Contract workers get tax cut under new law

The new tax law delivers a massive tax cut for corporations. Republicans sold the plan in part with the argument - heavily disputed by critics - that lower business taxes would trickle down through higher wages and be a boon to the middle class.

But the law offers a more direct benefit to one seemingly growing segment of the workforce: independent contract workers.

Information technology consultants in Silicon Valley stand to benefit, as do freelance Hollywood visual effects artists. Many so-called gig workers who accept individual jobs through an