[quote=spdrun]If the independent contractor is truly a contractor, why the hell would you want to force them into W2 slavery?[/quote]
If they truly are an independent contractor, you wouldn’t want to force them into W2 slavery. However, as I’ve learned over the years, most “independent” contractors actually are not independent, per the IRS regs.
You’d rather run afoul of the Mafia than the IRS, believe me.