Hiring "Independent Contractors"

That "Big Brother", who you seem to love, ain't all you crack it up to be!

Gary

> "You failed to mention the
> congressional hearings a couple years ago
> where the IRS was called to task on their
> strong arm tactics involving taxpayers.

> Seems I remember congress told them they had
> better shape up."

> ******That's an interesting statement, Gary.
> What does that have to do with whether or
> not the man in the story actively tried to
> comply with our existing laws and protect
> his company? After seeing your response, I
> went back and re-read the original story and
> nowhere does it mention what actions the man
> took in order to prevent the problem?
> Nowhere in the original story is it stated
> the government gave the man misinformation.
> The point of the story seemed to be
> the-government-is-out-to-screw-us and my
> response was
> the-government-doesn't-screw-us-as-much-as-we-screw-ourselves-so-exercise-your-legal-right-to-be-informed-and-do-your-homework-in-order-to-protect-yourself-and-your-business.
> (Geez, it's hard to type a hyphen between
> every word!!!)

> Our principles of government and the actual
> government worker bees and law makers aren't
> perfect. You'll get no argument from me on
> that one! :) But they can hardly be deemed
> responsible for the choices WE make. Like I
> said before, the government can't compel
> someone to seek information. If the
> government were given that right, we'd be
> whining about how they've taken away our
> freedom to be stupid and uneducated. Also,
> the government shouldn't be held responsible
> when someone **insists** on making
> bad/stupid decisions especially when that
> someone could have done a little bit of
> research and made much better decisions.

> It's really very simple; we have
> laws/rules/procedures we must follow to be
> in compliance with the Law/reap the benefits
> of the Law. When we aren't in compliance
> with the Law because we failed to find out
> what the Law is, (and let's face it, how
> many business owners AREN'T aware we have
> laws regarding taxing businesses???) WE
> failed, not the government. On a similar
> note, when we don't find out what the Law is
> and we miss out on taking advantage of the
> many benefits which could be available to
> us, which are granted to us by Law, WE
> failed, not the government.

> Now, if it turns out the man in the story
> exercised due diligence and sought
> information from his favorite tax paid
> public servants and they gave him
> misinformation THEN the government should be
> held responsible for the man making a bad
> decision regarding taxation of workers.

> But so far, I haven't seen anything in the
> story to suggest the government did anything
> wrong in that particular situation. Of
> course, I left my secret decoder ring at
> home so maybe I'm missing an invisible
> message...... ;)

> :)
> EM