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<item><title>L&amp;I Audits Growing in Number</title><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 20:22:59 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Multiple process serving agencies are under audit by L&amp;I. Unfortunately, some of them may not fair very well because of their business practices when it comes to using IC's. Even companies who a]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/li-audits-growing-in-number.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/li-audits-growing-in-number.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/li-audits-growing-in-number.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/li-audits-growing-in-number.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/li-audits-growing-in-number.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>
<item><title>Using Independent Contractors - Part 3</title><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:52:14 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As promised earlier, here is information on how the IRS looks at the employee / IC question. Click here to see a detailed explanation from their point of view. The IRS does an excellent job of expla]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-3.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-3.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-3.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/using-independent-contractors-part-3.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-3.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>
<item><title>Using Independent Contractors - Part 2</title><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:45:52 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This link will take you to the State of Washington Employment Security Department website and the specific page where they lay out their questions and tests to determine whether or not a worker is an]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-2.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-2.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-2.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/using-independent-contractors-part-2.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors-part-2.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>
<item><title>Using Independent Contractors</title><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:22:16 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It is common for process serving companies to consider themselves "aggregators" who receive service assignments from a variety of clients and then subcontract the actual service to an independent cont]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/using-independent-contractors.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/using-independent-contractors.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>
<item><title>Sales Tax and Process Servers</title><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:18:31 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I mentioned the use tax in an earlier post. Here's a bit of information on the sales tax and how it might apply to your business as a process server. Many process servers also provide some other]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/09132009091829PMRMU73N.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/09132009091829PMRMU73N.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/09132009091829PMRMU73N.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/09132009091829PMRMU73N.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/09132009091829PMRMU73N.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>
<item><title>Employees - Paying Overtime</title><pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:43:22 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While writing about the use tax in my last post, I was reminded of the topic of paying employees overtime. Don't ask me why those two topics came together in my old head but they did. I've been in a]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/employees-paying-overtime.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/employees-paying-overtime.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/employees-paying-overtime.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/employees-paying-overtime.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/employees-paying-overtime.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>
<item><title>The &quot;Use&quot; Tax</title><pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:33:24 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The State of Washington, and its various counties and municipalities, imposes on its citizens a rather regressive tax known as the sales tax. The state's portion is 6.5% of most retail transactions.]]></description><link>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/use-tax.htm</link><dc:subject>Accounting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Robin Mullins</dc:creator><comments>http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/use-tax.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/use-tax.htm</guid><wfw:commentRss> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dxcomments/use-tax.htm</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment> http://www.4thcorner.com/4thcorner/WebSite/C4PSE_QA.nsf/dx/use-tax.htm?opendocument&amp;comments</wfw:comment></item>

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