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I started a new job recently. It's the first business for my new employer. I am his first employee. I mostly like the job, and don't necessarily want to rock the boat.
The company has a payroll system (gusto). It seems fine and legit, but it was not set up properly when I was hired and so he paid me the first two months with a company check as a contractor. About a month ago he asked if I filed my taxes and I said not yet. He said, "please wait until I figure something out." Today he told me that he fucked up and the what he did was not technically legal. He now wants me to write a check for the two months of pay to the company. Then, he will have the payroll system write me a check for that amount so that the taxes will be taken out correctly. Then, file my taxes and do not claim any payment from my company for 2018.
I feel super gross about this and think it sounds like tax fraud. Is it tax fraud? I was technically paid for work in 2018 (one month). I won't do something illegal. I won't be able to sleep thinking that the IRS will be coming for me. I also need this job, but now I don't want to work for someone that would suggest that I do something illegal.
Any advice here?
The company has a payroll system (gusto). It seems fine and legit, but it was not set up properly when I was hired and so he paid me the first two months with a company check as a contractor. About a month ago he asked if I filed my taxes and I said not yet. He said, "please wait until I figure something out." Today he told me that he fucked up and the what he did was not technically legal. He now wants me to write a check for the two months of pay to the company. Then, he will have the payroll system write me a check for that amount so that the taxes will be taken out correctly. Then, file my taxes and do not claim any payment from my company for 2018.
I feel super gross about this and think it sounds like tax fraud. Is it tax fraud? I was technically paid for work in 2018 (one month). I won't do something illegal. I won't be able to sleep thinking that the IRS will be coming for me. I also need this job, but now I don't want to work for someone that would suggest that I do something illegal.
Any advice here?