RP-2016-33: Applying for certification as a certified professional employer organization
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Issue Number: RP-2016-33Inside This IssueRevenue Procedure 2016-33, The Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 requires the establishment of a voluntary certification program for professional employer organizations. A professional employer organization, sometimes referred to as an employee leasing company, is an organization that enters into an agreement with a client to perform some or all of the federal employment tax withholding, reporting, and payment functions related to workers performing services for the client. Being certified by the IRS as a certified professional employer organization (CPEO) has certain federal employment tax consequences for both the CPEO and its clients. This revenue procedure describes the process by which a person applies for certification as a CPEO and the requirements a person must satisfy in order to become a CPEO.
Revenue Procedure 2016-33 will in in IRB 2016-25, dated June 20, 2016.
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