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Instead of complaining, whining, pizzing and moaning, DO something. Send a message to Washington - https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ - to your congress person, senator, house ways and means committee. If you belong to NAEA, AICPAA, NFTP, or any other professional group, contact them as well. Basically, my message was that the proposed 1040 is an exercise in bureaucratic, big gov't waste and inefficiency to create 8 pages out of two, something the President had promised to fix. If enough voices are heard, maybe someone will listen.

In anything resembling this possibility, I always try to be elsewhere when the finger is pointed! As in, at least a full county away. If I don't CMA (my) at all times, I can't help anyone. And I hate jumpsuits. Orange is OK, but not jumpsuits. Blech.

The IRS letter specifically mentioned situations where the employee/contractor is performing different roles for the company. That makes sense. For example an individual might work as a employee during regular business hours and also have a part time janitorial business which contracts out to the same company after hours. On the other hand, Edsel stated that the individual would be performing the same duties as an employee and as a contractor. In my opinion, the answer is clearly no, he is either one or the other. Besides that, I believe your proposal is crossing the line of legal vs. tax advice. When the federal agency smells a rat guess who the client is going to point his finger at.