Employers must insure that all new employees complete the following forms:
W-4 - Form W-4 Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate (Adobe PDF)
I-9 - Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification (Adobe PDF)
In addition to retaining the above 2 forms, employers should complete and retain the
Affirmation of Legal Work Status (Adobe PDF)
and verify the information the employee has provided at one of these two online databases:
Basic Pilot Program - maintained by the Department of Homeland Security. This site allows employers to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees, regardless of citizenship, however, the employer must go through a lengthy initial registraton process before he can use the service.
Social Security Number Verification Service - maintained by the Social Security Administration
This site is for social security number verification - most inquiries are answered instantaneously. Here, too, however, the employer must make the effort to register and, in this case, wait for a user name and password to be mailed to him before he can use the service.
Forms
W-9's
- Form W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number (Adobe PDF)
Internal
Revenue Service Forms
Colorado
Department of Revenue Forms
Federal and Colorado Business Information
US
Department of Homeland Security - Citizenship and Naturalization Services
-- Information on Immigration Law
Colorado
Secretary of State - Information on setting up a business in Colorado
Colorado
Department of Labor - Information on Colorado employment and labor
laws
White
House Economic Statistics - easy access to current Federal economic
indicators
White
House Social Statistics - easy access to current Federal social statistics
National
Council on Aging - a free, easy-to-use service that identifies federal
and state assistance programs for Americans 55 and older.
Computer Resources
Norton
Anti-Virus Center -
Information on computer viruses and virus hoaxes
Microsoft
Knowledge Base - A searchable database for troubleshooting
Microsoft software
Retirement Information
Retirement
Plan Resource Guide from the IRS. Small business
owners can now learn virtually everything they need to know about setting
up and maintaining IRA-based retirement plans for their employees and
themselves.
Reverse Mortgages - A reverse mortgage is really a home equity loan with deferred payments. In short, taking out a reverse mortgage is essentially spending down your home's equity without having to move. For more information on reverse mortgages, National Association of Reverse Mortgage Lenders and AARP's site.
Investment Information
EDGAR
(Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval System)
- The Securities & Exchange Commission's
online database of corporate filings. EDGAR gives timely and accurate
information 24 hours after it is filed with the SEC which can help to
evdaluate a company's current health, revenue outlook and profit potential.
Annual
Credit Report from the 3 major credit companies - free!
Breckenridge and Summit County Information
Breckenridge
Resort Chamber - Events Calendar
What's
Playing at the Backstage Theatre?
Summit
County Government site
Town
of Breckenridge site