IDAHO — A Land Governed by Its Citizens—Not the Federales

Idaho is similar to several Southern States in that it self-governed. All a company has to do is buy a workers’ compensation policy and pay taxes for unemployment insurance. Don’t forget the State payroll taxes, too. Seems simple enough. The problem is companies living in Spokane or Twin Falls crossing the State line doing business …

CALIFORNIA State—Payroll/Remuneration Tables the CA Labor Law

Attestation Software has analyzed California workers’ compensation laws and regulations that create a matrix for what constitutes wages which can include almost anything you provide to your employees and independent contractors. The first thing we did was read the California Labor Law that led us to five different agencies: California Tax Center EDD-Employment Development Department …

Why Don’t Bookkeepers and CPAs Want to Pay Audit Assessments?

Don’t you think they should? They do your books and are responsible for Federal, State, and local use and sales taxes the last time you checked. If they screwed up on any of these, don’t you make them pay? So, why not make them responsible for quarterly reports for workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, independent contractors, …

Cases Studies Appear Every Friday: Martinez Siding Co. vs. the Prime

So many new immigrants are sole proprietors knowing very little about how to run a business. So many states do not enforce immigration laws and do not teach non-English speaking independent contractors compliance reporting. Mr. Martinez got caught in one of these scenarios. According to the statutes in Washington State, a sole proprietor who works …

Who Pays When HR Does Not Do Provide A Defense?

We are not talking about wage claims or injuries. We are talking about the money you pay for premiums and unemployment taxes. We have reduced the fear of being audited by any State or insurance agency. One reason: data entry. IF it is captured accurately, you got no worries. Most HR folks pass along information. …

Business Benefits and Inspiration

Compliance is such a hot button that it is getting beat up and becoming analogous with PEOs, TPAs, and HR departments use. It has nothing to do with claims; it is how risk classifications are used!  Compliance is about employers saving money on workers’ compensation premiums. So, we decided to bring along some posts sharing …

Introduction to Compliance Reporting

A lot has been said about employee workers’ compensation, but very little about what affects the employer. Most conversations talk about business risk classes, but nothing on how to save money on workers’ compensation premiums payable to the State or insurance company. In Washington State, premiums are paid directly to the government on a quarterly …

Audits vs. Compliance–when do net profits breakeven?

Just a note on the cost of audits vs. preventative compliance. Accountants, payroll and insurance companies,  and attorneys love audits because you were not given the information by them or your association that handles the annual return up to 20% of your premiums. Those days are gone, but the pain conducting audits lives on. If …

The Well-deserved Assault on the Independent Contractor

Yes, you read it right. Most State workers’ compensation programs are built on the honor system. When economies and crooks cheat, everyone loses. The auditors don’t know who to believe because there is no accountability. It would be nice if accounting programs could program these rules and regulation so this problem would go away. That …

Beware of Employer Compliance Audits

Dear Bookkeepers, Quick ProAdvisorss, Accountants, Payroll Companies, and CPAs: Then best advice I can give you is to red flag your client when you create an IRS Profit and Loss schedule and fill in two fields: Contract Labor and Cost of Goods Sold. It is this: Ask them if they have a workmen’s compensation policy. …