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Fedex Ground Drivers – Gather Your Old Tax Returns

You’ve most likely heard about the enormous controversy that exists between Fedex Ground, its drivers, several courthouses and several administrative and enforcement entities within the federal and state governments. If you are or were a Fedex Ground driver, you may have rights to enforce, as these government entities are deciding by a wide majority that drivers for Fedex Ground should have been classified as employees rather than as independent contractors. Below is a brief look at two issues that are presenting themselves in the form of questions quite commonly to attorneys all over the country, and if you’d like additional clarification of them as they apply to your individual situation, contact the Fedex overtime attorneys at Pulaski & Middleman today.

Tax Returns

Normally, the IRS will allow a taxpayer to file an amended tax return for up to three years after the original date that the tax return or tax returns in question were filed. For instance, if you filed you 2003 tax return in April of 2004, you had until April of 2007 to file an amended return if you found something that should’ve been included originally.

Many current and former drivers are asking whether or not they should file amended tax returns due to the fact that so many decisions are coming down against Fedex Ground in several different forums. The answer, generally, is that there is no reason to file an amended return, as regardless of the decisions made and how they affect you, the fact remains that nothing was withheld from your original pay from Fedex Ground, which means that, right or wrong, you owed the money that you may have had to pay to the IRS.

Damages

If decisions begin to come down that Fedex Ground drivers are owed damages for their classification as independent contractors, then if you are found to be part of that class and include yourself in the litigation, you will likely receive a portion of the damages paid by Fedex Ground to its drivers if the court cases produce a positive result for the drivers. This, in essence, would “make up” for the tax liability that you faced, and depending on how the damages you would receive are classified by the courts, you may or may not have to pay income tax on those damages.

If this sounds complicated, that’s because the situation involves many different facets of different areas of law. If you’d like to gain a better understanding of how you fit into this controversy, contact the Fedex overtime attorneys at Pulaski & Middleman today to schedule an initial consultation.