The Great Debate: Employee vs Independent Contractor

The Great Debate: Employee vs Independent Contractor is an important decision for small business owners to make. Once you decide on hiring an independent contractor, you have to carefully navigate the independent contractor determination rules set forth by the IRS and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These rules have even tripped up giant corporations like Microsoft. TurboTax outlines the Microsoft Case where the IRS determined Microsoft's freelancers were not independent contractors but employees.