PIB TIP: HIRE THE KIDS. If you put an adolescent c

Jul 13, 2011

PIB TIP: HIRE THE KIDS. If you put an adolescent child on the payroll and pay him, say, $4,000 for the year, he pays no taxes on the income because he didn’t make enough, but you pay no tax on it, either. Make sure the kids are doing age-appropriate work and keep documentation of it, including filing a W-2 form just as you would do with an adult employee. The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator business services firm, and is sponsored by Freightliner Trucks.

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