I work as a Real Estate Appraiser, in 2015 we changed from 1099 to W2 employees. I work solely out of my house, with the office of the company I work for being apx 80 miles away. I only visit the office maybe twice a year for brief meetings. The company I work for obtains the appraisal orders from several banks, and then assign them to me. I receive 50% of the total fee collected. I'm an employee is the sense that they pay for my health insurance, MLS fees, and errors and omission insurance. While I pay all my daily expenses such as gas, internet, phone bill, car related expanses, copy paper, and State fees to renew my appraisal license. Before the tax reform laws went into effect I could itemize my expenses on a Schedule C, since the law change I have not. I asked them to classify me as an statutory employee but so far they have refused. I drive an average of 40,000 business miles a year. Even though they haven't checked the statutory employee box on my W2, can I still file as one? How can I have this changed with the IRS? Thank you
