Today the IRS issued a fraud alert to foreign financial institutions warning them that scam artists posing as IRS agents may call to request client and account information allegedly as part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requirements. The IRS...
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Month: September 2014
Alexander v. FedEx: The Ninth Circuit Follows Ruiz v. Affinity in Finding FedEx Drivers Not to be Independent Contractors
In a decision dated August 27, 2014, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that FedEx had a "right to control" the activities of 2,300 of its drivers. Normally, in the logistics and delivery business, this would not be...
Closing a Business in California? Following the rules of the IRS and California Tax Agencies.
When it's time to close a business in California, there are many important steps that must be followed to ensure the requirements of the IRS and the California tax agencies are met. Failing to do so can result in the tax agencies coming back years later to collect tax...
