Legal guides that can help you explore subcontractor status.  Here at BuilderScrap we love to help out or small independent contractors and we’ve found a resource that may help you decided if going independent is for you.

Two new handbooks by attorney Stephen Fishman, from the legal self-help publisher Nolo Press, explain the rules of independent contracting from both angles: Wage Slave No More is aimed at workers who want to become self-employed, while Hiring Independent Contractors helps employers stay legal in their dealings with self-employed contractors. Independent contractor status has advantages, but simplicity isn’t one of them. And whether you hire employees or subs, you have to deal with rules and a sea of paperwork. In fact, it’s this very complexity that makes these books worth reading.

It’s worth a look if you’re considering changing business status.