Course Description: Employment Taxes & Employer Responsibilities

This seminar is presented by experts from the IRS, Minnesota Department of Revenue, Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program, Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association and the United States Department of Labor. It has been designed to give you a guided tour through the maze of state and federal employment tax and other employer reporting requirements.

Topics covered include:

• In-Depth Discussions of:
  • Worker Status: Are your "Independent Contractors" really independent?
  • Employment Tax Withholding and Deposit rules
  • Online Reporting
  • Quarterly and Annual Report Filing Requirements
  • Unemployment Insurance
    • Tax Rate Assignment
    • Wage Reporting
    • Benefit Account Issues
    • Online System Overview
  • Workers' Compensation Insurance Requirements
    
    
• Overviews of:
  • Labor Standards ("Wage & Hour")
    • State & Federal Laws
  • The New Hire Reporting Rules, and
  • Department of Homeland Security (USCIS) Requirements
    • Employee Verification Requirements