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Will the Police charge you with a crime for hiring an illegal alien on a 1099 form?
Unknowing perhaps he was a illegal alien,
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- Mandy BooLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Since you are actually declaring the wages, they tend to be much more lenient. As long as the person completed a w-9 you did you due diligence. You're not required to do background checks on independent contractors.
However, if the person should have been a regular w-2 employee, you could get in trouble ith the IRS.
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