Independent Contractor Questions

Here's my situation. I founded a company very recently (currently an LLC) and have no external funding. I also don't have deep pockets. This is for a startup in the US in Washington state. I...

LLC Equity Employees Independent Contractor Legal Documents

asked Dec 5 '13 at 18:53

Newbie
6 points

For the past 7 years I have been working for a defense contractor working on customizing content management systems (well known EMC and Atlassian products). I feel like I have gained enough...

Development Independent Contractor

asked Nov 18 '13 at 14:54

User29701
6 points

We have been coding now for about 6 months on our startup. Up until now, we have bootstrapped the entire project on pennies, being cash poor. Fortunately we were able to raise a small friends and...

Equity Independent Contractor Compensation

asked Apr 10 '13 at 05:44

Derek
164 points

I'm working for a client who is doing business as a LLC in CA. He represents merchants by advertising them on certain websites. His commission is taken out from the sales received from the...

LLC Tax Independent Contractor

asked Feb 13 '13 at 03:50

Cong Xiao
6 points

I am a web designer/developer in the US and I am very interested in obtaining freelance work via the Internet. However, sites such as ODesk and Elance seem unfavorable to freelancers who need to...

Independent Contractor Web Design Online Web Dev

asked Nov 14 '12 at 13:32

Darren
103 points

As a startup, we are talking to a business development consultant. He will do business development in a particular country for us. What are the key terms we need to be careful about in a contract...

Independent Contractor Business

asked Oct 13 '12 at 00:40

Ben
1 point

We're looking at hiring a systems administrator contractor at a certain hourly rate to do sysadmin-y things. So far, this is easy enough for me to wrap my brain around. But during certain hours,...

Independent Contractor Rates

asked Oct 17 '12 at 02:11

Todofixthis
183 points

What is the process of switching a US-registered fictitious business name from an Inc ran by one individual to an Independent Contractor? This question is based around the Inc deing dissolved,...

Independent Contractor

asked Aug 7 '12 at 21:05

User1062058
22 points

I've been part of a small team at a startup (LLC) for about a year and a half now (since inception), working unders a PSA (Professional Services Agreement) that grants me a "membership interest"....

CTO Legal Independent Contractor Web App

asked Jul 13 '12 at 08:37

David Oritz
8 points

I run a small US-based startup, (an S Corp), I am also a contractor of this business. Am I able to withdrawl money from the main business banking account and pay myself (a contractor) without...

Independent Contractor Accounting S Corp

asked Jul 16 '12 at 06:22

User1062058
22 points

I have been working on a medium sized web application for a large client, on site, for 3 years. I work as a contractor on the project, handling most of the coding, but the application itself and...

Independent Contractor Licensing Web App Clients

asked Jul 19 '12 at 02:01

User357320
113 points

I am the sole founder of a bootstrapped startup (idea conceived by me, revenue model and business plan developed by me, and I filed a provisional process patent for the concept). I have incoporated...

Equity Independent Contractor Contractor

asked May 3 '12 at 10:40

Ric Bray
13 points

Since I'm not a legal adult, is there anything special I need to watch out for in terms of startup culture? Technically, I can get out of any legal agreement (since they can't be binding until I'm...

Legal Independent Contractor Agreements

asked Mar 25 '12 at 10:48

Jrg
247 points

I will be joining as a senior developer on a startup and I will be working 20 hours a week remotely. I have a day job which pays my bills now. The company is not funded yet so we will not be given...

Independent Contractor Stock Options Convertible Note

asked Apr 5 '12 at 01:59

Java Mouse
113 points

I have bootstrapped a startup in NY and am ready to hire a person. Should I hire this person as a contractor or as an employee. I realize that there are many laws and logistics around hiring an...

Hiring Employees Independent Contractor

asked Feb 25 '12 at 08:06

User15995
42 points

In what year do payments to subcontactors count, for tax purposes? For example if I don't make the payment until after Jan 1 but the money was earned the previous year, which tax year does that...

Tax Independent Contractor

asked Jan 2 '12 at 05:37

Don Zacharias
132 points

Hi I got the first client from one of the freelancing website.But they are asked to send the address proof to them.In our first conversation they asked this and my bank details.Apart from this they...

Independent Contractor Trust Bank Account

asked Oct 28 '11 at 03:18

Vinothkumar
108 points

I am not sure how I should be paying taxes for freelance/consulting work. With some of my clients I just signed a consulting agreement, and an NDA and then I invoice them. They pay me via credit...

Tax Independent Contractor Clients

asked Oct 20 '11 at 15:56

Sheehan Alam
194 points

We want to hire some freelancers in the US, Germany, Russia and Japan. The book "The Business of iPhone App Development" from Apress references an Imdependent Contractor Agreement template. The...

Legal Independent Contractor Intellectual Property Contractor

asked Oct 2 '11 at 20:03

Openfrog
111 points

Some friends have a great idea for a startup. I like the idea, and I think it will succeed, but I'm not in a place to work on it full-time. I can put in time on the side while keeping my day...

Equity Independent Contractor

asked Sep 26 '11 at 07:19

W. Matthew Wilson
104 points