Indiana Contract of Employment between Church and Organist

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This form is a sample employment agreement between a church and a musician to play the organ for church services and choir rehearsals.

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Yes. If a church is paying you for providing music during worship services or other events, you have income that should be reported on your tax return. If the church provides a Form W-2, treat the earnings as wages from any other type of work.

In most cases, church musicians do not pass the test of being an independent contractor because of the control that the employer exercises over the musician's work. In two Private Letter Rulings, the IRS has maintained that church organists and choir directors are employees, not independent contractors.

Like independent contractors, musicians provide their own tools. Further, freelance musicians retain some control over their work schedule, are paid on a 1099 and are highly skilled. Thus, the region found that these musicians were more like independent contractors than employees.

Occasionally churches or synagogues will hire musicians as independent contractors instead of employees. According to the IRS, workers are generally considered employees if they: Must comply with the employer's instructions about the work. Receive training from or at the direction of the employer.

Most working musicians are considered "self-employed" regarding filing their taxes. In a legal and taxpaying sense this means that your "business" as a musician and you as an individual taxpayer are one and the same. There is no legal separation such as one would have in a corporation or other legal entity.

Beginning with the 2020 tax year, the IRS will require churches to report nonemployee compensation on the new Form 1099-NEC instead of on Form 1099-MISC. Churches will need to use this form if they made payments totaling $600 or more to a non-employee, such as an independent contractor.

Like independent contractors, musicians provide their own tools. Further, freelance musicians retain some control over their work schedule, are paid on a 1099 and are highly skilled. Thus, the region found that these musicians were more like independent contractors than employees.

A Music Recording Contract should include the following:Recording company details (name, contact info)Artist details (group name, names of each artist, contact info)Production details, e.g. studio address, recording session dates, control over song selections on the recording, and control over album title.More items...

Many musicians in our ranks continue to be treated as independent contractors by employers, even though it is clear that an employer-employee relationship exists. There is a name for this practiceit is called illegal worker misclassification, and it is affecting a variety of industries in our country.

Many musicians in our ranks continue to be treated as independent contractors by employers, even though it is clear that an employer-employee relationship exists. There is a name for this practiceit is called illegal worker misclassification, and it is affecting a variety of industries in our country.

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Indiana Contract of Employment between Church and Organist