In this past year the IRS has upped the ante in regards to audits of organizations that mistakenly classify workers as independent contractors whom the IRS believes to be employees. The ramifications of misclassifying your workers are huge and include not only penalties and interest, but also back taxes and benefits never paid to the worker or to federal or state governments in regards to FICA and FUTA. That said, there is an important new tool available to help you if you think you might have improperly misclassified a worker....