Find us on Google+

Posts tagged as:

employee compensation

Ask the taxgirl: “Temporary” Employees and 1099s

28 September 2010

Tweet Taxpayer asks: I was laid off from my job six months ago as a legal receptionist. Before I lost my job, I had worked there for more than five years. My boss used to read your blog which is how I know about you. Even though working at a law firm is the only [...]

11 comments Read the full article →

Obama Opposes Taxing Health Care Benefits

13 July 2009

Tweet Don’t call it the Obama health care tax. On Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius clarified on CNN’s State of the Union that the proposal being considered in Congress to tax employer provided health care benefits was not endorsed by her boss. Obama had opposed such a tax during his candidacy; his [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Will Obama Make Employee Health Benefits Taxable?

12 March 2009

Tweet Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) isn’t a fan of limiting the itemized deductions for higher wage earners. I’ve said before that I’m not a fan of the idea and I don’t think it will pass in Congress. But Baucus has another idea. He’s asked Treasury Secretary Geithner whether the Obama administration would consider changing the [...]

10 comments Read the full article →

Ask the taxgirl: Temps as Employees

24 February 2009

Tweet Taxpayer asks: Hi Kelly, Here is the situation i worked for a doctor’s office for two months and she informed me that I did not need to pay taxes because I was a temp. Ten months after I left the job she started asking me for my information because she said the tax laws [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Ask the taxgirl: Payments Made Under the Table

28 January 2009

Tweet Taxpayer asks: I was working as an independent contractor in this small company. At that time, I was getting paid with no taxes being withheld. I assumed I was getting paid under the table, but 6 months after I stopped working there I received a phone call from them asking for my SSN. I [...]

9 comments Read the full article →

Ask the taxgirl: Gifts to Spouses

18 December 2008

Tweet Taxpayer asks: I think this should be an easy question for you… are monetary gifts ($250) given to employee spouses taxable as W-2 wages to the employee? Taxgirl says: Au contraire. This one feels like it should be easy but it isn’t. And the reason it’s not easy is because I am fairly certain [...]

3 comments Read the full article →