I worked 315 hours for the year as an independent contractor for a non-profit organization. I'm not sure whether I qualify as "actively participating".

[robindey]

I don't seem to meet the listed criteria for marking "yes" for "actively participating" (didn't work over 500 hours, didn't perform all the work, didn't actively participate for 5 of the last 10 years because just started working this year). However, I am still unclear and feel as though I should be putting yes down.

Further information: The organization I work for hires multiple people for the same position as me.

[TaxGuyBill · Accepted solution]

You are an Independent Contractor.  So the business is YOUR business, not the non-profit organization.

As such, unless you have people working for you, you are doing all of the work.