FedEx said the IRSs audit team has decided not to assess federal employment taxes on FedEx Grounds home delivery drivers, whom the company considers to be independent contractors.
The IRS had told the delivery giant in December 2007 that it considered the employees to be misclassified as independent contractors and ordered the company to pay back taxes and penalties (see
In a new regulatory filing last Friday, FedEx revealed that the IRSs audit team has provided the company with a revised notice of proposed adjustment with respect to the 2002 calendar year, and proposed that no assessment of federal employment tax be made for FedEx Grounds independent contractors.
The audits of subsequent years are still ongoing, but FedEx is hopeful that the IRS will arrive at the same conclusion.