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Independent Contractor vs Employee
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- IRS safe harbor: licensed + written IC agreement + pay tied to sales (not hours)
- ICs: no withholding, own taxes, no benefits required
- Broker still supervises license-law compliance either way
- Broker CAN require contracts/ethics compliance without creating employment
- Misclassification = IRS + labor-law trouble
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Is Independent Contractor vs Employee on the real estate exam?Yes. Brokerage & Practice is a scored domain on the real estate licensing exam, and this topic appears in the national portion.
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