Rhode Island to charge you new $100 per year fee to work as independent contractor

Received this email from Rhode Island Association of Realtor regarding a bill the RI state house wants to pass. Which I agree with the Realtors that it should NOT pass. What do you think?

Here is the email below from the RI Association of Realtors:

Rhode Island now has an unemployment rate of 13%, the third highest in the country. So why do some legislators want to charge you $100 per year just for the “privilege” of working?

S 1025 and H 6330 would require anyone who works as an independent contractor to pay a a new fee of $100 per year to register with the RI Dept. of Labor and Training. If you receive a 1099 tax form instead of a W-2, odds are this legislation will affect you. Here are just some of the professions that could be affected: mortgage brokers, lawyers, real estate salespeople, appraisers, auto dealers, hair dresser, home inspectors, travel agents, insurance agents, financial planners, psychologists, eye doctors, and other health care workers.

The original purpose of this S 1025 and H 6330 was to crack down on companies and workers who wrongly work under the table and don’t pay taxes. However, this legislation also hurts law-abiding workers like you by charging you $100 per year just to work. Neither Massachusetts nor Connecticut charges its workers a fee like this.

What can you do? Take five minutes to contact your state representative, state senator and Governor Carcieri’s office right away and tell them that you oppose the $100/year fee for independent contractors.

Your legislators will be back in session on October 28^th. Act now.

Contact your Sentor and Representatives.

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/House/

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Senate/

Contact the Governor

http://www.governor.ri.gov/contact/