The IRS mainly determines if you are a contractor, for taxation purposes, by your other gainful activities. If you work solely for one client they usually consider you an employee. I suspect the IRS classification also applies in non-taxation contexts.
Original Message -------- From: odinn <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: Nominee officers and directors (was: Why cryptome sold weblogs...) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 03:21:20 +0000 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > How does an individual become a "bona fide contractor" to avoid being > "subject to either receiving or implementing court orders or NSLs" as > you put it, and in what circumstances would I want to be a "bona fide > contractor?" I am certain not everyone would want to be one, for > various reasons. > > [email protected]: > > Despite almost two decades of cypherpunk activity I cannot fathom > > why U.S. residents operate sites clearly in the cross-hairs of > > intel agencies. Have they never heard of non-resident nominee > > officers and directors? All U.S. resident people dealing with the > > site should be bona fide contractors so they aren't subject to > > either receiving or implementing court orders or NSLs. > >
