People who work for themselves or who own their own company are sometimes alternately referred to as self-employed or independent contractors, though there is a difference between the two. In general, ...

According to the Internal Revenue Service, an individual who works as an independent contractor or owns a business as a sole proprietor or partner is self-employed. Self-employed individuals have ...

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The calculation of self-employment taxes is based on the net income earned from self-employment activities. This includes any revenue generated from business activities conducted as a sole proprietor, ...

But "the typical dollar in self-employment does not come from the typical self-employed individual," according to a Minneapolis Fed study.

Sal Bademci works on a customer at his Patchogue, New York, barbershop in August 2021. (Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images) The more than 150 million workers in the United States ...

Even before the COVID economic shutdown, the shortage of decent-paying, ethical, reasonably secure jobs made many people eager to try being their own boss. The bad news Alas, succeeding in ...

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Aly J. Yale is a contributor at Buy Side and an expert on real estate, mortgages, investing and home renovations. Self-employment can sound ideal. You work for yourself, create your own schedule and ...

Ask the Underwriter is a regular column for HousingWire's new LendingLife newsletter, addressing real questions asked to, and answered by, professional mortgage underwriter, Dani Hernandez. When ...