This webinar will cover what the IRS looks at when auditing whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. We will cover the current "3-factor" standard the IRS uses, as well as the older "20-factor" standards. We will also discuss the relief options available if you get audited and the IRS reclassifies contractors as employees.
NOTE: This webinar specifically focuses mostly on the IRS but we also talk briefly about other agencies that could audit this issue, such as the DOL or state agencies.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
IRS audits on the subject of whether a worker is a contractor, or an employee are on the rise. States are also increasing enforcement in this area. This webinar will help you tell the difference between a contractor and an employee and what to do if the IRS audits your business.
AREA COVERED
- Why it’s important to know the difference between contractors and employees
- All the different ways you can get audited: IRS, DOL, and states (we focus on the IRS mostly in this webinar)
- The IRS’s current 3-factor test
- The older - but still referenced - 20-factor test
- Dealing with borderline situations - are they a contractor or are they an employee?
- Form SS-8 - what to do if an employee files one
- IRS relief programs: Section 530; Section 3509; the voluntary compliance program
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Payroll Professionals
- Office Managers
- Bookkeepers
- Accountants
IRS audits on the subject of whether a worker is a contractor, or an employee are on the rise. States are also increasing enforcement in this area. This webinar will help you tell the difference between a contractor and an employee and what to do if the IRS audits your business.
- Why it’s important to know the difference between contractors and employees
- All the different ways you can get audited: IRS, DOL, and states (we focus on the IRS mostly in this webinar)
- The IRS’s current 3-factor test
- The older - but still referenced - 20-factor test
- Dealing with borderline situations - are they a contractor or are they an employee?
- Form SS-8 - what to do if an employee files one
- IRS relief programs: Section 530; Section 3509; the voluntary compliance program
- Payroll Professionals
- Office Managers
- Bookkeepers
- Accountants
Speaker Profile

Jason Dinesen is the President of Dinesen Tax & Accounting, P.C., a public accounting firm in Indianola, Iowa. His practice focuses on accounting and bookkeeping services, tax preparation and business advising to individuals with a business focus ranging from home-based businesses to multistate corporations and not-for-profits. Dinesen has extensive experience working with a third-party administrator of retirement plans and is a prior presenter of multiple 1099 seminars. Dinesen majored in corporate communications with a minor in management from Simpson College
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