07/17/2024
The IRS paid you overpayment interest if you received the refundable portion of a pandemic payroll tax credit late. The credits included the paid sick and family and medical leave credits and, importantly, the employee retention credit. Proposed regulations now allow the IRS to recapture the interest it paid on the refundable portion of these tax credits if you received the credits in error.
07/17/2024
These student athletes aren’t claiming to be independent contractors or volunteers, two categories of service providers who are exempt from the FLSA and the tax code. They’re not in a work-study program as most of us understand it. Nevertheless, both the FLSA and the tax code recognize two types of paid work—work as an employee or an independent contractor.