yes
How you are paid does not determine whether you are a contractor. If you are properly an independent contractor, you can be paid on a 1099.
An independent contractor is someone who works for themselves not a company. They can work for someone else but not be employed by them. An employee is employed by a company.
An independent contractor is a hired individual who is not an employee and works at a set price. A vendor is a person or group that sells products or services independently.
Yes. You do not need a license to be a bookkeeper. However, a determination must be made to whether or not the classification as an independent contractor as opposed to an employee is correct.
no.
18 months
An employer can be vicariously liable for the torts committed by an employee while they are in the scope of their employment in certain situations. An employer will not normally be held vicariously liable for the torts of an independent contractor because of a lack of supervisory control.
An employer should not charge a 1099 employee for workman's comp. If you get a 1099 you are not in an employer, employee relationship You are an independent contractor.
First an independent contractor is a self employed taxpayer and would NOT be your employee and you are NOT the independent contractors employer.
It's just a job description like plumber, electrician etc. So could be an employee working for a company or a self-employed contractor. If not self-employed, the fitter in question would be defined as working for the contractor, the contractor being the company who took on the work.xx
A small business person may be an independent contractor, meaning only that he or she sells services for a fee, as opposed to being an employee (which is distinctly not "independent"). An independent contractor refers to anyone selling you services (often a corporation or LLC, but also any small business), as long as it is not a joint venture or employment relationship.
yes they can - a prime contractor holds the actual contract and then in essence hires a subcontractor to do some of the work. an independent contractor is not an actual employee of whoever is paying him for his work. so there is no reason one person can't be both and often they are