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Use of Contract Labor by Small Businesses Continues to Grow

Small Business Labs

  The data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by taxpayers on Schedule C of tax Form 1040. billion on contract labor (freelancers, temps, etc.)   Way back in 2003, contract labor was only about 20% of the labor costs of sole proprietors. .     In 2016 about 25.5

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

This data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by individual taxpayers on Schedule C of Form 1040. In 2013 contract labor was 36% of total labor costs, up from 31% in 2010 and just 20% in 2003.  The IRS recently released the 2013 data on sole proprietors. trillion in gross business receipts. . 

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