An independent contractor can be a person or business that gives their service to somebody who’s asking that particular independent contractor to provide their service for them. Along with hiring an independent contractor, comes a signed agreement/contract or a verbal agreement on what is to be done, and the cost of it all. In order to call up an Uber driver, you have to enter your destination on your phone. Once you’ve entered in all of the required information Uber then gives you the cost, including taxes and surcharge for the ride. The customer/passenger then has to agree on the price that is given to them in order for the driver to make their way to where you are. I.e., Uber is giving out a contract to their client, and if the client decides that they want the work that Uber will be supplying them, they then have to confirm by clicking accept on their phone. This could also act as the contract between Uber, and the rider. Additionally, Uber driver’s makeup their own schedules for when they want to work, and where they want to work. The same goes for independent contractors. Uber drivers also have to declare their taxes to the government. Standard employee’s automatically have it deducted from their pay checks, however, if you’re an Uber driver then you have to pay taxes on what you’ve earned. On Uber’s website, it states that Uber drivers are required to pay taxes to the government as an independent contractor. “When tax time comes, Uber partners are required to prepare and file taxes as independent contractors” (Uber website). …show more content…
If it wasn’t for Uber, then their drivers would not find any fares. Therefore, drivers are employed by Uber who then finds work for their employees. Once the employee is working (logged onto the app as a driver) and gets assigned a job that employee is required to pick-up the fare and take them to their