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title: Free Independent Contractor Agreement Template | CT
description: The contractor agreement this firm uses when a company hires its first developer, covering IP assignment, classification and termination. Free to download.
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FREE TEMPLATE

# Hiring your first engineer as a 1099? Use this before they ship a line of code.

Download the contractor agreement Turley Law uses when SaaS founders hire their first developer, designer, or fractional CTO. IP assignment, IRS classification, termination — all drafted right.

[SEND ME THE AGREEMENT](https://turleylaw.com/ic-agreement#contact)

THE PROBLEM

## Handshake Deals Break Companies.

A founder finds an engineer on a Slack channel, agrees to a monthly rate on a handshake, and sends a one-page agreement someone else used.

Six months later the contractor pushes back on equity, the IRS questions the 1099, and the work product belongs to the contractor — **not the company.**

A good agreement, signed before the work starts, prevents all of it.

THE SOLUTION

### The IC Agreement SaaS Founders Actually Need.

This is the contractor agreement Turley Law uses when SaaS founders hire their first developer, designer, or fractional CTO. It **assigns all work product to the company on creation**, sets the classification facts the IRS actually reads, and keeps termination clean.

Seven pages. No legalese for the sake of legalese. Just the clauses that matter when real money and real code are on the line. **The download costs nothing.**

WHAT IS INSIDE

## 7-Page IC Agreement for SaaS Founders.

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IP Assignment Clause

Work product vests in the company on creation. Code, designs, inventions — all of it. No ambiguity, no after-the-fact negotiation.

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Classification Language

Tracks the IRS twenty-factor test and the 2024 DOL rule. Sets the facts that auditors actually read when they open a file.

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Termination Provisions

Clean exit terms for either party. Notice periods, final deliverables, payment obligations — no loose ends.

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Confidentiality & Post-Engagement

Built-in confidentiality protections and post-engagement restrictions that survive termination of the agreement.

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WHY THIS FORM EXISTS

The IP assignment clause puts work product in the company's hands **from the moment it is created**. The classification language tracks the **IRS twenty-factor test and the 2024 DOL rule**. It was written by Blake Turley, a licensed attorney in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. The download costs nothing.

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