[FoxInSocks]

From page 2 of the unanimous opinion in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (emphasis added):

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In recent years, the relevant regulatory agencies of both the federal and state governments have declared that the misclassification of workers as independent contractors rather than employees is a very serious problem, depriving federal and state governments of billions of dollars in tax revenue and millions of workers of the labor law protections to which they are entitled.²

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² See United States Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors <https://www.dol.gov/whd/workers/misclassification/> (as of Apr. 30, 2018); California Department of Industrial Relations, Worker Misclassification <http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/worker_misclassification.html> (as of Apr. 30, 2018);

[Svartalfiar]

From page 2 of the unanimous opinion in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (emphasis added):

In recent years, the relevant regulatory agencies of both the federal and state governments have declared that the misclassification of workers as independent contractors rather than employees is a very serious problem, depriving federal and state governments of billions of dollars in tax revenue and millions of workers of the labor law protections to which they are entitled.2

Huh? I've done plenty of 1099 / independent contractor work. As such, I have to set aside 15.3% of my income to cover fica/ss/employer-side taxes. And THEN I start calculating income taxes. How are govpeeps missing out on so much revenue? Yes, I can take deductions on Sched C that regular employees can't, but that doesn't come close to billions of $$ in lost confiscated $$ for the gov...