You don’t want to have to learn a specialized skill, like web design, bookkeeping, or social media ads. And rather than learning it, you hire an independent contractor to bring their skills to your business.
That’s all you need to do, right? Sadly, there’s still some legal red-tape you need to comply with.
a workshop for creative business owners
- Watch/listen: 37 minutes
- Share your insights: >1 minute
In this video, I cover:
- what information you need to collect from each independent contractor
- the three things you should have in a digital file for each independent contractor
- why you’ll probably want to submit 1099s to them, even if they aren’t legally required
If you want to listen on the go or save data by not streaming video, you can listen to the workshop below and grab a copy of the slide deck from the sidebar.
Additional Resources
- to help you decide if your team member is an employee or independent contractor, grab the Employee or Independent Contractor Checklist from the sidebar
- to collect all the basic business information you’ll want on your independent contractor, grab the Independent Contractor Biz Info Form from the sidebar
- to put together your independent contractor agreement, grab the Contract Checklist from the sidebar
- to send your independent contractor a W-9, grab a PDF copy of the IRS W-9 form here
- if you learn by reading, this blog post breaks down the three things you’ll be collecting on each independent contractor
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