California Independent Contractor Agreement
Download an independent contractor work for hire agreement today and protect yourself against potential costly IRS fines, and possible lawsuits.
There is no substitute for a California attorney-drafted agreement when hiring independent contractors who are not employed by you.
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An independent contractor agreement is used when a California business wants to hire a contractor from outside their company to perform different types of services for a limited period of time.
An independent contractor may be hired to provide either a specific or a broad range of services for your company for a specified fee.
Using independent contractors like consultants, programmers, marketing firms, medical professionals, writers and others, can be of great benefit to your company and save a significant amount of money.
However, it is important that you understand and clearly distinguish between an independent contractor and an employee. Some businesses may classify workers as independent contractors when in fact they should be considered and treated as employees. And certain businesses may also wrongly classify independent contractors as employees.
The IRS has specific guidelines on how to classify both employees and independent contractors. Should your company not classify the worker properly, you could suffer significant tax penalties from the IRS. And it is also possible that a wrong classification could cause added problems and risks to company pension plans and other employee benefits.
Our attorney-drafted 7-page California independent contractor agreement covers the following topics:
- Duties of the independent contractor
- Compensation and payment
- Contractor agrees not to disclose information about client
- Contractor will be responsible for their own taxes
- Contractor has the skill to complete the work correctly
- Contractor agrees to pay for their own expenses and equipment
- Contractor agrees not to solicit client’s customers
- Assigning of products and inventions created by contractor
- Time deadline to finish the agreed on work
- Contractor’s guarantees
- Confidentiality
Our attorney drafted instructions and independent contractor agreement will help you with classifying a worker as an independent contractor and reduce your chances of IRS compliance problems. Our agreement provides the essential declarations by the independent contractor that are needed to comply with IRS regulations.
California employment laws are complex and always changing; do not rely on an outdated independent contractor agreement. Our agreements are reviewed by a licensed California attorney whose contact information is included should you need further legal advice from an attorney.
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