Sounds like you need legal advice from your own divorce attorney. Independent contractors pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare---about 15.3%. And the person who pays the contractor uses the amount they paid to the contractor as a deduction. Claiming that a divorce settlement is payment as an independent contractor would be fraudulent.
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