Always consult your own tax professional. You can use the following 20 factors to structure your work arrangements with your customers and help prove you are an independent contractor. These factors are the tests applied by the courts in determining employment status. No single factor is controlling, nor is any particular weight given to any one of the factors. Few instructions are given to you about how, when, and where you are to work.
Little training is provided by the company.
Your services are not integrated with the company's operations. You are not required to perform the services personally. You hire, supervise, and pay assistants. Your relationship with the company is not continuing or is infrequently recurring. You set your own working hours.