Common use of INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS; RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAXES AND WITHHOLDING Clause in Contracts

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS; RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAXES AND WITHHOLDING. 3.16.1 Contractor shall perform all Services as an independent Contractor. Although Agency reserves the right (i) to determine (and modify) the delivery schedule for the Goods to be delivered and Services to be performed and (ii) to evaluate the quality of the completed performance, Agency cannot and will not control the means or manner of Contractor's performance. Contractor is responsible for determining the appropriate means and manner of performing any Services called for under this Contract. 3.16.2 If Contractor is currently performing work for the State of Oregon or the federal government, Contractor by signature to this Contract declares and certifies that: Contractor's performance of this Contract creates no potential or actual conflict of interest as defined by ORS 244 and no rules or regulations of Contractor's employing agency (state or federal) would prohibit Contractor's performance of this Contract. Contractor is not an "officer," "employee," or "agent" as those terms are used in ORS 30.265 of the State or Agency. 3.16.3 Contractor shall be responsible for all federal and state taxes applicable to compensation or payments paid to Contractor under this Contract and, unless Contractor is subject to backup withholding, Agency will not withhold from such compensation or payments any amount(s) to cover Contractor's federal or state tax obligations. Contractor is not eligible for any social security, unemployment insurance or workers' compensation benefits from compensation or payments paid to Contractor under this Contract.