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		<title>Senate Repeals Oppressive 1099 Law, Linda Beale Calls it a Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/02/04/senate-repeals-oppressive-1099-law-linda-beale-calls-it-a-conspiracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/02/04/senate-repeals-oppressive-1099-law-linda-beale-calls-it-a-conspiracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1099 law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Kristan reports that the United State&#8217;s Senate voted to repeal the new 1099 law yesterday: The Senate yesterday voted to repeal the expansion of information reportingcontained in last year&#8217;s Obamacare legislation. It&#8217;s looking more and more likely that this widely-hated expansion of information reporting will never happen. Kay Bell and TaxGrrrl have more. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New 1099 Reporting Rules Given Last Rites?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/01/21/new-1099-reporting-rules-given-last-rites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/01/21/new-1099-reporting-rules-given-last-rites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1099 rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repeal 1099 rules]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=21102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine Clifford of CNNMoney reports of the imminent death of the new 1099 reporting requirements included in Obamacare: On Thursday, three Senate Democrats wrote to House Speaker John Boehner urging the House to vote to repeal the so-called 1099 provision, a hated IRS rule that imposes new paperwork burdens on businesses. The senators said they &#8220;are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Payroll Tax Relief</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/12/18/2011-payroll-tax-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/12/18/2011-payroll-tax-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individual Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama tax bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll tax reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax relief]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=20688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the more talked about provisions of the tax bill signed into law yesterday by President Obama is the temporary payroll tax reduction. WebCPA reports that the IRS has already issued guidance on the relief measure: Millions of workers will see their take-home pay rise during 2011 because the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brookings Institute: State and Federal Unemployment Taxes are Regressive so Let&#8217;s Raise Them</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/07/29/brookings-institute-state-and-federal-unemployment-taxes-are-regressive-so-lets-raise-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/07/29/brookings-institute-state-and-federal-unemployment-taxes-are-regressive-so-lets-raise-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payroll Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brookings institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florida unemployment tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gary burtless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laffer curve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suppy side economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trickle down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment payroll tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wage base]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=18624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago in a roundtable talk sponsored by The National Academy of Social Insurance Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institute said the unemployment payroll tax is a scandalously regressive tax on workers. He&#8217;s right, except for one tiny problem: The unemployment tax is not a tax on workers at all. Burtless glosses over this critical fact in his diatribe against what he calls the unemployment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIGTA Wants IRS to Crack Down on Worker Misclassification</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/05/21/tigta-wants-irs-to-crack-down-on-worker-misclassification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/05/21/tigta-wants-irs-to-crack-down-on-worker-misclassification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payroll Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1099 worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russell george]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIGTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[w-2 worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[webcpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[withholding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worker classifcation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WebCPA reports that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says that weaknesses in the IRS&#8217;s employment tax compliance program could cost the U.S. Treasury more than$130 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes over the next five years:  The report&#8230; said the IRS should do more to protect against the improper use of employment tax forms [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The HIRE Act and Paygo for Show</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/20/the-hire-act-and-paygo-for-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/20/the-hire-act-and-paygo-for-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[179 expense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fica tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hire act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore tax evasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paygo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business tax break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social security tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday the Senate passed the HIRE Act on a bipartisan vote of 68 to 29. Mike Godfrey of TaxNews.com reports on the key provisions (emphasis added): The United States Senate has approved legislation providing new incentives for companies to hire unemployed workers and extending a measure allowing taxpayers to write off up to $250,000 in certain capital expenditures. The Hiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houses Passes Jobs Bill: Good Legislation or Political Ploy?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/04/houses-passes-jobs-bill-good-legislation-or-political-ploy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/04/houses-passes-jobs-bill-good-legislation-or-political-ploy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs tax credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pascrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll tax credit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press reports: Despite doubts among many lawmakers that it&#8217;ll create many jobs, the House on Thursday passed legislation giving companies that hire the jobless a temporary payroll tax break. The measure passed 217-201 on a mostly party-line vote. The bill also extends federal highway programs through the end of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Bomber Stack Wanted Independent Contractor Status to Avoid Paying Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/02/21/tax-bomber-stack-wanted-independent-contractor-status-to-avoid-paying-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/02/21/tax-bomber-stack-wanted-independent-contractor-status-to-avoid-paying-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Absurd Tax Protester Arguments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20 common law factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common law rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common law test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee v independent contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employer withholding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joe stack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sectiion 1706]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[section 530]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax reform act]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=14569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Enacted in 1978, §530 is a safe harbor law that lists several conditions which if met allows workers to be treated as independent contractors rather than employees. Joe Stack was compelled to burn his house down murder with his wife and children in it and fly his plane into the side of a federal building because 24 years ago Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Employees, Independent Contractors and the Home Worker Category</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/02/08/employees-independent-contractors-and-the-home-worker-category/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/02/08/employees-independent-contractors-and-the-home-worker-category/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20 factor test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common law test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee classification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee v independent contractor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=14347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax lawyers Robert Wood and Christopher Krachale write in Home Workers: Employee Status Hidden in Plain Sight: There are many tests for determining who is an employee and who is not. Yet much of it comes down to the common law right to control, in which rules of agency are used to determine employee status. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>CBO&#8217;s Report on Payroll Tax Reduction</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/02/04/cbos-report-on-payroll-tax-reduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/02/04/cbos-report-on-payroll-tax-reduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[payroll tax break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert casey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=14244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA) asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for its input on ways increase employment by reducing payroll taxes. Here&#8217;s part of the CBO&#8217;s response: This letter responds to questions you posed about policy options to increase employment by reducing employers’ payroll taxes for firms that increase their payroll. CBO anticipated that firms would respond to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W-2 and 1099 Pitfalls, Tips &amp; Deadlines</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/01/12/w-2-and-1099-pitfalls-tips-deadlines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/01/12/w-2-and-1099-pitfalls-tips-deadlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payroll Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1099]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greatland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information return filing deadline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information returns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[w-2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Sun-Herald.com reports that Greatland, one of the country&#8217;s leading providers of W-2 and 1099 products for business, has released its top W-2 and 1099 filing &#8220;pitfalls&#8221; to watch out for this tax season: Paper filing While many businesses are electing to e-file their W-2 and 1099 forms with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and / [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Top Financial Man Perplexed by Tax Code</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/01/15/obamas-top-financial-man-perplexed-by-tax-code/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/01/15/obamas-top-financial-man-perplexed-by-tax-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payroll Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Crimes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Geithner is Barrack Obama&#8217;s Treasury Secretary-Elect and as such, if his appointment is confirmed, will oversee the Internal Revenue Service. But, according to the Associated Press, Mr. Geithner either intentionally disregards the tax laws or, perhaps even worse, doesn&#8217;t understand them: The disclosure Tuesday that [Obama's] choice for treasury secretary, New York Federal Reserve chief Timothy Geithner, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>5 Biggest Payroll Tax Mistakes of Small Business Owners</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/01/09/5-biggest-payroll-tax-mistakes-of-small-business-owners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/01/09/5-biggest-payroll-tax-mistakes-of-small-business-owners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of most frequent problems we see is the small business that is several quarters behind in paying its payroll taxes. There are many contributing factors to this, but usually we find that the business has had difficulty paying its landlord, suppliers and vendors and, to avoid an eviction or lawsuit, it makes the fateful (and often [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pilin&#8217; on Palin Redux: The Taxation of Employer Provided Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/10/25/pilin-on-palin-redux-the-taxation-of-employer-provided-clothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/10/25/pilin-on-palin-redux-the-taxation-of-employer-provided-clothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tax-O-Sphere is percolating with some more juicy tax news about Sarah Palin. It was revealed recently that the Republican National Committee spent $150k on giving Mrs. Palin a makeover that included new clothes, hair styling and makeup. Kay Bell of Don&#8217;t Mess with Taxes describes the issues well in Palin&#8217;s Duds. Uniform? Loan? Donation? and posited the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You May be An Employee and Don&#8217;t Know It: Independent Contractor Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For decades small business owners have been trying to treat their workers as independent contractors instead of employees for the following reasons: 1. The employer saves the FICA and medicare combined matching tax of 7.65% of the independent contractor&#8217;s annual compensation; 2. The employer does not have to provide workers&#8217; compensation coverage for an independent contractor; [...]]]></description>
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