How Would You Explain to a New Client the Difference Between an Employee vs. Independent Contractor?

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Anik Dean

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Answered on October 17th, 2017

Here is the IRS link:

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-se...

The FIRST question to ask is: Who sets the worker's hours? If that is the person paying them, then they are an employee, and all the other questions are irrelevant.

As a few other people mentioned, signing a paper saying they are an independent contractor does not make them one.


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