Henry Broderick, Inc. v. Squire

LEAVY, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Henry Broderick, Inc., seeks a judgment for refund of taxes and interest collected by the defendant, Qark Squire, Collector of Internal Revenue. The issue presented by this controversy is whether the persons upon whose earnings the tax was collected were in fact employees within the meaning of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq., or whether they were independent contractors.

The statutes and regulations involved are: Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, §§ 1400-1432; Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26…