Companies collecting tax filings as evidence of an individual’s independent contractor status may run into issues this year when directed by such contractors to request the information directly from their tax preparers. An updated IRS ruling relating to disclosure by tax preparers of tax return information to third parties, modernizes the rules originally set forth [...]

Washington State uses a seven-part consolidated exception test for determination of independent contractor status under state unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation laws in Washington. All parts of the test must be met for a worker to qualify as an independent contractor. The test combines the ABC Test with four additional requirements, making it more difficult [...]

Did you know that the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations (1996) recommended simplifying and standardizing the definition of an employee in employment, labor, and tax law to reduce confusion and stem the abuse of misclassification of workers as independent contractors? Under the “Definition of an Employee” section the Commission made three recommendations: 1. [...]