"Phoebe Roberts, EA" <Phoebe[at]cottagesoft.com> wrote:
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Whether or not someone is an employee might vary depending
on the purpose of the inquiry. Someone may be an employee
for income tax purposes while not being an employee for
disability insurance purposes.

Stu

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Phoebe,

I began this thread with a lot less ignorant than I am now.
But I'm still confused over the various ways to classify
someone who performs labor for compensation ny another.
There's "statutory employee," "common-law employee," and
"independent contractor," at least, and maybe more.

I had originally been urged to explore the definition of
"statutory employee" by someone with more tax knowledge than
I.

What I'm basically trying to determine is whether the guy I
sold roofs and performed other services for should have
withheld income tax from my commissions, and, more
importantly, whether he should have withheld, or should be
liable for, the half of the self-employment tax that I'm
paying next week by virtue of filing a Schedule C.

I hope this clarifies matters.

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DFStoneJr wrote:

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You know, I have been puzzling and puzzling over this
thread. Are you using the words "statutory employee" to
mean something other than "gets a W-2 with no FITW and the
"statutory employee" box checked, and reports his income on
Line 7 and expenses on Sch C," and if so, could you please
use a different word? Might I suggest "common-law
employee," which is one of the other 3 choices, the
remaining two being statutory non-employee and common-law
non-employee.]

Phoebe

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