<prompt> Human: AS the title says,x200B;Last summer I worked for a scumbag out of college, was getting paid as a contractor but was too stupid to realize. After I quit, I never received tax forms despite asking my employer several times. Contacted the State Employment Commission and despite them launching an investigation, nothing happened. Got a tax filing extension and thought the IRS would contact me with the outcome of the investigation and they said they have nothing to do with such. I am pretty tight on cash and no clue what to do. Contacted a CPA and he is not sure he wants to take me on given my situation, he also sounds expensive. What do I do?Assistant: As a former small business owner, I dealt with this from the other side this past year. So hopefully some of this information helps.Had a contractor, who after we shut down, tried to file for unemployment. Realizing he couldnt, he then filed with the IRS to have my business investigated. Nothing came of it, and he ended up having to pay taxes as a contractor. The reason being, is that IRS guidelines define whether someone is a contractor, or an employee. Regardless of what the employer labelsfiles them as. If you havent checked those, Id recommend starting there. The fact that the investigation didnt result in anything, may mean there wasnt enough proof for them to find your classification as incorrect. Meaning youd remain being taxed as if you were a contractor.The next thing Id try to push, is that you never received your tax forms. That does fall on the employer, and theyre required to provide that. Tbh Im not sure how much leverage that provides you, but I wanted to highlight that.Human: The fact that the investigation didnt result in anything, may mean there wasnt enough proof for them to find your classification as incorrect. It sounds like OP hasnt asked IRS to make an evaluation of whether he was a contractor or an employee. He talks only about contacting a state board. There hasnt been an IRS investigation yet.Assistant: I think youre right, at the first I read it as they had. If thats the case, the first step definitely needs to be speaking with the IRS about that.Human: I asked the IRS about the an investigation and they said this is beyond the scope if what we do about 25 times.  <response>: You need to send them a SS-8. It is not beyond their scope. You have a failure of communication going on. Just send it in, and file your Form 1040 with Form 8919 guiding you about the social security and Medicare tax amounts to include.If you want a professional to help you, locate an Enrolled Agent near you who can represent your interests. 