Technical Workers Fairness Act of 2005

Technical Workers Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Revenue Act of 1978, as amended by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, to repeal the prohibition on treating certain technical service providers as independent contractors.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3624 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3624

To restore the standards used for determining whether technical workers 
   are not employees as in effect before the Tax Reform Act of 1986.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2005

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore the standards used for determining whether technical workers 
   are not employees as in effect before the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Technical Workers Fairness Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TECHNICAL 
              WORKERS ARE NOT EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Repeal of Section 530(d) of the Revenue Act of 1978.--Section 
530(d) of the Revenue Act of 1978 (as added by section 1706 of the Tax 
Reform Act of 1986) is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to periods ending after the date of enactment of this Act.
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