*grin* Thankee kindly! It's all true, and it amuses me when people get all indignant because...well, I bite!
No one pays any mind to warning labels anymore. *sigh*
If I must be doing the same sort of work for someone else in order to be an IC, then every company or person I've ever IC'd for is in some DEEP DOODY. Including Google, for whom I IC'd for nearly 5 years.
That would also include the two clients I am a standing IC for and the 3 or 4 who call upon me in emergencies. I do different work for all of them!
Nope. That person was misinformed. This article does a nice job of discussing what an IC is.
I think that JK has given you fantastic advice, and it would be in your best interests to take it. The easiest way to keep out of trouble with the IRS is to ask them to tell you what you are.

