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IRS Temporarily Liberalizes Requirements For Employment Tax Partial Amnesty Program But June 30th Deadline Looms

by Philip Diamond | Carlton Fields on 4/3/2013

Many companies struggle with how to classify their workers for tax purposes. Are they employees? Or, are they independent contractors?...more

Changes In The IRS Independent Contractor Classification Program

by Lisa B. Petkun | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 3/29/2013

In September 2011 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new voluntary relief program for worker status termed the voluntary classification settlement program (VCSP). Announcement 2011-64, 2011-41, I.R.B. 503. On...more

IRS Provides Additional Favorable Guidance on Recently Modified Voluntary Classification Settlement Program

by David Diaz, Jeffrey Holdvogt, Ruth Wimer | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/20/2013

On February 27, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued News Release IR-2013-23 to provide additional favorable guidance regarding modifications to the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) issued in...more

New Tax Court Decision Highlights Need for Construction Contractors to Consider Expanded IRS Voluntary Worker Classification...

by Jim Archibald, Bruce Ely, Stuart Frentz, William Thistle | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/15/2013

For years, the question of whether construction workers should be treated as employees or independent contractors has been an important issue that many contractors have overlooked or chosen to ignore. However, a recent U.S....more

IRS Expands VCSP Program

by Scott T. Silverman | Akerman Senterfitt on 3/6/2013

On February 27, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its expansion of the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) to allow more employers to achieve certainty under the law by reclassifying their...more

The IRS Modifies the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program

by Tiffany Brosnan, Geoffrey Gunnerson, Carlene Lowry, Mark Ziemba | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 1/9/2013

On October 4, 2011, we reported on the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP), a program in which the IRS permits employers to prospectively reclassify workers as employees in exchange for limited federal...more

Legal Alert: IRS Provides Temporary Waiver Of Certain Eligibility Requirements For The Voluntary Classification Settlement Program

by Jeffrey S. Ashendorf | FordHarrison on 12/21/2012

In Announcements 2012-45 and 2012-46, the IRS has temporarily eased the eligibility requirements for employers to participate in the employment-tax Voluntary Classification Settlement Program ("VCSP") that was begun last...more

Legal Alert: Employee Misclassification Relief?

by FordHarrison on 9/28/2011

The IRS recently announced a new "Voluntary Classification Settlement Program" (VCSP), which allows employers to correct worker classification errors and pay significantly reduced penalties, without having to go through...more

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