Technical Guidance
Sometimes an organization simply needs technical expertise for solving problems in a specific area of employment tax. ETS provides this needed expertise; here is a sample list of such areas:
- Payroll-related consulting on a range of issues: withholding, backup withholding, and state reciprocal withholding agreements; taxable wage requirements surrounding W-2 / W-3 reporting; Social Security and Medicare reporting requirements; 941 reconciliation and compliance; 1099 series decisions; third-party sick pay; non-resident alien payroll issues; cafeteria plans; independent contractor status; escheat payments; and fringe benefit taxation;
- Tax hearings, especially cases involving independent contractors, successorship rulings, penalty abatement, and notification rulings;
- Review of “common control” issues and tax impacts;
- Assistance with notice responses and penalty abatement;
- Successor-in-interest and wage-base carryover analysis and reporting;
- Merit rating vs. direct reimbursement financing methods for 501(c)(3) employers;
- Compliance / tax exposure reviews (often requested in the wake of an acquisition, merger, divestiture, IPO or other major event where unrecognized / undisclosed liabilities or compliance issues could result in serious legal or financial exposure);
- Rate projections, tax abatement, escrow clearing, tax rate verification, employment tax report audit and verification, and more.
Result: Clients gain access to an efficient, expert resource for employment tax problem solving. Please see how our technical guidance benefited a Fortune 100 company.
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