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Originally Posted by mysterylectric
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Originally Posted by bricin6
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I'm going to stay with just IT work in this discussion. I don't know much about construction but in IT, it's very hard to get C2C at BigCorp nowadays.I do IC work as well, so I do sympathize and get pissed off when I have to do W2 because BigCorp won't let me do IT work as a IC. At smaller firms, it's pretty easy to avoid W2 but then the projects are not worth as much.A one man shop has almost no chance of getting past the compliance department when I worked at BigCorp doing IT work. We save them the trouble by telling them "no" at the outset. In fact, I think it's a little naive nowadays to be pitching IT work when all the the big companies are anal about tax compliance. In BigCorp's opinion, a one man shop that uses equipment and space at the BigCorp office is not really a business, especially if the work is directed by a BigCorp "boss". A W2 relationship would be much more appropriate even if the contractor tries to arrange his finances and tax status like a business. Signs of a legitimate business include inventory, employees, office that's not in the residence, and insurance ($3 mil minimum). If we had a IC that looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, we would send them to compliance and they would check out their D&B, insurance, etc to make sure they are really a business. Every once in a while, compliance would kick it out and tell us we were lied to - it's really a one man shop and tell us to pick somebody else. BigCorp outsources the whole compliance process from prequalification to invoicing, so there's really no way around it.
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Well, all I can say is thank goodness I don't work in IT and didn't pitch your company!Seriously, I think you're missing one thing here - I do not, and I assume the other poster's hubby, does not utilize BigCorp equipment, desk space, or supervisors. If that is the case, then yes, they should be W-2ed.I, however, am a "legitimate" business with a D&B number and a Paydex ID and I jus happen to work out of my house. Your company needs to wake up and stop being so closed minded. More than half of the households in the US run businesses from their homes!
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being a "solo artist" in the IT field myself, i find this discussion fairly interesting.
having said that, and admitting up front that i know nobody died and made me king of this board, does this discussion really belong in the only "google quality rater" board around?
if you think it does, please continue--like i said i'm not the king of the place and don't purport to be. further, i find it interesting. i just don't know if everybody else does.
with that i'll shut up now. thanks for your attention.
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I was getting really confused. I was so lost with this line of posting, I thought for a moment maybe I was missing a big part of my QR responsibilities. Feel better knowing its OT (and over my head).