
Legal Q&A on State Unemployment Agency Audits
Question – Our Company owns two newspapers in one state. Out of nowhere, we received an inquiry from the state’s Unemployment Tax Agency, indicating that it wants to do a full- scale audit of both newspapers – with particular interest in examining the status of the independent contractor status of newspaper carriers and freelance writers and photographers. The auditor has indicated that the state agency is making this inquiry due to an “anonymous complaint” and has requested