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: Law Biz BlogVirtual world is real
By Edward Poll, J.D., M.B.A., CMC
Is the Virtual World real? It apparently has more “life” than I knew. Even the IRS is involved, recently ruling that independent, virtual contractors were, in reality, part-time employees for whom taxes needed to be withheld. What impact will this have on other “virtual businesses?” What impact will this ruling have on “virtual assistants?” Are they independent contractors, our assumption in the past, or employees, though at a distance?
Full post as published by Law Biz Blog on August 25, 2008 (boomark / email).
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