Moving Contract

In the last year alone, the following well-recognized companies have been involved in independent contractor misclassification lawsuits: FedEx, Macy's, the NFL, Sleepy's, Penthouse, Lowe's, Jani-King, DirecTV, BMW and SuperShuttle.

As an independent contractor that is paying their own expenses and being paid a percentage of the move, they may make more money on some jobs and less on others (profit/loss). An employee does not have this risk, they are paid the same amount no matter what.

The earnings of a person who is working as an independent contractor are subject to Self-Employment Tax. If you are an independent contractor, you are self-employed.However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (Social Security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding.

The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done. The earnings of a person who is working as an independent contractor are subject to Self-Employment Tax.

Unlike contractors and subcontractors who are brought in by a client to work on a specific project, self-employed people work for their own clients and are their own bosses. In general, the self-employed have a little more freedom than contractors when it comes to setting their schedules.

Simply put, being an independent contractor is one way to be self-employed. Being self-employed means that you earn money but don't work as an employee for someone else.An independent contractor is someone who provides a service on a contractual basis.

By the hour. For local moves within 50 miles, you can expect to pay movers by the hour. If you have two people handling the move, average moving costs should be between $80 and $100 per hour. You can expect to pay more per hour for a larger crew, but you'll likely finish faster, so costs tend to even out.

An attorney or accountant who has his or her own office, advertises in the yellow pages of the phone book under Attorneys or Accountants, bills clients by the hour, is engaged by the job or paid an annual retainer, and can hire a substitute to do the work is an example of an independent contractor.

To set yourself up as a self-employed taxpayer with the IRS, you simply start paying estimated taxes (on Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals) and file Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business, and Schedule SE, Self-Employment Tax, with your Form 1040 tax return each April.