IRS is the final arbiter on this unless their ruling is taken to Tax Court

Below, you'll the link to the IRS page on this question. Paste it your browser.  Or, follow the link at the bottom of the post.

As companies exert more and more control over the work, it gets harder and harder to see how most of them can take advantage of hiring people as ICs.  I think the IRS has taken their eye off this ball in recent years.

One thing of SPECIAL NOTE: On this page you will find a link to a form called SS-8, which EITHER the company or the worker can file with the IRS for an official determination of your status.

It can take awhile to get this back, but in the meantime, if you're an IC you might want to ask your company whether they have filed an SS-8 for this determination, as the IRS recommends companies that use IC's file this form.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html

• Definition of an Independent Contractor - Stirring the Pot With a Little Cilantro
  • IC status - MG
  • Just my 2-cent thoughts of IC - garlic
  • IRS is the final arbiter on this unless their ruling is taken to Tax Court - TechSupport
    • IC status - Cilantro and Basil
    • P.S. - If your company has filed form SS-8 ask for a copy. - TechSupport
      • If you file a form with the IRS - MT24/7
        • If you file the SS-8, there are consequences on both ends - sm - SS-8 Vet
        • No - the company gets hit with back SS - contributions, etc.
        • Seems to me, - A.Nonymous

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Deventure Ruling………

First I would like to state that there are 2 sides to every story. As far as the ruling goes? I don’t know, I wasn’t there. But, I can relate what was done for me by Michael DeVille and DVHP. First, I started for DeVenture in September 2006. In October of 2006 my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In November of 2006 my father had a Whipple procedure to try to buy him some time. He was then transferred to a nursing home for rehabilitation. During his stay there several horrible realities became quite apparent. They forgot to feed him the first 2 days he was there. Somebody didn’t put the order in for his meal trays. I put him to bed one day and when I pulled the blankets back, his sheets were soaked with urine. They never bathed him ONCE during his entire stay which was about a month and this place had a “wonderful” reputation. He was failing, not getting better. The only option we could determine was that I would move in with my parents to help take care of my father. DeVenture provided me with all the equipment to work out of my parent’s house (2 hours from our home office). This was not an easy feat nor was it cheap. Do you think that Mr. DeVille believed I could work at 100% while providing intensive care for my father? It was a bit of a gamble. I did the best that I could for my father and my company. Because I was “virtually” set up in every way, it was impossible to detect any difference between my working in the office or at my parent’s home. How many companies or facilities would back an employee like this?  So…….my ruling is in favor of DVHP. 

would someone please apply and then post here what they REALLY meant.  For 16 or 18 cpl, I could QUICKLY become a RAD MT with or without experience (everything is relative, you know).  And if they upped it to 20 cpl, i would even take my C-phone and internet connection to Yorba Linda and work there!

So, I will be sitting by my IE just waiting to click on my MTStars link, click on Company Board, and find out that I can soon be making THE BIG BUCKS doing radiology transcription. 

But let's just keep this between us, just IN CASE they only have 3 or 4 positions open, ok?  Deal or No Deal?????

We are transcriptionists, not physicians.  We don't make any calls.  We transcribe what we hear, and they read the report and sign off.  It's that simple.  It always has been that simple.

No one here deserves the salary of anything more than what they get or make production wise.

Do you really think these MTSOs are charging a million dollars or what?  They make money by bidding accounts and then sub the work out whether that be by hiring employees or by contracting with an IC. 

I don't know where people come up with this idea that we are the bread and butter of these companies.  We are the worker bees.  Do a good job and you'll make some money.  I make twice as much now working from home than I did hourly with benefits and the benefits were crap.

I can set my own tone.  I transcribe to the best of my ability but by darn it if I can't understand what the dictator says, I leave a blank, and they fill it in.  That's what transcription is about. 

rethink if cheap is the way to go in the case of medical records.

It's no fun to go to court on malpractice cases and have inaccurate and incomplete records.  You look like a fool and it makes it look like you are even more guilty than you may have been.  I have seen it from the side of the medical affairs office and talked to the people who have to go off to fight the battles in the court.  Trust me, quantity over quality is not what is needed and hospitals can't afford to lose too many of those cases before they lose accredidation.  Then the ballgame is over.

All info for opting in is in those papers.  Current employees cannot be fired for opting in.

and she was trying to get me into scoping.  From my understanding, the court reporter does the stenographer, which then goes through their computer to turn their abbreviations into words.  Then, they send it to the person scoping.  That person then does all the profreading for them.  My friend spends lots of time proofing, so this would really help them out.

Hope this helps somewhat...

There is an 'opt-in' federal labor law case in the Texas courts naming a midwestern MT company as the defendant for nonpayment of OT and IC/employee status violation.  If you Google full company names, the case will come up in the results. 

Opt-in means that if someone wants to join the law suit they need to contact the defendant's lawyer or the courts.  This information is public and easy to find.  I paid only $0.64 online to get the legal papers filed with all of the contact information.

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Those medical records became cheaper for hospitals how?  When they go to court with those expensive incorrect records and LOSE, wonder if they think it was cheaper?