Should I File a SS-8 Form

[Elizabetta1462]

My question involves independent contractors in the state of: Washington
I will be working 6hrs a week for a local business doing Intuitive Readings. At the meeting with one of the business owners she stated that I would be considered a "IC" Now I've looked on the IRS website and I'm on the fence as to whether or not I can be determined a IC or what's called a common law employer. Under Common Law definition I meet the behavioral and financial part of that definition. Company controls what I will do i.e. day worked hours worked they also control how I will get paid. The only thing I supply or provide for the job is my tarot deck and business cards (which I get for free from a friend) so no business expense for me at all. Should I file a SS-8? and If I file this will the employer get mad over this? I know if the IRS determines I am common law and not IC the employer will have to pay the tax is that not correct?

[eerelations]

If you are deemed to be an employee (and given the information you've provided, it seems unlikely that this will happen), your employer will deduct taxes from your pay and forward them on to the appropriate government agencies.

You don't get out of paying taxes just because you're an employee. In fact, employees often pay more taxes than ICs.

[Mr. Knowitall]

If you are an independent contractor, and are properly classified as an independent contractor, it may well make the business angry if they have to respond to your SS-8 filing.

If you have been misclassified your employer will be ordered to pay matching taxes.