By Cliff Ennico Dear Santa: Well, another year has gone by. My business is surviving, by a thread, but I’m still facing lots of challenges. You know I’ve been really, really good this year (maybe that’s the problem with my business – I’m too darned good for my own good and should borrow more from […]
It’s so easy to outsource projects and tasks in your small business today that the possibilities seem endless. In fact, your small business can economically accomplish a lot of things that yesterday could only have been achieved by a much larger company with significant resources. However, it’s wrong to think of your global outsourcing ability […]
By Cliff Ennico Slowly but surely, the courts and government regulators are taking the stand that there is no middle ground between “employees” and “independent contractors.” If you are directing and controlling a person’s activities while they are working for you, that person is an “employee.” You must withhold federal and state income taxes from […]
By Cliff Ennico It’s amazing to me how many significant new legal and tax developments take place during the summer months. Each year, while most of us are baking on a beach, walking through the woods or treating ourselves to truffles at a trattoria in Taormina, lawmakers and judges are quite busy making disruptive changes […]
If you use independent contractors in your small business, you may find yourself being targeted by the Department of Labor, again. You’ll recall that the DOL recently started the process of redefining exempt and nonexempt employees in a way that would make employers liable for a boatload of new overtime payments. On the heels of […]