[nabentre] Contractors Versus Employees?

[Everett Gavel]

Hello Anita,

Below are 3 good links to pages where you can find 
out more on what you ask about, with the 
differences between Being or hiring a Contractor 
versus an Employee. To sum it up, though, a 
Contractor is someone who is in business for 
themselves, and the company that hires you, with 
you being the contractor, pays your business to do 
some work for or with them.

Consultants are contractors, for instance. Those 
often-ex-military people who hire on to go back to 
the Middle East to work with our government in 
various ways in the middle of wars, they are 
Contractors. They've started their own businesses 
after getting out of the military, quite often, 
and then stay in the game by becoming consultants, 
i.e., Contractors working for themselves, being 
paid by the government to help out over there. 
Since they're so familiar with the situation 
already.

As another example, I'm going to be hiring some 
local contractors in our region to do some 
sourcing for us starting in 2016. I don't want to 
deal with hiring employees just yet (if ever). So 
I'll be hiring contractors to get done what we 
want them to get done, and they can keep up with 
our quotas, on their own schedules, pretty much, 
week by week. That's one of the biggest 
differences between hiring a contractor versus an 
employee. You as the hiring entity, have more 
control over how you want things done, with an 
employee.

Here are the 3 sites/pages with full details and 
differences, from the IRS, SBA, and FindLaw...


IRS -- Independent Contractor (Self-Employed) or 
Employee?
www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Self-Employed-or-Employee
Aug 5, 2015 ... I am an independent contractor or 
in business for myself ... must first know the
business relationship that exists between you and 
the person performing ... Know
Who You're Hiring - Independent Contractor 
(Self-employed) vs.


Hire a Contractor or an Employee? | The US Small 
Business - SBA.gov
www.sba.gov/content/hire-contractor-or-employee
Independent contractors and employees are not the 
same, and it's important to
understand the difference. Knowing this 
distinction will help you determine what ...


Being an Independent Contractor vs. Employee - 
FindLaw
http://employment.findlaw.com/hiring-process/being-an-independent-contractor-vs-employee.html
Maybe you've never thought about the difference 
between being an employee
and being an independent contractor (also called a 
consultant). In many respects



Strive On!
Everett


----- original message ----- 
Good evening and I hope everyone had a great 
Thanksgiving.
It has been a while since I've commented or asked 
questions on this list.
If there's anyone whois willing to answer this 
question it would be most
helpful.
When you talk about being a contractor or doing 
contract work for
companies, what exactly does that mean. I am 
trying to research some
business ventures in hopes of starting a business 
and I came across this
email.
Thank you in advance for your help.