{"id":3247,"date":"2017-08-08T11:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T15:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transcourt.com\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:33:18","slug":"house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transcourt.com\/fr\/2017\/08\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\/","title":{"rendered":"House Bill Targets to Refine Independent Contractor Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truckinginfo.com\/fc_images\/news\/m-driverstalkfmcsa-2-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" alt=\"drivers talk\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Curtesy of : truckinginfo.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A bill recently proposed in the House would change the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the classification of employers and employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, it is difficult and overly complicated for businesses to use independent contractors, which limits companies\u2019 growth and individuals\u2019 work,\u201d said Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN), who introduced\u00a0H.R. 3396\u00a0on July 25. He added that this legislation \u201cprovides clarity and guidance for businesses so they know they are properly classifying independent contractors without fear of IRS penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The contents of the bill are not available yet, but the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association, an advocate of the bill, said the legislation would provide benchmarks for defining a worker\u2019s employment status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill provides much-needed clarity and guidance for businesses that partner with independent contractors to provide the flexibility of their workforce they need to meet customer needs,\u201d said John Benko, CLDA president. He noted that in a recent survey, over 89% of CLDA members said that their ability to use independent contractors was important to their business success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent contractors are the backbone of our industry,\u201d Benko added, \u201callowing us to be responsive and flexible enough to meet changing customer demands. This bill brings clarity and transparency to the definition of an independent contractor, enabling all industries that depend on them to remain in compliance and to properly classify them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The association clarified that back in 1978, Congress authorized Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 to provide a safe-harbor for organizations with respect to the employment classification of individuals. &#8220;This came as a result of inconsistent employment tax audits where the definition of \u2018employee\u2019 was unclear. Congress affirmatively acted to make the Section 530 Safe Harbor permanent in 1982. However, this issue wasn\u2019t included in tax reform in 1986 and therefore was not codified as part of the Internal Revenue Code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: truckinginfo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill recently proposed in the House would change the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the classification of employers and employees. \u201cCurrently,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>House Bill Targets to Refine Independent Contractor Status - Transcourt Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"House Bill Targets to Refine Independent Contractor Status - Notre mission est d&#039;offrir la meilleure exp\u00e9rience de vente, de location et de financement de remorques-citernes de l&#039;industrie.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/transcourt.com\/fr\/2017\/08\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"House Bill Targets to Refine Independent Contractor Status - Transcourt Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"House Bill Targets to Refine Independent Contractor Status - Notre mission est d&#039;offrir la meilleure exp\u00e9rience de vente, de location et de financement de remorques-citernes de l&#039;industrie.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/transcourt.com\/fr\/2017\/08\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Transcourt Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-08T15:28:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-24T18:33:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.truckinginfo.com\/fc_images\/news\/m-driverstalkfmcsa-2-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cary Kokkonen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cary Kokkonen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/transcourt.com\\\/fr\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/transcourt.com\\\/fr\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cary Kokkonen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/transcourt.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/310f1b882ebc60a78e24b2c2cb83efc2\"},\"headline\":\"House Bill Targets to Refine Independent Contractor Status\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-08T15:28:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-24T18:33:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/transcourt.com\\\/fr\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":321,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/transcourt.com\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/transcourt.com\\\/fr\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/house-bill-targets-to-refine-independent-contractor-status\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.truckinginfo.com\\\/fc_images\\\/news\\\/m-driverstalkfmcsa-2-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tank, Truck &amp; 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