An employer has some measure of control over the employee.
An "IC" (short for independent contractor) is "his own boss".
It is the responsibility of the employer to determine that a person is either an employee or an IC.
Tax thread: Employees vs independent contractors.
1. Legally, the two terms are mutually exclusive and are direct opposites... https://t.co/jR0PBMp32M
Employee works for an employer.
Independent contractor is basically an entrepreneur.
An employer has some measure of control over the employee.
An "IC" (short for independent contractor) is "his own boss".
It is the responsibility of the employer to determine that a person is either an employee or an IC.
This difference is the scenario of yesterday.
The statutory test is to see if a person is independent from 1: the person paying them;
2 who the work is done for
AND
Supervision
If the person is not independent from the employer (for both the work and the pay) AND the employer has control or supervision of the person - PAYE will apply.
Please read IN 17 carefully and get written advice if anything is unclear.
1. Controls manner of working
2. Payment regardless of output
3. Work is done personally
4. Obliged to "pitch up for work"
5. Exclusive relationship with one employer
6. Employer bears the risk
7. Instructions from employer
8. Reports required
9. Training provided
10. Set work hours per contract
There are 10 more, but you get the gist of what I'm saying.
If many of these apply to you, you're a common law employee.
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So I'd recommend reading this thread from Dave, but I thought about some of these policies, and how they fit into the whole, a lot, and want to offer a different interpretation.
I think California is world leading on progressivism that doesn't ask anyone to give anything up, or accept any major change, right now.
That's what I mean by symbolically progressive, operationally conservative.
Take the 100% renewable energy standard. As @leahstokes has written, these policies often fail in practice. I note our leadership on renewable energy in the piece, but the kind of politics we see on housing and transportation are going foil that if they don't change.
Creating a statewide consumer financial protection agency is great! But again, you're not asking most voters to give anything up or accept any actual changes.
I don't see that as balancing the scales on, say, high-speed rail.
CA is willing to vote for higher taxes, new agencies, etc. It was impressive when LA passed Measure H, a new sales tax to fund homeless shelters. And depressing to watch those same communities pour into the streets to protest shelters being placed near them. That's the rub.
It's very in vogue to bash California and this doesn't even reach to some things that deserve scorn, like the continuing control of the Western States Petroleum Association and the state Chamber of Commerce in policymaking. And yet-https://t.co/vHZ6GM7QF8
— David Dayen (@ddayen) February 11, 2021
I think California is world leading on progressivism that doesn't ask anyone to give anything up, or accept any major change, right now.
That's what I mean by symbolically progressive, operationally conservative.
Take the 100% renewable energy standard. As @leahstokes has written, these policies often fail in practice. I note our leadership on renewable energy in the piece, but the kind of politics we see on housing and transportation are going foil that if they don't change.
Creating a statewide consumer financial protection agency is great! But again, you're not asking most voters to give anything up or accept any actual changes.
I don't see that as balancing the scales on, say, high-speed rail.
CA is willing to vote for higher taxes, new agencies, etc. It was impressive when LA passed Measure H, a new sales tax to fund homeless shelters. And depressing to watch those same communities pour into the streets to protest shelters being placed near them. That's the rub.
