tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779989107918844539.post-65425831761120934622008-02-22T11:56:00.001-06:002008-02-22T11:56:24.323-06:00<div>I saw this headline and it piqued my interest. I wondered how this would be. That would mean each auditor would find over $700,000 in assessments each year. That seems a little overstated. Further reading of <a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20080220/NEWS/802200564/1116">the article in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette</a> revealed that the estimates are pretty loose indeed. First of all, MA, is going to focus on the cigarrette tax and try to&nbsp;force the wholesalers to collect the tax instead of the&nbsp;retailers as is currently done.&nbsp;Of course, the primary interest there is to only have to audit wholesalers and&nbsp;not the individual retailers.&nbsp;The next thing they&#39;ll do is make the wholesalers collect tax on a marked up amount. Whatever is easiest for the State, right? They didn&#39;t make much mention of how these 80 new auditors are going to bring in all this money. </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The other big item, they want to go after, and maybe this is where these auditors are going to be spending their time, is investigating companies&#39; classification of workers as contractors vs. employees. Again, this is mostly a matter of changing who they will go after. Theoretically, there should be no difference in state income tax if a company calls an employee a contractor. However, that contractor/employee may not be paying the taxes due. It&#39;s hard to go after individuals -- much easier to go after corporations.</div> AJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04446247429286499132noreply@blogger.com0