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Independent contractors and W-9 form
Carol,Hello! I wanted to check with you about a sentence that is in our Independent Contractor Agreement. No one has ever given us a W-9 before even though they have signed the agreement. Why are the...
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IRS auditors crackdown on independent contractors
According to CNNMoney, the IRS is going to do random audits of 6,000 companies that use independent contractors. CNN Money: Auditors Crackdown on Indedendent Contractors Homeschool organizations might...
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A new twist on paying homeschool co-op teachers
I frequently advise homeschool co-ops to be careful how they pay teachers. I think it is best to treat paid teachers as employees or to have the parents in the co-op pay the teachers directly. In...
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What business structure and tax forms are needed for a new homeschool co-op?
Hi, I am a 15 year homeschooling veteran who started a co-op last fall. I am now being asked by my church for ‘official’ documents to include: business status, liability insurance, tax information....
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Paying co-op leaders
Hello, I am the leader of a support group with around 65 families. Our group has a board of elders and by-laws. We also have a co-op of about half the members of the larger group. The co-op...
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Crackdown on using Independent Contractors
This article from Forbes discusses independent contractors and employees. The Department of Labor is considering requiring businesses (and that would include nonprofits) to give every IC a “Right to...
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Where to find a sample teacher agreement for a homeschool co-op?
Hi Carol, Thank you so much for the wealth of information you provide through your writings! Where might I find an example Independent Contractor Agreement we might use for our homeschool cooperative?...
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Is a homeschool co-op teacher an independent contractor if paid by the parents?
After reading through a bit of your material, we have decided that each family will pay our homeschool co-ops teachers individually. How would we label teachers that are not on a payroll, not...
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Is your homeschool co-op’s hired teacher really an employee?
A homeschool nonprofit I work with called me quite frantic. They had received a letter form the IRS. It seems that a former teacher of one of their classes was asking for an examination of her...
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Homeschool co-op has a super volunteer. Can she be paid?
Hi Carol, Our co-op is a nonprofit corporation. Almost all of our tutors in the co-op are moms with kids in the program. The moms do not get pay in money for teaching but are offered “credits” against...
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Is a homeschool tutor an employee of the family who hires her?
I am hoping you can help me. I recently got hired as a homeschool teacher. I am reading articles that say I am not an independent contractor and this is really concerning me. I am hearing that I am an...
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Can a teacher work off their tuition to a homeschool co-op?
We have recently started an inclusive homeschool co-op. I have three of your ebooks and I’m a bit confused on a few issues. 1. Each family pays the outside teachers directly. We do a registration...
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Tax forms for a special ed homeschool teacher
Carol, We started homeschooling our daughter who is special needs. We hired a special ed teacher and now with taxes around the corner we don’t know what we need to file. Regards, B Dear B, I wrote a...
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Preparing Strong Independent Contractor Agreements
From Veneable.com, a website with articles focusing on nonprofit law, comes this excellent list of items to have in an agreement with an independent contractor. Many homeschool organizations hire...
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Definition of Independent Contractor: Behavior
Here at HomeschoolCPA, I get a lot of questions about the difference between employees and independent contractors (IC). Many homeschool organizations hire workers as ICs and wonder if they really...
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Independent Contractors: Financial control
Since so many homeschool organizations hire workers as Independent Contractors, it might be helpful to examine the difference between employees and independent contractors. This is the second of a...
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Independent Contractors: Type of Relationship
We’ve looked at two factors the IRS uses to distinguish between employees and independent contractors: Behavioral Control and Financial Control. This blog post will discuss the third factor: Type of...
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Tracking payments to homeschool co-op teachers
If teachers are paid directly how does the homeschool co-op know about who has paid in order to keep track of payments? It’s very common got homeschool co-ops and tutorial programs to ask parents to...
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Can you discount a homeschool co-op class in lieu of paying the teacher?
Are volunteer teachers in a homeschool co-op allowed to get free or discounted classes? Do they need to claim the amount on their yearly income? We have independent contractors who work for our...
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Is our homeschool band director an independent contractor?
We are in the very beginning stages of becoming a non profit homeschool band. We will charge a monthly tuition which will cover compensating the band director for directing/teaching the bands. The...
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