For a long time, we have generally viewed the performance by independent contractors and the receipt of performance by employers in an independent contractors employment contract as two sides of the same coin, same as the situation in a purchase contract for goods. However, in relevent sections of the Civil Code pertaining to independent contractors employment contract, the terms connote the two does not seems to be as consistent as the terms used in purchase contracts for goods. This article emphasizes on discussing whether the “performance” and “receipt of performance” in an independent contractors employment contract means same thing, and the impact of this perception of “same thing” as to the risk assignment, the concnurrent performance defense, and the implied warranties.