[nabentre] Contractors Versus Employees?

[Anita Ogletree]

Hello Everitt.
Thank you for the information.

On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 1:47 PM Everett Gavel via nabentre <
nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
>
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