I received an offer letter for a summer internship that was really an independent contractor agreement. I was a bit confused but thought that working as an IC would give me more freedom on how and where I could do work at the expense of paying Self-Employment Tax and not receiving any employee benefits.
I wrote to the HR (CEO) to confirm that this classification was correct, but was only told that I would be required to work full time at normal hours in the office.
I want and need this job, but I don't want to screw myself over. How do you recommend approaching this? The employer probably wants to disguise my internship employment as IC for tax reasons I'm assuming (I don't know why else). Should I sign the offer and play along?
(For your benefit, suppose the internship pays USD 4,000 per month, no withholdings. As a Washington State resident coming to work in CA, would I have to file taxes in CA, too?)
Submitted April 28, 2017 at 12:15PM by Foolprof http://ift.tt/2qn9pTQ
