There are two ways of earning income that do not result in CRA classifying the worker as an employee. The expensive most common way to earn income as a contractor, not an employee, is to incorporate your own company however that can lead to costly annual legal and accounting fees. Another less expensive way to ensure that Canada Revenue Agency decision-makers do not give a ruling that a worker is an employee is when participants freely form a partnership to earn points with another person such as a friend, family member or anyone interested in non-monetary income. CRA payroll auditors and decision-makers treat partnerships as businesses, and the business partners as self-employed. As an extra precaution to prevent a CRA decision-maker from ruling that a point earner is an employee, Coquitlam Point Earners Inc. (CPEI) requires that participants pay for their own work tools either by inexpensively renting them from CPEI for one point per work day, or by bringing their own gardening tools and supplies. Try it out first You may choose to take part in this innovative mostly non-monetary activity as a volunteer if you like while you decide if you want to form a Point Earning Business. You can fill in an application form to become a volunteer with the Economic Abundance Society, a non-profit organization that supports using a non-monetary system to help people be more able to adequately support themselves. Volunteers and point earners may work at approved times with Garden Supervisors at the Coquitlam Point Garden locations. MORE - CLICK Government Information - continued