Using Independent Contractors
Resource Material: ID# 1000092
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About This Course:
When it comes to independent contractors, what you don't know can hurt.
Get step-by-step instructions on how to comply with IRS requirements without compromising your ability to make cost-effective hiring decisions.
You'll learn about the IRS' 10-question test to determine classification, see a sample contract and review guidelines for 22 states with even stricter rules. Hire without fear!
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Executive Summary
- Beware Agents Bearing Compliance Checks
- Out of Harm's Way
- A Tricky Balancing Act
- Courting Disaster
You and the IRS
- Risky Business?
- On the Plus Side
- A Fuzzy Definition
- 20-Factor Test Revised
- The IRS' 20-Factor Test
- On the Plus Side
- Quiz Yourself on Some Common Scenarios
- Contractors and Hostile Work Environments
- Watch State Regulations
- The IRS' New Attitude
- The IRS on Patrol
- Congress Hands You a New Weapon
- Form 1099: Handle With Care
An Ounce of Prevention
- Avoid Being a Control Freak
- Converting Employees to Contractors
- Liability Insurance
- Contracts: Your Most Important Protection
- Sample Contractor's Agreement
- Terminating Contracts
Overseeing the Work of Contractors
- Establish a Talent Pool
- How to Negotiate Price
- Managerial Challenges
- Protect Confidential Information
- Don't Overlook Your Staff's Morale
- Who Pays When a Contractor Fails?
Recent Court Rulings
- Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Retaliation
- Worker Classification
- Civil Rights Issues
- Reclassification
- Hostile Environment
