Many people today are accepting jobs with companies who have elected to pay them as independent contractors rather than as typical payroll employees. Companies do this for a variety of reasons, not the least of which are the tax savings they benefit from by not paying social security and Medicare taxes for their “employees.” Individuals ...
Pet sitting contracts are an absolute must if you are going to own and operate a professional pet sitting business. If you are going to provide dog walking and animal boarding you need a pet sitting contract to protect you and your clients. Your clients will expect for you to have a contract that clearly ...
There are many work at home customer service jobs available. I have worked as an independent contractor for West Telemarketing for about three years now. I want a change. I mean don’t get me wrong it’s a nice gig. But, now I want to get paid by the hour instead of per talk minute. Many ...
Most dictionaries define an employee as an individual who works for another person, or for a business, and receives payment. Oh if it was only that simple. The IRS further defines the relationship between an employer, or payer, and an employee, or payee. Before employers know how to treat payments made to individuals performing a ...
An independent contractor is considered a self employed individual, and income earned by an independent contractor is considered self-employment income. “Self-employment income is income that arises from the performance of personal services, but which cannot be classified as wages because an employer-employee relationship does not exist between the payer and the payee” (Self-Employment Tax). Self-Employment ...
