As of Jan. 1, 2008,
must provide a new notice to employees, along with annual wage summaries (such
as W-2 or 1099 forms). Under a new state law, A.B. 650, employers must give all
employees written notice of employees’ possible right to take an Earned Income Tax
Credit on their federal tax returns (although the Earned Income Tax Credit is
not available to everyone). The notice must be hand delivered or mailed to
employees within one week before or after, or at the same time, W-2 or 1099
forms are delivered. You won’t be complying with the law if you simply post the
notice on an employee bulletin board or deliver it through interoffice mail.
The law specifies that the notice must contain certain language, which you can
access at http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_650_bill_20071013_chaptered.html.
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