Contracts
Jun. 30, 2010
Rules for Drafting Independent Contractor Agreements
A U.S. Dept of Labor study found that about 30 percent of businesses misclassify workers, which may result in increasing levels of audits and investigations.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
When you hire employees, you may or may not have written contracts. When you hire independent contractors, it's crazy not to. Why the difference? Potential recharacterization from independent contractor to employee is always a one-way street. And while written contracts are important, drafting them is a virtual minefield.
And that minefield may get worse. On top of the enforcement tools available to the Internal Revenue Ser...
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