"If companies are controlling what the worker is doing and when it's getting done, they probably have an employee [instead of an independent contractor]," says Grafton "Cap" Willey, a managing director at CBIZ Tofias, which provides tax and consulting services. "Paying additional taxes is probably cheaper than getting in trouble."





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Rollyn Trueblood
Mar 4, 2010 6:42 PM ET
The Rest of the Story
What's left out in the article is the responsibilities of the independed contractor are often ignored. They are … more
TOM HOOD
Mar 4, 2010 4:16 AM ET
Great article and dead-on
Your article is timely and useful. In Maryland we got the Anti-Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 - a law that makes … more
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