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In this case, you MIGHT get by with a 1099, but that isn't true in a lot of cases. McDonalds can't pay with 1099's, Walmart can't, and I can't.
Once you tell someone how to do their job, or tell them when to work on the job, or provide the tools for the job, or tell them where they have to work, it's pretty much a W-2 situation. I know you can push the envelope a bit, maybe a lot if you are small, but you do have to be careful with using 1099's to individuals.
Dan
And then there is always the Zoe Baird school of accounting where you simply call everything a stipend and skip the social security, workers comp, unemployment comp, etc.
"My housekeeper was not working for 23 cents an hour. She was receiving a stipend which covered all of that."
One thing I can say about nominations for democratic cabinet positions, you certainly learn a lot about accounting techniques that can you locked up.
Is this a great country or what?