Timely File Payroll Taxes Because The IRS Is Watching

Law360 (June 11, 2018, 9:33 PM EDT) -- The federal government doesn't like to wait for its money. That's why it requires employers to withhold estimated income taxes — and other employment taxes — from employee paychecks and hand that money over according to a mandatory schedule. Unfortunately, a report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury released in 2017 found that employers simply weren't paying over employment taxes in a timely manner. The report found that at the end of 2015, 1.4 million employers owed the federal government around $45.6 billion in employment taxes, interest and penalties. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration recommended in the report that the Internal Revenue Service develop a new and focused strategy to increase its ability to collect back payroll taxes promptly. As a result, employers can expect the IRS to begin taking a much more aggressive approach to employment tax enforcement....

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