I hate to turn this into a flame bait, but... Did you just start a company doing the exact thing you said you hated? It doesn't sound like a recipe for success. Don't a lot of recruiting firms work this way (where the consultants are employees of the recruiting firm)/
At 09:57 AM 6/9/2006, Dave Phillips wrote: >Hi all, > >I have been an independent consultant for years, doing ColdFusion for over >8 years, and one of the things I hated most was dealing with my taxes, >estimated quarterly payments, blah, blah, blah. As a result, I have now >formed a new company and one of the services I'm providing for other >independent consultants is a billing and payroll service. Basically, it >works like this: You have your clients and do your work for them. When >you are ready to bill them, you provide their contact info and your >billing information (company name, logo, amount of work, cost, etc.) and I >invoice your client for you. Your client then sends in a check and you >are then paid as an employee of my company. I take care of all the >withholding for your taxes (you're still paying your SE Social Security >taxes, it's just coming out automatically for you) and reporting to the >IRS. As far as the IRS is concerned, you are an employee of my company >(WebTech Staffing, LLC). As a result, at the end of the year, you get a >W-2 and do your taxes like every other normal soul who doesn't have to >deal with self-employment taxes. > >So basically, my service is there to take the burden of invoicing, payroll >and tax handling off of the independent consultant so they can focus on >what they do best: consulting. > >Another nice benefit is that once I have enough consultants on board, we >can apply as a group for health and other insurance and not have to be >singled out for individual health plans! There are other benefits we can >access as well (401k, Cafeteria plan, etc.) > >If you're interested in finding out more, please contact me directly at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't have a website put together yet, because >this is just getting off the ground. However, I have owned my own company >with many employees for years, so even though I'm just starting this >service, I am not new to all the regulations and requirements for this area. > >Happy consulting! > >Sincerely, > >Dave Phillips >WebTech Staffing, LLC >(402) 896-8801 -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:3018 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
