Terms and Conditions
The Broker, also know as an Independent Contractor is hereby contracted by The Charter Agency as a self-employed business person to book charters and experiences to the public utilizing the services and/or inventory from The Charter Agency.

The Independent Contractor agrees to be fully responsible for complying with all federal, state, and local laws in connection with performance of his/her responsibilities, including but not limited to, payment of any estimate or other federal, state or local income taxes, and payment of applicable charges for social security, FICA, and worker’s compensation. Charter Agency shall not be responsible for payment or withholding of any such items in connection with services rendered by the Independent Contractor under this Agreement. Independent Contractor agrees to indemnify and hold Charter Agency harmless because of any failure by Independent Contractor to properly pay federal, state or local income taxes (including estimated tax payments) and file returns in connections therewith, or to pay social security, FICA, or worker’s compensation.

The Independent Contractor will not, at any time, either himself/herself or through others, solicit or divert, or attempt to solicit or divert, clients, customers, sales, bookings, or business from The Charter Agency to, or for, any other yacht charter/water sport company, or other entity or individual either during the term of the business relationship. The Independent Contractor will not, at any time, either himself/herself, or through, or with the aid of an assistant of others, take, misappropriate, or misuse any client list, name, file, book, record or account or other confidential customer data used at or in The Charter Agency’s business. These items are and shall remain the property of The Charter Agency.

Compensation of Independent Contractor
As compensation for the services rendered by Broker under this consent, the Independent Contractor will commission on booking/sales from a wholesale price, applying his/or her own profit margin.

All expenses relating to these booking sales shall be borne by the Independent Contractor, unless otherwise agreed in writing signed by the parties. Override commissions received by the Agency for volume sales shall not be considered a part of the Gross Commissions until certain conditions of sell quotas are met.

Risk of Loss
Independent Contractor assumes the risk of incurring a loss if his/her sales commissions does not cover the Independent Contractor’s expenses. Contractor also assumes full financial risk for any and all client cancellations not related to extreme weather or force majeure, in which case Contractor will be responsible for the full wholesale cost of the respective charter.

Taxes
Independent Contractor Shall Be Responsible For Filing of Federal, State, and Local Estimated Tax Payments On Commissions Received From Charter Agency, and For Other Assessments.

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