60-second check

Is Your "Contractor" Actually Your Employee?

Answer five quick questions about how the work actually happens. No legal jargon, no login — just your honest working relationship, scored against the same factors the IRS uses.

Question 1 of 5

Do you set their daily schedule or specific working hours?

Question 2 of 5

Do you train them on how to do the job, or dictate their exact process step by step?

Question 3 of 5

Do they use their own equipment and cover their own business expenses?

Question 4 of 5

Do they currently work for other clients besides you?

Question 5 of 5

Is there a written agreement scoped to a specific project — not an open-ended, ongoing arrangement?

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