claiming independent taxes
Employee/Independent Contractor Tax Dispute…Do I have to pay my employer the taxes or the govt?
My employer for the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007 wasn’t withholding my taxes and claimed me as an independent contractor on his taxes. I most definitely was not, and filed an SS-8 request. The govt decided I was an employee, and I’ve fixed my 2006 tax returns to properly pay the govt.
My employer is now demanding that I pay directly to him the taxes he did not take out for me in 2007, with no proof of how much he paid me or how he arrived at his numbers. I do not trust him (this is a very small business and I had no idea the mess I was getting into). Do I owe them to him to pay to the govt or do I pay the govt directly? Do I have to pay the govt now or when I file my 2007 taxes?
I worked at his business location and did not do any work at home or expend any of my own personal money in any way for this job. I would not be able to claim myself as self-employed because I wasn’t.
When you filed the SS-8 and won, the Employer is responsible not only for his matching taxes, but also Yours!!
You owe the government.
For year 2006 the employer must pay the IRS, SSA & Medicare.
For year 2007 the employer must pay the IRS, SSA & Medicare.
You would be responsible for your own state taxes.
By the way – ALWAYS look at your checkstub to see that taxes are being taken out and question everything. If the employer can not show you the Circular E and how he arrived a certain tax amount, then you should dispute it.
Social security is 6.2% of the first $97,500.
Medicare is always 1.45% of all earnings.
BARACK OBAMA: CALLED-OUT BY INDEPENDENT VOTER: – Higher Tax+No Gas = Higher Prices+’Socialized’ Health Care+War Cost+Natural Disaster = Economic Doom
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