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How to Minimize the Risk of an EDD Audit?

April 15, 2021

EDD Audit Risk

Need to review 1099 classification criteria? CLICK HERE: How do you minimize the risk of an EDD Audit? There is no way to eliminate the risk of a government agency audit, audits are performed on a number of criteria, from a site sweep in which contractors are randomly audited by… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, EDD, News Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, EDD, Filing taxes, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney

What Triggers an EDD Audit?

March 25, 2021

triggers edd audit

EDD Audit Triggers Independent contractor filed for unemployment A disgruntled worker (1099 or W2) reported your company to EDD EDD “randomly” selects your company based on a computer algorithm – one factor is the larger % of independent contractors versus employees compared to your company revenue i.e. Company with $2… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD, News Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

How Long Does an EDD Audit Last?

March 25, 2021

how long does an edd audit last

How long does an EDD audit last? If EDD selects your company for an audit of your contractors, you can expect the audit to last between 3 months and 9 months.   The purpose of an EDD audit The purpose of an EDD audit is to determine if your workers are… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD, News Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

Can an EDD Audit Turn into a Criminal Investigation?

March 25, 2021

edd crim investigation

In short, yes. If you are paying workers who are not reported on a 1099 or W2 (for instance you are paying workers in cash and have no record of their payroll or payments), EDD may assess a fraud penalty and could open a criminal investigation. If your contractors are… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, CSLB, EDD, News Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

EDD: Full Guide

February 14, 2021

The Employment Development Department (EDD) is the largest tax collection agency in the state of California. They’re responsible for collecting payroll taxes from over 17 million workers annually, accounting for over $31 billion in tax payments. The agency also offers various services to California residents through the Job Service, State… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD, News Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

Case Study: EDD Audit Construction

December 12, 2020

Working Men smiling

When The California Employment Development Department, EDD did a site sweep, Ryan Brown found himself facing an audit.  As he did research on his own as to what the ramifications of an EDD audit might be, he saw steep fines, jail time and high conviction rates reported time and time… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, CSLB, EDD, News Tagged With: 1099, AB-5, Audits, Business Owners, CA EDD, California EDD, Coronavirus, COVID-19

EDD Freezing Thousands of Unemployment Debit Cards

October 29, 2020

Unemployment Debit Card

Earlier this year, thousands of unemployment benefit recipients found themselves having had their EDD debit cards frozen. The Employment Development Department (EDD) began freezing unemployment debit cards due to suspected fraud in an attempt to halt falsified claims.    Debit cards were frozen for a variety of reasons including multiple… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD, News Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes, unemployment

Top 4 EDD Audit Triggers

October 28, 2020

Audit Triggers

California business owners are familiar with the ever-present threat of an EDD audit. EDD audits businesses for a variety of reasons. In some cases, they may have suspicions of a business using incorrect filing practices, in other cases, EDD may audit businesses because of contractors who filed for unemployment insurance… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

How to Prepare for an EDD Misclassification Audit

October 28, 2020

EDD Employee Misclassification Audit

As a business owner the best way to prepare for, or avoid entirely, an audit from the Employment Development Department (EDD), is to make sure that you’re correctly classifying your employees. Whether your employees W-2 or 1099 employees or a combination of both, it’s important to ensure that they are… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD Tagged With: Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, EDD Audit, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, misclassification, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

Stop an EDD Audit of Your 1099s in its Tracks

October 19, 2020

1099 Audits

How to navigate AB-5 Assembly Bill 5, which required companies to reclassify most independent contractors as employees, is hurting employees. California’s new AB-5 and Gig Workers Bill has employers concerned since it is unknown what EDD will do next. The bill that passed a few months back was already affecting… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, COVID-19, EDD Tagged With: 1099, AB5, ABC test, Audit, Business Owners, California Taxes, Corporate Tax Compliance, EDD, EDD Audit, Filing taxes, International Law, International Tax, IRS, IRS Audit, Small business, Tax Attorney, Tax Preparation, Tax Season, taxes

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