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Article: California Campaigns for U.S. House Skirt Payroll-Tax Laws.
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- October 14, 1998
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 14--Rep. Loretta Sanchez, her challenger Robert K. Dornan and Assembly candidate Lou Correa do not deduct taxes from their campaign workers' pay, a practice some legal and payroll experts say breaks state and federal tax laws.
An informal Register survey of Orange County candidates found that at least two other local congressional campaigns also may be violators.
Campaign spokesmen for Sanchez, Dornan and Correa say paying workers as independent contractors rather than employees -- thus exempting them from automatic deductions -- is widespread and accepted by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS declined ...