Subcontractor Tax Definition
Employee or Subcontractor?
The IRS has developed the following twenty questions with the intention of providing a clearer picture of the relationship between the firm and the subcontractor
- Is the worker required to comply with instructions?
- Is the worker provided with training?
- Are the worker's services integral to the business operations?
- Must the worker render the services personally?
- Who has the power to hire, supervise and pay assistants?
- Is there a continuing relationship?
- Are there set hours of work?
- Is there a full-time work requirement?
- Is the work done on the premises of the business?
- Is the order or sequence of the work established?
- Are oral or written reports required?
- Is payment made by the hour, week or month?
- Who pays the worker's business and/or travel expenses?
- Who furnished the worker's tools and materials?
- Has the worker made a significant investment for work facilities?
- Will the worker realize a profit or loss from the activity?
- Does the worker work for more then one business at a time?
- Are the worker's services available to the general public?
- May the worker be discharged?
- Does the worker have the right to terminate the relationship at any time?