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Originally Posted by arnette
you dont think an affiliate fits the definition "a person who is hired for a wage, salary, fee or payment to perform work for an employer." ?
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No.
For an affiliate to be considered even a 100% commissioned sales employee sponsors would have to have all affiliates fill our W4's and the sponsors would have to start withholding state and federal income taxes from commission checks.
The sponsors would also have to match some of the federal taxes withheld from affiliate checks and would have to start paying unemployment tax.
This is just a short list off the top of my head at 5:20AM of things that would have to change in order for affiliates to be considered "employees" and I'm sure there are many, many, more; but you get the idea.
Not only would it be a logistical nightmare for programs to "hire" affliates on any large scale, the overhead would probably render the whole idea cost prohibitive.