Failure To Withhold Employment Taxes – Don’t Anger The IRS

ticletext">business owner has been overwhelmed by the
When you are told that employment taxes are anseemingly endless packets of forms and booklets
important part of a business, you should believe it.that arrive from the IRS and the State when you
The failure to handle withholding from your payrollbegin your business.
properly and to prepare and file reports timely willIt may appear that learning about and performing
lead to a severe penalty from the IRS.brain surgery would be easier than understanding
The obligation to make sure that the withholding ofyour responsibilities in regard to tax withholding and
taxes from the employees on your payroll is donereporting. This will not get you any sympathy from
properly is a serious one for any employer. It doesthe IRS should you fail to do it properly and in a
not matter if you have only one or two employees.timely manner. The timely manner part is, perhaps,
The failure to obey the laws on employment taxesthe more important of the two.
can lead to a serious IRS penalty. Many a new small