Category: Payroll Taxes

Employers are required to withhold Social Security, Medicare, and income taxes from wages paid to employees. The withholdings are credited to the employee’s Social Security, Medicare, and income tax accounts. If these taxes are not paid over to the IRS and the IRS is not able to secure payment from the employer or the business…

If you are running a business and it is not withholding or remitting payroll taxes to the IRS, you should be aware of the trust fund recovery penalty. This penalty can make the business’ payroll taxes your personal tax problem. The IRS is able to assess the penalty against you individually. That means that the…