What does "self-employed" mean?

What does "self-employed" mean?

Gregg Wind (Partner, Wind Bermer Hockenberg, LLP) gives expert video advice on: What are the tax implications of being self-employed? and more...

You may be self employed if you hold out your services to many people or work for many people. Self employed people also generally extend those services on an intermittent basis other than a full time 40 hour week. If you are self-employed you may have an opportunity to deduct business expenses against the gross income that you earn.