The IRS has cracked down on this practice. You can't just call someone a contractor that meets the conditions to be an employee. You can be mindful of these con

The IRS has cracked down on this practice. You can't just call someone a contractor that meets the conditions to be an employee. You can be mindful of these conditions and work around them but just calling an employee a contractor is not good enough. Even intentionally working around the IRS rules can get you in trouble. You might get away with it but if you want to make the IRS happy, you better not call an employee a contractor if you don't want to deal with the fines, reclassification and back taxes that go with it.