The IRS has made backup withholding and the obtaining of TINs a focus of their reviews. Do you have your W-9s and W-8 forms completed timely? Do you perform backup withholding when it is required? Do you have exposure for penalties as well as under withholding or no withholding?

This live audio conference will assist you in reviewing your process around gathering TINs from your vendors and to make sure you are aware of the rules of withholding when you don't have correct documentation. At the end of the session, you will understand how to deal with B Notices when they are received and ways you can mitigate your exposure to penalties.

Learning Objectives:

• You will be able to define e-Services
• You will be able to explain exempt payees
• You will be able to describe B Notice Process
• You will be able to discuss electronic W-9 process

Agenda

I. Terminology
II. Information Returns and TINs
III. Form W-9
IV. Electronic W-9 Process
V. Backup Withholding
VI. Exempt Payees
VII. E-Services
VIII. B Notice Process
IX. Penalties

Faculty

Mary H. Angelbeck, Tax, Ernst &Young

• Enrolled agent with the IRS
• More than 30 years of experience in the field of taxation, both as a state administrator and as a consultant
• Practice includes managing large payroll restructuring projects; payroll tax advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions; providing year-end federal, multistate, and local payroll tax advisory services; payroll related federal, state and local tax controversy and federal as well as state and local information reporting (1099 and 1042-S) issues
• Speaker for the American Payroll Association, the New York University Annual Institute on State and Local Taxation, the Federation of Tax Administrators, the Tax Executives Institute, the Counsel on State Taxation and the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs
• Currently a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, the American Bar Association, Employment Tax Section and an active member of the American Payroll Association

Who Should Attend

This live audio conference is designed for accountants, CFOs, controllers, tax managers, presidents, vice presidents, bookkeepers, accounts payable professionals and enrolled agents.

Continuing Education Credits

Credit is available only for the LIVE audio conference. Recorded versions do not qualify for credit. Only registered and paid attendees will receive continuing education credit. Certificates of Completion are provided to each registered attendee. Your certificate will be emailed to you within two weeks following completion of the program.