You don’t need to hire a lawyer to draft an independent contractor agreement. All you need is a brain and a little common sense. This chapter gives you guidance and suggested language to use as a starting point in fashioning your agreement to meet your needs.
Standard Form Agreements
There are various standard form IC agreements you can obtain from stationery stores and other sources. These forms contain standard one-size-fits-all legalese and are not tailored for any particular occupation.
IRS and state auditors are well aware that hiring firms often have workers sign such generic IC agreements before they start work. The worker may not even bother to read the agreement and certainly makes no changes in it to reflect the real work situation.
The more an IC agreement is custom-tailored for each worker or group of workers performing similar tasks and reflects the true relationship between the hiring firm and workers, the more helpful it will be.