John approaches Jones Inc with a proposal to assist their maintenance department in upgrading their main office's landscaping. The office manager agrees to have John work under the supervision, of the Director of Grounds and Maintenance. John indicates that he has tools that he can use but he is instructed to use the company's equipment rather than his own. Management offers him conditional work for the three weeks for the landscaping project at $$16$ an hour. John would like to be treated as an independent contractor so that he can pay taxes after deducting expenses for tools and travel. As the accounting manager, you tell John:

you can treat him as an independent contractor and remit payments A$.$ without deducting any taxes and report earnings on the MISC$1099$ informational returns.

B$.$ you must treat him as an employee given the control that the Director of Grounds and Maintenance will exert over his work. you inform John that you are willing to postpone paying him until you C$.$ have heard back from the IRS in how to classify him $($employee versus independent contractor$)$

D$.$ there is insufficient information to respond to his request.

Ann Williams files an expense report with her employer on a monthly basis in which she reports her expenses for traveling to various high schools as a college admissions coordinator and is reimbursed for those expenses. Which of the following statements is true:

Ann is reporting her expenses under an accountable plan and she will

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not be taxed on the reimbursements received from the college nor will she deduct the expenses on her personal tax return because they are the expense of her employer since she was reimbursed.

Ann is reporting under a nonaccountable plan and she will be required

B$.$ to report the reimbursements as income and then deduct her expenses on her personal tax return.

Ann will be taxed on the reimbursements that she receives from the

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C$.$ college for disbursements made while traveling on behalf of the college and both the college and Ann will claim the expenses on their respective tax returns.

D$.$ none of the statements are correct.

Which of the following documents would prove both identity and authorization to work in the U$.$S$.?$

A$.$ School ID with photo and driver's license

B$.$ Birth certificate and Social Security card

D C$.$ Unexpired U$.$S$.$ passport

D$.$ None of the above