Comments on: Ask the taxgirl: Geithner’s Tax Status http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-geithners-tax-status/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Carol Fritz http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-geithners-tax-status/comment-page-1/#comment-8316 Carol Fritz Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:25:36 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=2281#comment-8316 Yes, one can be an independent contractor for ten years like me. However, it gets dicey when one is an independent contractor working for the same company for more than four or five years. There's case law where Microsoft (Are we surprised?) was found to have hired consultants as independent contractors for that length of time. The court held they were de facto employees. Yes, one can be an independent contractor for ten years like me. However, it gets dicey when one is an independent contractor working for the same company for more than four or five years.

There’s case law where Microsoft (Are we surprised?) was found to have hired consultants as independent contractors for that length of time. The court held they were de facto employees.

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