IRS has been on to the game employers play by
misclassifying workers as independent contractors as well as not paying over
withholding taxes from the employees they do admit they have. Being shorthanded
has not helped IRS in this area. But the Service says this is going to change
as it works with the Department of Justice to seek out payroll tax fraud. This
will include misclassifying workers as well as businesses paying their
employees in cash and the attendant false tax filings. Criminal prosecution may
result. IRS has been working since 2010 on an employment tax audit study in the
hope that its analysis will allow it to audit employers more effectively even
with fewer agents on board.
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