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IRS Launches First Wave Of Small Business Attacks
Personal Liberty Digest ^ | May 27, 2010 | Dan Pilla

Posted on 05/27/2010 9:44:32 AM PDT by TCH

(Initial Focus on Employment Tax Compliance)

When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its five-year strategic plan last year it promised a flurry of new attacks on the public in a variety of areas. Referred to by the IRS as “enforcement initiatives,” these attacks constitute the key areas the agency will target for increased audit attention in the years to come. What was a mere promise last fall of more audit activity is now a reality. The IRS just recently launched the first wave of audit attacks.

In reviewing the IRS’s strategic plan it came as no surprise to me that the lion’s share of this new audit attention would be focused on small businesses. What did surprise me is the level of aggressiveness with which the IRS intends to carry out the attack. The agency identified four specific areas that it will focus on. I reveal them here.

1. The mis-classification of workers as independent contractors (ICs)

2. Employment tax return non-filers

3. Payment of fringe benefits to employees

4. Payment of compensation to corporate officers

(Excerpt) Read more at personalliberty.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: audit; business; employment; finreg; irs; obamacare; smallbusiness
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To: TCH

For decades, I have very carefully complied with every unreasonable regulation that the Congress and the IRS have created. That became a whole lot easier over the past year and a half as I got rid of all my employees. I won’t put up with that much garbage and paperwork for the sake of the relatively small sliver of profit that I am permitted to keep. My good people I helped set up in business for themselves (yes, they are technically my competitors now, and they’re good, and I refer clients I can’t handle to them). My Obama voter (I had one) got to figure it out for himself, and it went about as well as you’d expect for my worst worker and someone who won’t take initiative or responsibility at the same level as the rest.


21 posted on 05/27/2010 10:57:14 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: TCH; Taxman; Principled; EternalVigilance; phil_will1; kevkrom; Bigun; PeteB570; FBD; Voter#537; ...
The thugocracy that is the IRS can cease to exist by passing The Fair Tax Act(HR25/S296) that will replace all federal income taxes with a national sales tax(not a VAT) and abolish the IRS! Fair Tax ping!


22 posted on 05/27/2010 11:05:01 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: TXDuke

ping


23 posted on 05/27/2010 11:36:26 AM PDT by call meVeronica
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To: All
My God.. How do we continue to allow ourselves to live under this slavery??? When will we Wake The EFF Up!?!?!
24 posted on 05/27/2010 12:11:56 PM PDT by Ferris (Man will come to learn that galaxies are consciousness factories)
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To: Ferris
We are awake. It is just that Obama has upgraded his race card to platinum.


25 posted on 05/27/2010 12:22:52 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: TCH
I guess than need to test out all those new shotguns they bought with taxpayer money.
26 posted on 05/27/2010 1:50:59 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: Gabrial
“I guess they need to test out all those new shotguns they bought with taxpayer money.”

Can't spell today.

27 posted on 05/27/2010 1:52:07 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: TCH

throw them to the Lions! /s


28 posted on 05/27/2010 2:05:35 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: TCH

They have a problem with paying for fringe benefits for employees? I thought they’d scream if we didn’t.


29 posted on 05/27/2010 9:33:32 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: TennMountains
"A small business owner, with three 1099 “employees”, told me last week that the moment the IRS objects he’s laying all three off. He can’t afford the paperwork required to have regular employees. The unemployment rate is about to go even higher."

We are near a point that if the State or the IRS try to reclassify our Contract Installers as Hourly employees we are just going to close and declare bankruptcy. We are slowly divesting the Corp of its assets as we wind down the business anyhow. But I will be damned if I will submit to the strong arm tactics of the looters so they can fill their coffers with more of our money (as well as the money of our Contractors).

30 posted on 05/27/2010 9:42:41 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: The Comedian

You’re not living in your mother’s basement are you?

Just kidding! :) Sort of....


31 posted on 05/27/2010 9:45:04 PM PDT by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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To: TCH

How about the new requirement that all small businesses that pay another company more than $600 must send them a 1099-MISC? If you buy a computer from Dell or Wal-Mart for your home business you now have to mail to Dell or Wal-Mart a 1099-MISC and send a second copy to the IRS.

This provision was snuck into the ObamaCare law.


32 posted on 05/27/2010 9:48:09 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: MWestMom
You’re not living in your mother’s basement are you?

No. Shut up. Leave me alone. You don't understand me. Nobody understands me. Is the Twilight Blu-ray out yet?

;-)


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

33 posted on 05/27/2010 9:53:29 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: The Comedian

Bwahahahahah!!!! Now that sounds like what’s living in my basement right now! And God knows I love her.....


34 posted on 05/27/2010 9:55:50 PM PDT by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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To: Gideon7

This is very simple.

WE DO NOT CO-OPERATE.

Every American MUST now take it upon themselves to DISREGARD EVERY LAW AN ACT PASSED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.

Unjust, unconstitutional laws are null, void, and without force. Period.

There is no longer a moral imperative to obey this government. IT IS WHOLLY PERVERTED and MUST be OPPOSED by all means.

It is the DUTY of EVERY AMERICAN to OPPOSE ANY “LAW” affected by Barak Hussein Obama.

The entire Democrat Party should be considered a seditious cabal, and a criminal enterprise. The present government is unworthy of our trust, support or co-operation at any level.

It is now time for MEN to STAND and be counted.


35 posted on 05/27/2010 10:26:45 PM PDT by TCH (DON'T BE AN "O-HOLE"! ... DEMAND YOUR STATE ENACT ITS SOVEREIGNTY !When a majority of the American)
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To: Gideon7; All

This is very simple.

WE DO NOT CO-OPERATE.

Every American MUST now take it upon themselves to DISREGARD EVERY LAW AN ACT PASSED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.

Unjust, unconstitutional laws are null, void, and without force. Period.

There is no longer a moral imperative to obey this government. IT IS WHOLLY PERVERTED and MUST be OPPOSED by all means.

It is the DUTY of EVERY AMERICAN to OPPOSE ANY “LAW” affected by Barak Hussein Obama.

The entire Democrat Party should be considered a seditious cabal, and a criminal enterprise. The present government is unworthy of our trust, support or co-operation at any level.

It is now time for MEN to STAND and be counted.


36 posted on 05/27/2010 10:28:09 PM PDT by TCH (DON'T BE AN "O-HOLE"! ... DEMAND YOUR STATE ENACT ITS SOVEREIGNTY !When a majority of the American)
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To: TCH
It is now time for MEN to STAND and be counted.

Yeah, because we women aren't worth our salt in situations like this. ;-)

37 posted on 05/27/2010 10:29:22 PM PDT by Allegra (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: Allegra

OK...

It is now time for woMEN to STAND and be counter TOO!


38 posted on 05/27/2010 10:35:03 PM PDT by TCH (DON'T BE AN "O-HOLE"! ... DEMAND YOUR STATE ENACT ITS SOVEREIGNTY !When a majority of the American)
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To: TennMountains

Bookmark


39 posted on 05/27/2010 10:50:07 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: MWestMom
Now that sounds like what’s living in my basement right now! And God knows I love her.....

Trust me, they grow up, move out, and flower into productive human beings who, despite what they say to you when you catch them coming in and violating curfew, really appreciate the wisdom you impart.

Just make sure you kill any similarly-aged males in the neighborhood.

Shallow grave.

No service.

Mum's the word.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

40 posted on 05/27/2010 11:01:20 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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