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Employee or self-employed worker?

An artist has three choices in forming a business entity: 1) a sole-proprietorship, 2) a limited-liability (LLC) partnership or 3) a corporation. You must start reporting your income and can start deducting your expenses when your business starts. We look at each case on its own merits. Generally, we consider your business to have started whenever you begin some significant activity that is a regular part of the business or that is necessary to get the business going. Report business income and expenses To report business or professional income and expenses, we encourage you to use Form T2125. We also accept this information on other types of financial statements. Form T2125 can also be used to report business income and expenses from self-employed commission sales. If you decide to change your method of reporting income from the accrual method to the cash method, use the cash method when you file your next income tax return. Make sure you include a statement that shows each adjustment made to your income and expenses because of the difference in methods. It is important to decide whether a worker is an employee or a self-employed individual. Employment status directly affects a person's entitlement to employment insurance (EI) benefits under the Employment Insurance Act. It can also have an impact on how a worker is treated under other legislation such as the Canada Pension Plan and the Income Tax Act. The facts of the working relationship as a whole decide the employment status. In an employer-employee relationship, the payer is considered an employer and the worker an employee. Employers are responsible for deducting Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions, EI premiums, and income tax from remuneration or other amounts they pay to their employees. Employers must remit these deductions along with their share of CPP contributions and EI premiums, to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). An employer who fails to deduct the required CPP contributions or EI premiums has to pay both the employer's share and the employee's share of any contributions and premiums owing, plus penalties and interest. For more employer information, go to Find out if you need to make payroll deductions. Indicators showing that the worker is a self-employed individual A self-employed individual usually works independently. The worker does not have anyone overseeing their activities. The worker is usually free to work when and for whom they choose and may provide their services to different payers at the same time. The worker can accept or refuse work from the payer. The working relationship between the payer and the worker does not present a degree of continuity, loyalty, security, subordination, or integration, all of which are generally associated with an employer-employee relationship.

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