Whether you are contracting your services to others or hiring independent contractors to work for you, it's essential to get everything in writing -- if you don't, you could lose time, money and credibility. Consultant and Independent Contractor Agreements gives you the plain-English instructions and easy-to-use forms you need to get the legalities straight, stay out of trouble and get the job done. If you're an independent contractor, you'll find out how to take the legal steps necessary to document each new project that comes your way; if you get audited, you'll be glad you did. This easy-to-use book gives you all the tools you need to put your agreement in writing, define a project's scope, components and duration, satisfy IRS requirements, get paid on time and in full, avoid disputes with clients and drum up new business. If you're hiring independent contractors, using freelancers can get you great results and save you money -- but you need to know what it takes to avoid the ire of the IRS while protecting your business and intellectual property. Here's everything you need to put your agreement in writing, define a project's scope, components and duration, satisfy IRS requirements, protect your trade secrets, trademarks, patents and copyrights, avoid disputes with independent contractors and get your money's worth. The 5th edition is completely updated to provide the latest rules and regulations. It now includes a checklist to help prevent the IRS from reclassifying contractors as employees. (20090101)
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Offers practical and thorough legal advice on the most commonly encountered consulting and independent contractor issues. (Writer-On-Line.com 20090101)
Illuminates some of the most important elements of this growing way to work... Fishman's book helps identify and clarify questions and concerns. (Boston Globe 20090101)
Worth the price for the information and forms that either directly affect creative consultants or can be adapted for editorial services. (Freelance Writer's Report 20090101)
For help with such contracts... consult books such as Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements. (Newsweek 20090101)
Explains the relationship in general and special factors for household services, consultants, salespeople, accountants, software consultants, creative services and construction. (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 20090101)
Don't do anything without reading Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements.... this book will help you understand the importance of written agreements and will show you exactly how to put your agreement together. (Small Business Opportunities )
Gives you the instructions and forms you need to get the legalities straight, stay out of trouble and get the job done. (Workspan )
Illuminates some of the most important elements of this growing way to work... Fishman's book helps identify and clarify questions and concerns. (Boston Globe 20090101)
Worth the price for the information and forms that either directly affect creative consultants or can be adapted for editorial services. (Freelance Writer's Report 20090101)
For help with such contracts... consult books such as Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements. (Newsweek 20090101)
Explains the relationship in general and special factors for household services, consultants, salespeople, accountants, software consultants, creative services and construction. (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 20090101)
Don't do anything without reading Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements.... this book will help you understand the importance of written agreements and will show you exactly how to put your agreement together. (Small Business Opportunities )
Gives you the instructions and forms you need to get the legalities straight, stay out of trouble and get the job done. (Workspan )
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"For help with such contracts... consult books such as Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements."
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Use templates but get final validation from a lawyer.,
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This review is from: Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements, Third Edition (Paperback)
If you are running a small business, you will definitely need some sort of agreements to use with your clients or vendors. This Nolo guide should be used in conjunction with another Nolo guide 'How to Create Noncompete Agreements' to have the best combination of contracts to protect yourself. The first few chapters in the book outline both perspectives - hired consultant and client hiring the consultant. The chapters following these initial chapters focus on different kinds of situations like Agreements for Accounting and Bookkeeping Services, Agreements for Software Consultants (the one I started using right away), etc. These chapters basically outline the relevant contract and discuss the purpose of each clause in the contract along with their alternatives. You can then select the alternative that best suits your situation and modify the contract accordingly. You will find the various sample agreements to be used by the hiring firm and by the independent contractor at the end of the book (and on the CD-ROM). It took me all of 15 minutes to read the chapter on agreements for software consultants and highlight the clauses I wanted to modify. I spent an additional hour modifying the electonic version of the form and saving the file. After this, I emailed the electronic copy to my lawyer who charged me a much lower fee to check the contract! She basically found 3 errors I didn't know about and fixed them for me. I then sent the contract to my client to sign. Right there, the book paid for itself many times over! But don't forget to combine this book with the other book on Noncompete Agreements. It is especially critical if you are the hiring firm. Good luck!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Is this what you really need.,
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This review is from: Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements (Paperback)
This Nolo Book is getting a poor review only because its companion book "Working With Independent Contractors" was so good. This book is basically a limited reprint of the above cited book with a few additional specalized contracts. If you need those specalized contracts then this may be worth your money, otherwise get "Working With Independent Contractors" its great.
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This review is from: Consultant And Independent Contractor Agreements. Book with CD-Rom (5th Edition) (Paperback)
This book pretty much covers the waterfront for independent contractors. The enclosed CDROM is quite helpful as it contains all the forms discussed. The discussion of liability and in particular liability to third parties is more extensively discussed in Fishman's other book, "Working for Yourself".
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independent contractor status, employment agreement, business permits, intellectual property ownership, commercial general liability insurance, big tech, government agency that the worker, local laws requiring business permits, signing your agreement, least persuasive type, normal fixed overhead costs, additional insured under the policy, delegate your duties, commercial liability insurance policy, following intellectual property rights, federal unemployment compensation contributions, tailor the text, delete this clause, other fringe benefit plan, own insurance broker, hiring firm, own sales strategy, full business name, government agency challenges, considered personal services Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Choose Alternative, Social Security, Independent Contractors, Terms of Payment, Terminating the Agreement, Modifying the Agreement, Resolving Disputes, Late Fees, Term of Agreement, Consultant's Materials, Exclusive Agreement, Applicable Law, Neither Contractor, John Smith, Stephen Fishman, Widget Company, Federal Taxes, New Mexico, Fred Steingold, Small Business, Fringe Benefits, Marketing Research, Contractor's Work, Insurance Client, South Dakota Browse Sample Pages:
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