[Solat55]

What do you do if you suspect your employer is not paying your taxes? He is taking them out of my check but he is giving me a hand written check with no check stub stating the taxes he has taken out.

[twinkiedooter]

Ask him to handwrite what taxes were taken out on your check itself. This does not mean he is actually paying in the taxes though. You need to contact the state and federal tax agencies and see if your individual account has been credited with whatever taxes were supposed to have been taken out of your check.

How long have you been working at that job? If this is a smaller operation or family owned business that only has a few employees you may have to wait until you either do or do not get a W-2 at the end of the year. In the meantime you could try and figure out what your taxes would be by using the tables readily available on the net for state and federal and see if your take home amount matches what the boss has actually paid you.

Be sure to make a photocopy of your actual paycheck each week also. Could come in handy...

[IntlTax]

Your employer may not be treating you as an employee. Instead, he/she may be treating you as an independent contractor. If he/she is correctly treating you as an independent contractor, then no taxes should be taken out of the checks written to you. The difference between an employee and an independent contractor is at times fuzzy.

[ScottGem]

Yopur employer is required to give you a statement of exactly what's been withheld from your pay. If his is not, then he is violated several labor laws.

I suggest you check with your state dept of labot about the specific requirements for your state. Then present this information to your employer and request that he comply with the law.

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

I agree wth IntlTax; more than likely, you are being treated as an independent contractor.