HOW DO I FILE TAXES FOR A SMALL BUSINESS I STARTED THIS YEAR?

I have the tiny commercial operation set up as the ubiquitous partnership as well as you have 2 employees. We have been not regulating any kind of 3rd celebration director for payroll or taxation stating services. We have been only gripping parsimonious annals of the income, commercial operation losses as well as payroll. Can you record taxes for this busines during the finish of the year along with the personal filings or should you be you do something different? Also, you have not been self-denial any taxes from the employees payroll as you devise to emanate them the 1099 during year end. Does this receptive to advice ok?

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wartz September 14, 2010 at 10:59 pm

It sounds not OK.

My canned explanation to clueless independent contractors seems to get posted every day: You sound like a clueless employer who will be at the wrong end of a payroll tax audit the first time one of you “employees” files an unemployment insurance claim. The IRS 20 factors test determine if the person is an employee or not, The fact they agreed to be treated as independent contractors is irrelevant.

Some employers try to get around paying employment taxes (social security and unemployment) and other employee benefits like workers compensation insurance by improperly classifying employees as independent contractors. If the employee is required to show up for work–personally–at a particular time, punch the clock, use the employers equipment and are paid an hourly rate, hes are an employee. If you didn’t understand the difference when you posed your question, I would be even more convinced that they are employees. What is your preference, Slotted or Phillips?

Complete an IRS Form SS-8 to get an official ruling on your status. This will help determine their status before it gets out of hand and you have to pay both sides of their withholding and an allowance for withheld income tax.

Steve September 14, 2010 at 11:03 pm

In addition to wartz’s answer, you will also need to file form 1065 to report the income and expenses of the partnership.

Use the link below to get the information to get started.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=136524,00.html

Mathew September 14, 2010 at 11:41 pm

If I were to address your circumstances in medical terms I would strongly suggest that you shut down your computer and immediately go to an emergency room. You need to seek the advise of a tax professional before the end of the year. You are one phone call (by one of your “employees) away from financial disaster if not jail. Your only defense at the moment is stupidity which you should embrace. The good news is that you may have a good record keeping system from which a tax professional can recover what should have been done when you started.

newjerseyguy September 15, 2010 at 12:25 am

This does not sound OK. I suggest you consult a business CPA ASAP.

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