You make some good points but a company's payroll provider (i.e. Gusto) handles all of these domestic employee taxes automatically so this is generally a non-is

You make some good points but a company's payroll provider (i.e. Gusto) handles all of these domestic employee taxes automatically so this is generally a non-issue. Although there are other complications and this is a really good thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17022563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17022563