Cash Payments to Workers; Convenience or Crime?

By Sanford Millar of MillarLaw A Professional Corporation On Sunday, August 23, 2015

A common technique used to pay immigrants who are ineligible to lawfully work and to pay lawful workers “offbook” in order to reduce reported payroll for workers compensation and other purposes is to pay workers wholly or partially in cash.  Those employers paying in cash are often misclassifying the workers as independent contractors, in order … Continue reading Cash Payments to Workers; Convenience or Crime?

Domestic Voluntry Discloure as an Alternative to Indictment

By Sanford Millar of MillarLaw A Professional Corporation On Monday, June 8, 2015

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the “owner and operator of DNS Construction Corporation, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to a term of five years of probation and $883,730.52 in restitution for committing two counts of tax fraud by failing to pay over $800,000 in income … Continue reading Domestic Voluntry Discloure as an Alternative to Indictment

Should You Consider Making a Domestic Voluntary Disclosure?

By of MillarLaw A Professional Corporation On Sunday, January 18, 2015

Voluntary Disclosures take two forms, Offshore and Domestic. There has been a great deal of attention paid to Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs, but little attention has been paid to the Domestic program. The Internal Revenue Manual provides U.S. taxpayers with the opportunity to come forward and possibly avoid prosecution if the following criteria are met: … Continue reading Should You Consider Making a Domestic Voluntary Disclosure?