Re: Compensation for Employees/Nonemployees Schoen, Alexander 17 Jan 2001 11:54 EST
Do you mean research projects as in clinical trials? It does not seem correct make study related income taxable and listed on the W-2. Those employees participating in trials should be treated in the same way as an external study subject would be. You could treat them as an external vendor in you AP system. Your organization should have no control over the employees participating as a research subject, that would be coercive. Research subject are not employees. Alexander Schoen Director, Office of Sponsored Programs Winthrop-University Hospital -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On Behalf Of Peggy Sandoe Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:03 AM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Compensation for Employees/Nonemployees This is my first posting to this listserve - I would very much appreciate your advice in a situation that has arisen. Our tax department is considering doing the following two things: 1) Treat the compensation for employees who participate in one of our research projects as income for employee services rather than subject compensation and report it on W-2s rather than 1099s. 2) Hire other subjects who are not employees as casual employees. Their argument is that if the payor is exercising direction and control over the individual's activites, the person needs to be classified as an employee. Has anyone ever encountered these issues before? Any comments you can provide would be helpful. Peg Sandoe Research Manager, Center for Neurosciences Research Allegheny-Singer Research Institute Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (412) 359-8973 xxxxxx@wpahs.org ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the West Penn Allegheny Health System, Information Security Department at (412) 359-1746. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================