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Independent Contractors are Raising Red Flags

Independent Contractors are Raising Red Flags

By Nina Kaufman, Esq.

It’s no secret that governments (Federal, state and local) are strapped for cash. One of the ways they’re seeking to fill the coffers is by cracking down more heavily on small businesses regarding their use of independent contractors (ICs). Why? ICs are handy way for small businesses to expand and contract their workforce as needed.  But it’s easier (and more lucrative) for the tax authorities to collect withholding taxes from one employer each quarter than to hope—and hope is the operative word—for ICs to pay in that same revenue when they file their tax returns months later. This happened to a client of mine (call it “SB Training”). SB Training hired a colleague on a handshake as an IC to deliver a training program. SB Training paid the IC when the assignment was completed. But when the IC filed for unemployment insurance (because the IC had been let go from her full-time job), she named SB Training as a place where she had worked in the previous year—and unwittingly sent SB Training down the rabbit…

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Nina Kaufman

Flying solo doesn’t have to mean going it alone.

I’m Nina Kaufman.

I know first-hand that running a knowledge-based service business has unique challenges. It’s so much easier when you have an advocate in your corner. Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands of New York business professionals who want a legal advisor to guide and support them as they navigate the business world.

With wide-ranging experience as a business attorney, strategist, and media authority, I bring the added power of a business lens to the legal issues my clients are facing.

And because I’ve been a business owner myself, I’ve lived through the soaring highs and devastating lows – like when my first law firm failed. So I understand what’s involved to serve great clients, detect business risks early and build a true legacy.

I can’t get those 12 years back. That’s why I have made it my mission to ensure that business professionals like you can become wise and discerning leaders, build a solid business, and live your best life.