A year ago, I was working for a company that had classified me as an independent contractor. I had made a recent, apparently popular comment about my story there where some of you had mentioned about misclassification and shared your stories about this. Since the details of the job was vaguely described and conducted over phone/video call, I was wary of submitting anything with a successful resolution.
I did not provide this company notice when I found a job to replace it. I did not leave on good terms and pretty much stopped showing up to work. In doing so, I was delivered a godsend to my case now: an email informing me I was being fired. The thing is: 1099 contractors should not have the ability to be fired because technically they are not employees that can be fired, nor should the contractor have the ability to quit until the contract is satisfied.
So thanks to you guys for sharing your stories about misclassification. It’s always worth trying to see if you have a good case to get yourself some relief from a large tax bill. To inform some of you out there: you have TWO YEARS after an assignment to file a claim about misclassification. The worst you can hear is NO, but the best thing you can do in that case is tell yourself at least I tried.