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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Losses? Can you explain? Because I'm just going based on Wiebe Door, but it seems to me that they have a pretty damned good argument that the individuals in question are independent contractors for Canadian tax purposes...
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Here's a recent loss in Oregon. The article describes several key factors that are used to determine whether someone is a contractor or employee:
http://www.opb.org/news/article/oreg...are-employees/
This follows a case where an Uber driver in California was declared an employee and the subsequent class-action lawsuit that arose as a result.
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Also totally unsure as to what bearing this has on anything other than being academically interesting if you're a tax nerd.
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In addition to taxes, it also relates to the financial viability of Uber (and so-called "sharing economy" companies in general).