Marriage, moving, and working remotely - Visa options
Nov 10th 2022, 8:17 pm
#16
Deep in the woods of CT
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 6,856
Re: Marriage, moving, and working remotely - Visa options
Originally Posted by MidAtlantic
Nope! https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small...ractor-defined : You are not an independent contractor if you perform services that can be controlled by an employer (what will be done and how it will be done). This applies even if you are given freedom of action. What matters is that the employer has the legal right to control the details of how the services are performed.
If an employer-employee relationship exists (regardless of what the relationship is called), then you are not an independent contractor and your earnings are generally not subject to self-employment tax. However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (social security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding.
This is one area where the IRS (and HMRC for that matter) is giving more scrutiny.
If an employer-employee relationship exists (regardless of what the relationship is called), then you are not an independent contractor and your earnings are generally not subject to self-employment tax. However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (social security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding.
This is one area where the IRS (and HMRC for that matter) is giving more scrutiny.
Nov 10th 2022, 8:43 pm
#17
BE Commentator
Joined: Feb 2010
Location: Los Angeles, California
Posts: 8,255
Re: Marriage, moving, and working remotely - Visa options
Originally Posted by MidAtlantic
Nope! https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small...ractor-defined : You are not an independent contractor if you perform services that can be controlled by an employer (what will be done and how it will be done). This applies even if you are given freedom of action. What matters is that the employer has the legal right to control the details of how the services are performed.
If an employer-employee relationship exists (regardless of what the relationship is called), then you are not an independent contractor and your earnings are generally not subject to self-employment tax. However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (social security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding.
This is one area where the IRS (and HMRC for that matter) is giving more scrutiny.
If an employer-employee relationship exists (regardless of what the relationship is called), then you are not an independent contractor and your earnings are generally not subject to self-employment tax. However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (social security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding.
This is one area where the IRS (and HMRC for that matter) is giving more scrutiny.
