US Tax Terms : C2C / W2 / 1099 | US IT Recruit

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Tax Terms plays a key role in US job market / US IT Recruitment so in-order to have good understanding about US recruitment, every recruiter must have knowledge about the US Tax Terms

Basically, US IT Recruitment works on two key factors :

1. Relationship between clients and Staffing Companies
2. Relationship between US IT recruiters/Bench Recruiters and the management

There are three (3) Tax Terms which are generally used in US Job market.

1. W2
2. C2C
3. 1099

W2

W2, which stands for the wage and tax statement, is a tax form given by the Staffing companies to the Candidate in the month of January every year.

Tax : On W2 tax will be taken care by his/her employer as the employer withholds a part of pay.

What taxes need to be paid?

• Federal income Tax
• State Income Tax
• Social Security Tax (SSN) Tax
• Medicare Tax

For instance, the person who is seeking a job opportunity with a valid work authorization (US Citizen/Green card/H1B /OPT /TN visa etc.,) is termed as consultant /Candidate.

Like wise, there are some staffing agencies who take these Consultants on their bench according to the interest of the consultants.

If a H1B candidate is on one of the staffing companies (“X”) payroll (or made an agreement with an employer for a certain period) then this H1B Candidate is called as W2 of this (“X”) Staffing firm

• Only Green card /US citizen / EAD / TN Visa can work on W2 Tax Term
• H1B are not allowed to work on W2 if they are in agreement with other employer, but they are allowed to work on W2 when they are going to transfer their Visa.
• W2 Candidates will have basic benefits from the employer’s end like Medical, insurance, PTO,401K

C2C

C2C is one of the commonly used Tax Terms in the US, which is the most preferable Tax by most of the consultants

C2C is an agreement between two Corporations and under this Tax Term your company/corporation is responsible for your Taxes.

Example:

• You are an employee of company – X (So you are under payroll of company -X) but you are working for company – Y, so in that case, there will be a C2C agreement between company – X & company – Y
• Company – Y is not responsible for your taxes. Only your company (Company – X) will pay all the taxes.
• Any US Valid Visa can work on C2C basis.

Visa	Tax Terms
H1B	C2C
OPT	W2/C2C
Green Card	W2/C2C
US Citizen	W2/C2C
TN Visa	W2/C2C
H4 EAD	W2/C2C
GC-EAD	W2/C2C

1099

1099 is one of the rarely used tax terms in US job market as no one prefers to work on 1099

1099 is and independent contractor or freelancer where they are liable to pay their own taxes and files their payroll.

Frequently Asked Questions on US Tax Terms

What are different US Tax Terms?

There are 3 types of tax terms i.e., W2, 1099, C2C

What is the difference between W2 and C2C or Corp-to-Corp?

C2C or Corp-to-Corp is an agreement between an individual (Valid US Visa Holder) to a corporation.

What is the 1099 Tax Term?

When a person is paid on 1099 tax terms, all the money earned by the candidate is paid on untaxed bias so, the candidate is responsible to pay the tax.

What taxes need to be paid on W2?

Federal income TaxState Income TaxSocial Security Tax (SSN) TaxMedicare Tax