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    Subcontractor Agreement (Independent Contractor)

    A contract for service with a subbie, written to keep the relationship a genuine independent-contractor one - deliverables not hours, own tools, multiple clients - so it survives the section 200A employment presumption and the SARS dominant-impression test.

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    When to use this

    • You are engaging a subcontractor on a project
    • You want the relationship to stay a genuine independent contract
    • Avoiding a section 200A or SARS reclassification to employee