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Au pairs are J-1 visa exchange visitors in the United States who are employed and taxed the same as household employees.

Feb. 26, 2024 — A Canyon Lake woman was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to 24 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return.

Nov. 12, 2024 — A Dallas real estate developer who bribed two city officials pleaded guilty today, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Oct. 11, 2024 — The former longtime head of the accounting department at the now-shuttered Los Angeles plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm Girardi Keese pleaded guilty today to enabling the embezzlement of tens millions of dollars from the firm’s injured clients and to embezzling money from Girardi Keese itself.

This page walks people through the steps necessary to complete Form SS-8 to request a determination of the status of a worker for purposes of federal employment taxes and income tax withholding.

April 11, 2025 ― The former longtime head of the accounting department at the now-shuttered downtown Los Angeles plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm Girardi Keese was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison for enabling the embezzlement of millions of dollars from the firm’s injured clients and for embezzling money from the law firm itself.

Aug. 19, 2024 — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, Pawel Bielecki, aka “Paul Bielecki,” aka “Paul HRH Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,” aka “Dr. Phaakon Sonderburg-Glucksburg,” aka “Father Paul,” aka “Father Kowal,” was arrested on charges of wire fraud and mail fraud. Bielecki will be presented in White Plains federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause.

Each election year, thousands of state and local government entities hire workers to conduct primary and general elections. To understand the correct tax treatment of these workers, you need to be aware of specific statutes that apply to them as well as whether they are covered by a Section 218 Agreement.

The federal, state and local governments news is a periodic newsletter with information for federal tax matters for all types of government entities.