Home Improvement Contractor - Licensed Contractors
If I was hired as an independent contractor, shouldn't I have had a valid business license?
As an independent contractor, if hired by a company, shouldn't there be a contract for the work to be done with both parties signatures and witnessed. If you're using the companies resources ie: vehicles, cell phone and being told to report in every morning, collect paperwork from other IC"s, organize and fax to the owner for billing purposes, does that not make you an employee?
Public Comments
- Not necessarily a business license, but definitely an EIN from the IRS. On the other accounts...right you are! Sounds like someone is trying to get away with hiring you as an employee but not paying for your taxes, worker's comp and other things they are responsible for.
- It depends on what you have been contracted for. If you have been hired as a liaison between sub-contractors and management, then the parameters you've listed are justified. An independent contractor is usually hired, at a set fee, to perform the contractual work. There should, however, be some sort of written contract to outline the duties and obligations of both parties, or a signed acceptance of a fixed price of service.
- This varies by state, where I live in Seattle Washington, you have to have a contractors license, period... And they are insanely strict at enforcing it. In other states and in the State of Washington prior to a new law in 2007 it is or has been ok to work under your Soc. or EIN... Using there vehicles would depend on what there insurance policies were, but you would not need worry about penalty they would.
