Hiring
Independent Contractor Agreement
The agreement you use when you pay someone who is not an employee. Sets the scope, the pay, and who owns the work so a freelancer relationship stays clean.
What is inside
- Scope of work and deliverables section you fill in
- Payment terms, rate, and invoicing schedule
- Independent contractor status and tax responsibility language
- Work-for-hire and intellectual property assignment
- Confidentiality and termination clauses
Who it is for
Business owners and freelancers who pay (or get paid by) someone who is not an employee: designers, developers, VAs, bookkeepers, and other 1099 help.
Questions it answers
- What exactly is this contractor being paid to deliver, and by when?
- Who owns the work once it is paid for?
- What makes this person a contractor and not an employee?
- How does either side end the arrangement cleanly?
What you get
A fill-in-the-blank contractor agreement in Word plus a clean PDF, with plain-English notes on each section.
Format: Editable Word + PDF
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Editable Word + PDF
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