I worked briefly for a small cleaning company (about six months) and was told I was an independent contractor. That being said, I was told where to work, at what time and while I had no benefits (which I think is normal if you ARE and independent contractor) it seemed like I was just a regular employee considering I had no choice or say as to what time I worked and what I had to do.
Fast forward to the end of the six months, the company seems to have been sold to an actual management company and our paychecks were now being taxed and set like normal employees. But, when I request my 1099 form from the original owner, I was told that it was my responsibility to track all of the finances for tax reasons. I was caught off guard by this since when I worked for UBER as well as a dispensary as an independent contractor very briefly I still received that form for filing taxes.
What should I do? Is there anywhere I should be reporting this? He changed his number and I can't get a response via email. I am at a loss on what to do. The more I read up on it the more I feel like this was definitely being done in a way that took advantage of all of the people working there. I thought it was normal until things started falling apart when I asked for the documents.