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@SensibleandHourly wrote:

The clearest answer I could find was that it was encouraged

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I'm curious where you saw that.

You might want to look that the Instructions for Form 1099-MISC/NEC and look under the subheading "Trade or business reporting only".

https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1099mec#en_US_202401_publink100019786

But a was pointed out, the worker could be classified as a Household Employee.