California has held that the officer of a now-defunct corporation is personally responsible for the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty based upon the company’s failure to collect, account...more

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