Garylovesmissy
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My husbands boss miss classified him for seven years, and as soon as she found out I knew, she changed her whole bookkeeping system from cash to pay checks. She started slowly in the beginning by telling him he had been filing wrong, even tho she never told him how she knew that. He trusted her, and until she realized I had figured out what she was doing, she had my husband filling out OUR (Mfj.) our income tax returns with his name as sole proprietor, paying self employment taxes and estimated taxes, when he was NEVER an independent contractor, and she knew this. She had him put HER company name based at our address, which makes me wonder, was she even paying any taxes at all herself? Our tax bill is HUGE! And during that time she never paid anything into unemployment, Medicare or social security. In July 2014, when she realized I knew what she was doing, she had my husband fill out his first w-4 since she had taken control of the company from her Grandfather. He gave her the company due to being sued in a slip and fall case. Can my husband use any safe harbor type defense, when he honestly did not know what she was telling him was a case of fraud to save her money, and take ours? He has never had ANY benefits of any type. And can you tell me anything else that may help him?