Publications and Presentations

Select Books and Published Articles on Taxation and Contingent Workforce Topics

Books

  • Co-Author: Employer’s Handbook: Independent Contractor vs. Employee, Thompson Publishing Group, with Edward N. Delaney
  • Author: Alternate Staffing, PJC Publishing LLC
  • Author:Hollrah’s State Guide on Independent Contractors, PJC Publishing LLC
  • Contributing Author: The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, American Bar Association Section of Taxation and American Law Institute-American Bar Association (1998)
  • Contributing Author:Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, West Group

Published Articles

  • Updated Guidance Complicates Independent Contractor Safe Harbor, TaxNotes Federal, Vol. 186, No. 10 (Mar. 10, 2025)
  • Special Safe Harbor Can Protect Businesses in IRS Audits of Independent Contractor Relationships, Maryland Bar Journal, Vol. 6, Issue 2 (Fall 2024)
  • The Time Has Come for Congress to Finish Its Work on Harmonizing the Definition of “Employee,” Brooklyn Law School Journal of Law and Policy,Volume XXVI, No. 2 (2018) with Patrick Hollrah
  • New Passthrough Deduction Creates Tax Benefit for Self-Employed, TaxNotes, Vol. 158, No. 8 (Feb. 19, 2018) with Patrick Hollrah
  • The Tax Executive’s Guide to Contemporary Work Relationships, The Tax Executive, Nol. 46, No. 6 (November-December 1994)
  • Registry-Supplied Nurses Reduce Tax Headache for Hospitals,Healthcare Financial Management (Nov. 1993)
  • Nationwide v. Darden: Restoring to the Term “Employee” Its Common-Law Meaning, The Tax Executive, Nol. 44, No. 3 (May-June 1993)
  • Shell’s Allocation Methods for Establishing Taxable Income from its Property, Oil & Gas Tax Quarterly, Matthew Bender & Co, Inc., Vol. 41, No. 2 (Dec. 1992)
  • The Tax Treatment of Independent Contractors: Where We Are, and Where We’re Headed, The Tax Executive, Vol. 43, No. 5 (September-October 1992), reprinted in The Monthly Digest of Tax Articles (August 1992).
  • Purchasing a Worker’s Services From an Intermediary: How to Ensure Avoidance of Potential Employment Tax Liabilities,Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, Nol. 20, No. 6 (July 5, 1992)
  • Supreme Court Sheds Light on Self-Insured Benefit Plans, Journal of Compensation and Benefits, Warren, Gorham & Lamont (May-June 1991)
  • ERISA Protection Extended to Independent Contractors, Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, Nol. 19, No. 6 (July 7, 1991)
  • Refund of Unconstitutional State Taxes: Taxpayer’s Right or State’s Prerogative, The Tax Executive, Vol. 42, No. 4 (July-August 1990)

Presentations on Taxation or Contingent Workforce Topics

  • American Bakers Association
  • American Moving & Storage Association
  • American Payroll Association
  • American Trucking Associations
  • Association of Language Companies
  • ATA Litigation Center
  • Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs
  • Direct Selling Association
  • Driver Employer Council of America
  • Drug Information Association
  • Field Marketing Services Association
  • Independent Bakers Association
  • Independent Contractor Association of America
  • Independent Mystery Shoppers Coalition
  • International Warehouse Logistics Association
  • Joint National Committee for Languages
  • Lexis/Nexis
  • Littler Mendelson National Employer Conference
  • Mayland Bar Association
  • MSPA Americas
  • National Association of Attorneys General
  • National Association of Chemical Distributors
  • National Association of Concessionaires
  • National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses
  • National Association of Demonstration Companies
  • National Association of Government Labor Officials
  • National Association of Independent Insurers
  • National Association for Retail Marketing Services
  • New York State Land Title Association
  • Pennsylvania Homecare Association
  • Private Care Association
  • Tax Section of the American Bar Association
  • Tax Section of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia
  • Thompson Publishing Group
  • Transportation Law Institute
  • Washington Employee Benefits Group