Determine Your Independent Contractor Status
On September 3rd
Need help determining your independent contractor status?
First step is to review the rules set our by the Internal Revenue Service, see IRS.gov website.
This is the first installment of
Independent Contractor Taxes…Know Your Options.
It can be downloaded from our eBook library.
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The Internal Revenue service has boiled down the old 20 factor test to three categories:
- Behavioral Test – Focuses on whether the company controls or has the right to control when, where, and how the job is completed.
- Financial Test – Who controls the economics of the workers job? Is the individual reimbursed for travel? Who provides the job related tools or supplies? Is the individual paid by the hour or a single payment after completion of the job? Can/does the individual work for more than one company, with the ability to make a profit or suffer a loss?
- Type of Relationship Test – How do each perceive the business relationship? Is the worker rendering services indefinitely or on a project to project basis? A written contract to be an independent contractor is not the end all be all, the IRS does not follow these agreements if the above tests prove differently.
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Independent Contractor Taxes…Know Your Options. Download it for free today!
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