2008-11-21T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/blog/50036 tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-21:/commentary/3389899 2008-11-21T00:00:00Z NARMS The recently completed elections come into play due to the introduction of several pieces of legislation, the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008, H.R. 5804 and the Independent Contractor Proper ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.narms.com/2008/11/record-numbers-hear-hollrah-in-fourth-narms-webinar/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-12:/commentary/3282084 2008-11-12T00:00:00Z Careers Blog HR 5804 has been introduced and is in the initial phase of legislation. This bill seeks to clarify if certain individuals are to be treated as independent contractors or employees. Also referred to as the Taxpayer Responsibility, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://careers.myndsl.cn/careers/contractor-and-employee-misclassification-risk-new-developments-in-proposed-legislation-and-their-potential-impacts-on-workers-and-industries.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/commentary/2942740 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z Coalition for Independent Contractor Freedom At the federal level, a bill currently before Congress (HR 5804) would repeal a 1978 law that protects independent contractors from “overzealous” IRS actions. And, several powerful unions have gone to court to force companies to convert ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cficf.org/news-updates/independent-contractors-are-key-to-limiting-damage-from-economic-crisis-says-cficf-2008-10-104">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-07:/commentary/2828637 2008-09-07T00:00:00Z CENTRAL FLORIDA NANNIES BLOG (Originally from Bob King of Legally Nanny) As part of Legally Nanny’s continuing Legal Alert series, I wanted to let you know about HR 5804, the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2008. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://centralfloridanannies.blogspot.com/2008/09/nannies-are-not-independent-contractors.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-05:/commentary/2828638 2008-09-05T00:00:00Z Coalition for Independent Contractor Freedom Earlier this year, a bill (HR 5804) was introduced in Congress that would repeal a 1978 law that protects independent contractors from “overzealous” actions by the Internal Revenue Service to reclassify them as employees. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://216.17.102.240/~main/cficf.org/news-updates/new-threats-to-independent-contractors-2008-09-55">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-04:/commentary/2847867 2008-09-04T00:00:00Z Coalition for Independent Contractor Freedom Earlier this year, a bill (HR 5804) was introduced in Congress that would repeal a 1978 law that protects independent contractors from “overzealous” actions by the Internal Revenue Service to reclassify them as employees. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://216.17.102.240/~main/cficf.org/news-updates/irs-targeting-independent-contractors-2008-09-9">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-05:/commentary/2482527 2008-07-05T00:00:00Z Careers HR 5804 has been introduced and is in the initial phase of legislation. The potential for mistreatment can include, but is not restricted to, employees being paid less than minimum wage, being ineligible for benefits plans, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://poptat-careers.blogspot.com/2008/07/contractor-and-employee.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-02:/commentary/3133397 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z Employmentarticles&#39;s Weblog HR 5804 has been introduced and is in the initial phase of legislation. This bill seeks to clarify if certain individuals are to be treated as independent contractors or employees. Also referred to as the Taxpayer Responsibility, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://employmentarticles.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/contractor-and-employee-misclassification-risk-new-developments-in-proposed-legislation-and-their-potential-impacts-on-workers-and-industries/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-28:/commentary/2443102 2008-06-28T00:00:00Z Nanny Gossip Congress has recently introduced HR 5804, the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2008. This new act could impose stiff penalties for families who class nannies as “independent contractors” instead of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://nannygossip.com/2008/06/28/a-win-for-nannies/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-27:/commentary/2398965 2008-06-27T00:00:00Z The Nanny Buzz As part of Legally Nanny’s continuing Legal Alert series, I wanted to let you know about HR 5804, the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2008. This bill, recently introduced in the US House of Representatives ...<br /><br /><a href="http://nannybuzz.blogspot.com/2008/06/nannies-are-not-independent-contractors.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-25:/commentary/2386438 2008-06-25T00:00:00Z Contractors Contractors State License Board California HR 5804 would significantly increase penalties for employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors instead of correctly classifying them as employees. Additionally, the bill places ...<br /><br /><a href="http://contractors2.blogspot.com/2008/06/contractors_24.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/commentary/2386437 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z Nanny Tax &amp; Payroll Updates! HomeWork... Bob King, Esq., President of Legally Nanny reports that HR 5804, the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2008, recently introduced in Congress, could impose stiff penalties for families misclassifying nannies ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.4nannytaxes.com/blog/2008/06/yet-more-reasons-for-nanny-tax.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/commentary/2381879 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z Seaside Nannies Web Blog As part of Legally Nanny’s continuing Legal Alert series, I wanted to let you know about HR 5804, the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2008. This bill, recently introduced in the US House of Representatives ...<br /><br /><a href="http://seasidenannies.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/nannies-are-not-independent-contractors/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-23:/commentary/2381880 2008-06-23T00:00:00Z Seaside Nannies Inc. San Diego&#39;s Resource... Legal Alert: HR 5804 Could Impose Stiff Penalties on Clients Misclassifying Nannies As Independent Contractor By Bob King President, LegallyNanny.com As part of Legally Nanny&#39;s continuing Legal Alert series, I wanted to let you know ...<br /><br /><a href="http://seasidenannies.blogspot.com/2008/06/nannies-are-not-independent-contractors.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-31:/commentary/3133398 2008-05-31T00:00:00Z Joe&#39;s Union Review ask your us representative to support hr 5804, the taxpayer responsibility, accountability, and consistency act. charles lazette is a contributer/administrator of union review and a politically active member of ubc local 370 in upstate ...<br /><br /><a href="http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/05/task-force-on-underground-economy-and.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-30:/commentary/2302915 2008-05-30T00:00:00Z FinanceRegs.com Are those vendors A/P’s been paying actually employees? The feds have been threatening it for awhile, and now here it is: The first bill aimed at making it harder for your company to justify classifying any workers as independent ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.financeregs.com/more-questions-about-who-gets-a-w-2-or-a-1099/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-30:/commentary/2261946 2008-05-30T00:00:00Z FinanceRegs.com Among other changes, the bill (HR 5804) would shift the burden of proof so that companies like yours would have to proveworkers were actually ICs — that’sa change from the current system where IRS has to prove that they aren’t ICs. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.financeregs.com/changes-ahead-who-gets-a-w2-a-1099/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-27:/commentary/3358607 2008-05-27T00:00:00Z AFL-CIO NOW BLOG Legislation in the House and Senate (H.R. 5804 and S. 2044) would eliminate that tax provision. Earlier this year, as part of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department’s (BCTD’s) legislative conference, hundreds of union ...<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/27/independent-contractoranother-word-for-employer-free-ride/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-23:/commentary/3358602 2008-05-23T00:00:00Z Street Talk: A Timeshare Blog for News & Gossip If passed, The Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act (H.R. 5804), among other things, would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) by adding a new Section 3511 containing rules regarding employers’ ...<br /><br /><a href="http://streettalkblog.com/?p=2542">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-15:/commentary/2208357 2008-05-15T00:00:00Z Federal Employment Law Articles This may soon end if the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act (HR 5804) is enacted. It was introduced on April 15, 2008, by Democratic Representatives Jim McDermott, John Tiery, and Richard Neal, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=6926">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-05:/commentary/2161848 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Steve O&#39;Hearn According to several newsletters I’ve received from law firms, the Teamsters and other labor unions are putting a lot of energy behind a proposed law (HR 5804) in the House of Representatives that will have the effect of shutting down ...<br /><br /><a href="http://pressblog.org/npc/SteveOHearn/2008/05/05/teamsters-anti-small-business-big-shocker/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/commentary/3358601 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z Federal Employment Law Articles H.R. 5804, among other things, would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) by adding a new Section 3511 containing rules regarding employers’ classification of individuals as independent contractors. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mcguirewoods.com/news-resources/item.asp?item=3284">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/commentary/2142251 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z Washington Labor &amp; Employment Wire Core Provisions: HR5804 is intended to make it more difficult for employers to classify workers as independent contractors. The bill removes the current safe harbor provision in the US Tax Code that allows employers to avoid paying ...<br /><br /><a href="http://washlaborwire.com/2008/05/01/taxpayer-responsibility-accountability-and-consistency-act-of-2008-hr-5804/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-28:/commentary/3358600 2008-04-28T00:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Subject Group: Welfare US Congress: HR 5804, The Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008.<br /><br /><a href="http://washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5804.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-18:/commentary/2201597 2008-04-18T00:00:00Z Dayton Miami Valley AFL-CIO The legislation (HR 5804) would put a halt to what the BCTD calls a “scam of unprecedented magnitude”—by eliminating the provision in the tax code that allows employers to escape paying employment taxes when they misclassify workers as ...<br /><br /><a href="http://daytonaflcio.org/?p=308">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/commentary/2072007 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z AFL-CIO Weblog The legislation (HR 5804) would put a halt to what the BCTD calls a “scam of unprecedented magnitude”—by eliminating the provision in the tax code that allows employers to escape paying employment taxes when they misclassify workers as ...<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/04/17/bctd-slams-misclassification-scam/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/commentary/2072008 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z mcmillion &amp; Hirtensteiner, LLP - Labor News The bill, HR 5804, is sponsored by Reps. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., John Tierney, D-Mass., and Richard Neal, D-Mass. The bill removes the loophole that allows businesses to bypass the Internal Revenue Service&#39;s test of whether a worker is ...<br /><br /><a href="http://mcmillion-hirtensteiner.com/labor-news/2008/04/teamsters-praise-bill-to-close-loophole.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/commentary/2086036 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z Labor Union Blog The legislation (HR 5804) would put a halt to what the BCTD calls a “scam of unprecedented magnitude”—by eliminating the provision in the tax code that allows employers to escape paying employment taxes when they misclassify workers as ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.4ibew.com/2008/04/17/bctd-slams-misclassification-%E2%80%98scam%E2%80%99/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-14:/commentary/3133396 2008-04-14T00:00:00Z Active Legislation -- Tracked by govtrack.us james mcdermott [d-wa] introduced hr 5804: to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and for other purposes. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5804">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-14:/commentary/2072006 2008-04-14T00:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... HR 5804 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5804.html">Go to article</a>