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Proposed Wisconsin legislation would unnecessarily burden direct-sales businesses

A bill currently before the Wisconsin state legislature, SB 80, would impose unnecessary new burdens on direct-sales-based businesses in that state. It would require these companies to:Â treat traveling sales people as employees rather than as independent contractors provide additional information to the state on its owners, sales activities and…

State News, Top News, Wisconsin

26 Apr 2007

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Law Forces ICs to Subsidize Large Companies and Law-Violators

A law passed in Delaware in January requires all businesses, including Independent Contractors and Sole Proprietors, to cover all employees with workers’-compensation insurance, even if they are a one-person operation. The legislation, Senate Bill 1, was designed to tackle Delaware’s notoriously high workers compensation premiums. However, rather address the root…

Delaware, State News, Top News

12 Apr 2007

FedEx Litigation Update

In the latest development in the FedEx Ground class action suit, lawyers for the plaintiffs attempted to persuade a federal judge to certify as class actions both federal and state-level lawsuits that allege the misclassification of FedEx drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. However, there is reason to doubt…

Colorado Takes Swipe at ICs in Effort to Discourage Illegal Immigrants

Commencing January 1, 2008, any person who makes a payment for services to an individual in Colorado that is reportable on a Form 1099 will be required to deduct and withhold Colorado income taxes at the rate of 4.63 percent if the individual (i) fails to provide a validated taxpayer…

Colorado, State News, Top News

1 Sep 2006

GAO – Tax Compliance by Federal Government Contractors

U.S. Government Accountability Office responds to questions posed by Senator Norm Coleman, Chariman of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, concerning tax compliance by federal government contractors. View full text here.