In this webinar, you’ll learn about the rules regarding paying and IRS reporting on Independent Contractors. You’ll learn about W-9 documentation and 1099 reporting, establishing the independent contractor relationship with the right documentation, and keeping your organization in compliance and out of trouble with the IRS. Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Avoid the IRS CP-2100 (B-Notices)
- Explain what to do if your vendor/payee claims exemption
- Apply best practices for handling your information reporting obligations
- Minimize the risk of improper exemption claims by your payees and vendors
- Establish an independent contractor in your vendor payment system to ensure compliance with the IRS reporting rules
- Identify protocols for setting up new payees and vendors
- Recognize when to require a Form W-9 v. Form W-4 v. Form W-8
- Test the accuracy of the W-9 information with the IRS’s records
- List what factors determine whether you must report
- Manage back-up withholding
- Recognize when signatures are required on Form W-9
- Identify the latest changes to the forms, deadlines and penalties
- Describe when you must electronically file your information returns
- Set up electronic reporting to your payees
- Classify diverse payments on Form 1099
- Recognize how Merchant Card reporting on Form 1099-K affects your reporting on credit card payments
- Explain how FATCA affects information reporting for U.S. taxpayers
- Identify best practices for filing 1099s with the IRS
- Describe what happens when the government wants to remove the exemptions
Program Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
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Miles Hutchinson
President, Learn Continuously, LLC
Miles Hutchinson is a CGMA and President of Learn Continuously, Inc, with over 40 years of practical business experience. He has served as an auditor with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Chief Financial Officer of a one-billion-dollar real estate development company. Mr. Hutchinson is a professional speaker and consultant who has presented over 2,500 seminars and training sessions on a myriad of business and financial topics, such as financial analysis and modeling, accounting, strategic planning, and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. His clients include, Abbott Labs, Bank of America, Boston Scientific, Citicorp, Corning, the FBI, the FDA, the Federal Reserve, GE, Pfizer, Siemens, US Marine Corps, and the US Army.
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Clear Law Institute is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please see the tab above on our Money-Back Guarantee or contact us at 703-372-0550.
CPE Credit - Maximum Credit Hours: Please see above. You must attend at least 50 minutes to obtain credit. Fields of Study: Please see above. Teaching Method: Lecture. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a certificate of attendance. Final approval of a course for CPE credit belongs with each state’s regulatory board.
Clear Law Institute has registered with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy as a CPE Sponsor. This registration does not constitute an endorsement by the Board as to the quality of our CPE Program.
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