05/07/2015
New businesses beware! You will start to receive solicitations from devious companies that model some branch of the government or scare you with legal violations. Below is an article relating to one such scam written in 2014. It is however, still relevant today as we've just received a postcard from the 'Business Compliance Division" warning of a potential 'compliance violation'. That all sounds pretty scary, but do your homework by researching the names of the 'divisions' or companies online. If they lead to something that doesn't end in .gov, chances are you have nothing to worry about. Also keep in mind that ALL of your state and federally required labor law posters are available for free in a PDF format via you state's web-site and on irs.gov.
Annual Business Services Scam