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Independent Contractor Clarification Act of 1999

Introduced: April 22, 1999 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Apr 22, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 22, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E759-760)
Apr 22, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Independent Contractor Clarification Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employment taxes, to replace the current 20 point test for determining an independent contractor (for whom an employer need not pay or withhold the appropriate employment taxes) with a three-point test, including: (1) the employer's lack of control of the manner in which the individual service provider completes his or her assigned tasks; (2) the individual service provider is not precluded by the employer from soliciting and undertaking other business opportunities involving substantially similar services for others; and (3) the individual service provider encounters entrepreneurial risk, including the ability to generate a profit or bear the risk of financial loss.

Sets forth restrictions on retroactive employment tax reclassifications, including safe harbor requirements.

Provides that the statute of limitations on assessment of employment taxes shall run beginning on the date certain information returns (specifying payments to an individual for services performed where the payments are not taken into account in determining such taxes) are filed.

What's happening now April 22, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1525: Independent Contractor Clarification Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1525/
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"H.R. 1525: Independent Contractor Clarification Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1525/.
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H.R. 1525, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1525/.
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