Escrow fund

If the company provided the truck, picked the freight, and told you when to work, then the trucking company misclassified you as an independent contractor, instead of W-2 employee. Mention that to the state labor board and the US Internal Revenue Service. Make sure your self-employment taxes, state income taxes, are paid in full, not just no state office has asked for the money yet. If you report the employee misclassification it may be discovered that you owe unpaid taxes.

If you know any other drivers trying to work for Chicago 1099 companies you should warn them away from it.

 

You will need to pay the taxes that were owed on your settlement checks. MOST 1099 jobs are just schemes for the employer to avoid paying taxes and many 1099 drivers spend every dollar and then only later learn they owe money for the taxes that were never withheld and never paid to the state and the US IRS.

 

Tajikstan, south of Russia, north of Afghanistan

 

You can, more than likely, kiss your $2500 goodbye. You can try the IL Attorney General’s office, but not much will probably come from it.

 

I kiss my wife goodbye every time I leave the house. I always return.

I'll go to great lengths over principle.