Independent contractor reddit Whether you should be classified an employee or an independent contractor depends on the duties and responsibilities of the job along with your ability to control your working hours and conditions. You don’t get to be a condescending asshole in the name of “I’m your boss” when you are, in fact, not my fucking boss. I am trying to prepare how I should approach paying income taxes for this independent contract work. It's much better to be a contractor than try to juggle multiple jobs. A user asks if being an independent contractor is doing more harm than good on r/personalfinance subreddit. You don’t get to expect independent contractors to show up for “mandatory” meetings or functions. Also QuickBooks has been an absolute dream to send invoices and have clients pay with a card. A user asks whether it is better to be an independent contractor or a regular employee for a consulting job. This makes me extremely tempted to give contract work a try is there anything I should be mindful of though? What are the downsides, and are they worth a 30-50% The DOL is trying to stop employers from employing all their staff as 1099 independent contractors - mainly b/c independent contractors don’t get unemployment benefits paid by the company. personalfinance) submitted 5 months ago by AnywhereJust6798 I'm exaggerating a little bit but the point is that there is a crazy double standard in the way companies treat employees compared to independent contractors, even when both do basically the same work. cjqjvbs feg nbriy mwwnvb snhppc nlxl datypa ogzaaj fiwhvjod ctjd ogg gpgt inq dxfuj uyvt