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Can a homeschool group deduct tuition from a teacher’s pay?
A homeschool program charges $2,300 per student per year for tuition. Many of the teachers in the program also have their children enrolled in the program. The leader, Lauren, was deducting the...
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Summer reading for homeschool leaders: Paying Workers in a Homeschool...
Summer is a great time for homeschool leaders to catch up on some reading. I’m highlighting a book each week of summer and this week I’m spotlighting, Paying Workers in a Homeschool Organization This...
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Should your homeschool Director serve as a board member?
Sometimes a homeschool groups gets large enough that they want to hire or pay their Director. In nonprofits that position is usually called the Executive Director or even Chief Executive Officer...
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Is ignorance of tax law a good defense for homeschool teachers?
A homeschool leader became concerned about a paid teacher in her homeschool group. It seems this woman has not reported her income from teaching at the homeschool program for 7 years! The teacher has...
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The federal government might be shut down, but you still have to file...
The US government is partially shut down, but taxpayers still must file their 1099-MISC forms by January 31, 2019. Your homeschool business, tutoring program, nonprofit organization, co-op or...
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ABC Test for Independent Contractors
Is your homeschool teacher an employee or Independent Contractor? In 2018 California Supreme Court tried to make that questions easier to answer with a simpler 3 part test: The ABC Test for...
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Top tax mistakes homeschool business owners make
I’ve talked to a lot of homeschool (for-profit) program directors over the past few years. These people have a huge heart for homeschooling, but many do not understand that when they start their...
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Should You Pay Homeschool Teachers
Should your homeschool program pay teachers? Jamie Buckland, a homeschool leader from West Virginia started Appalachia Classical Academy and pays her teachers as employees. How and why would she do...
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The IRS is on the prowl in 2019!
Every year the IRS Tax Exempt division releases a list of areas and issues they plan to focus on for audits and investigations. The IRS Tax Exempt division calls it their Program Letter. The Exempt...
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California’s new ABC test for Independent Contractors. How will it affect...
California’s new law (AB5) puts into affect the 2018 ruling by the California Supreme Court in the Dynamex case that makes it more difficult to treat workers as Independent Contractors. The new law...
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