IRS vs. Youth Soccer parents

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<p>The article linked below from today’s NYT really had my head reeling–Youth Soccer has gotten so big and complex and now the IRS is investigating their finances…including issues like whether the league should be doing tax withholding when they pay kids $20 to referee a game. (They are currently paid as “independent contractors,” which means no withholding.)</p>

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June 25, 2006
Youth Soccer Has Grown Intricately Adult. Just Ask the I.R.S. Auditor.
By TINA KELLEY</p>

<p>FAIRFIELD, Conn., June 22 — Soccer seemed a simpler game when Jay Skelton coached his eldest son’s kindergarten team nine years ago. This was before 5-year-olds went to goalie clinics, before teams took two-week trips to Europe, before the world’s most popular game consumed his suburban life.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/nyregion/25soccer.html?ei=5094&en=4a4caa597911c9d0&hp=&ex=1151208000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/nyregion/25soccer.html?ei=5094&en=4a4caa597911c9d0&hp=&ex=1151208000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>OK, on one hand you have some OCD types who are overly obessesed on rules and regulations and on the other hand, you have the IRS.</p>