STAFFING AGENCIES CAUGHT BY EHT!
EMPLOYER HEALTH TAX: THE SMALL TAX WITH THE BIG PUNCH!
As discussed here, our recent file experience demonstrates that provincial governments, like Ontario's Ministry of Finance (“MOF”), are ramping up audits for Employer Health Tax (“EHT”) liability.
One area of recent audit activity has been on Staffing Agencies, temporary employment and similar entities that procure workers for many Canadian and US businesses, contracting them out as effective out-sourced employees.
In an almost counter-intuitive result, recent assessments appear to be targeting Staffing Agencies for EHT due on remuneration paid to remote workers residing outside of the taxing province! (Think of an Ontario Staffing Agency assessed on the wages paid to remote workers residing in BC, with ABSOLUTELY NO connection to Ontario's or its health care services!)