A Worker May Prefer to Be Classified as an Employee

question 90

Multiple Choice

A worker may prefer to be classified as an employee (rather than an independent contractor) for which of the following reasons:

• A)To claim unreimbursed work-related expenses as a deduction for AGI.
• B)To avoid the self-employment tax.
• C)To avoid the overall limitation (50%) on unreimbursed business entertainment expenses.
• D)To avoid the limitations on unreimbursed work-related expenses.
• E)None of these.

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Definitions:

Measures of Center

Quantitative measures that describe the central tendency of a data set, including mean, median, and mode.

Measures of Variability

Statistical indicators that describe the spread or dispersion within a dataset, such as range, variance, and standard deviation.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of data points, representing the average distance from the mean.

Variance

A metric that quantifies the spread of data points, by calculating the mean of squared variations from the central value.