@Anonymous wrote:
today is the 8th 11 days would put it around the 19th which makes the return late. no problem if they don't owe
for the taxpayer, next time you hire a caregiver get their SSN or EIN before they start work. if they refuse find someone else. this will save you a lot of grief come filing time.
I think @Carl was cut-and-pasting some boilerplate that can be reinterpreted to apply to other independent contractors, but the original taxpayer said this was his office cleaner who has already repeatedly refused to return the W-9. So backup withholding is the next step.
It is a good and important point that if the office cleaner is just concerned about their privacy and not actually trying to avoid taxes by working under the table, they can get an EIN from the IRS for free in 15 minutes online.
