Independent Contractor and Business Definition

[anonymuse]

One-two months of my last six months income came from being an independent contractor. Now I have been hired by the company as a regular employee.

Does being an independent contractor change anything with my status of being an "individual debtor" if none of my debt is related to my work as an independent contractor?

(And, yes, definitely an item to bring up with a prospective attorney).

[no_it_all]

Does being an independent contractor change anything with my status of being an "individual debtor" if none of my debt is related to my work as an independent contractor?

Nope

[Minnymouth]

Just make sure you keep your private personal debts/expense separate from your "contractor" business.... Pay yourself a salary out of your business like you worked for them...... Do not let the debts intertwine.

Minny

[anonymuse]

The irony of the whole thing is that when you look at the IRS definition of independent contractor, I never even fit the definition. I should have just been a contractor with the employer footing the taxes, etc.