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| 12 May 2005
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Posted on 05/12/2005 9:25:28 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: PistolPaknMama; Lexinom
As a contractor you probably should not be eligible to participate in their employer health care program either.
That is an excellent point! Are you currently getting health coverage through this company? Or is a job shop providing it for you?
If the company that you are going to each day is providing health coverage then I would be VERY careful since the IRS will indeed regard you as an employee. Things can get very twisted from all sides when this happens.
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05/12/2005 11:35:58 PM PDT
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politicket
(We now live in a society where "tolerance" is celebrated at the expense of moral correctness.)
To: politicket
This company sought me out this time around, not vice-versa, so there's no job shop involved. The health care is on a friendly trust basis, and because I asked for it when my wife found a lump in her breast (which was not serious as it turned out).
I don't want to screw them over - I have friends there - just want to be able to take care of my own needs. Hopefully I will get the time off when the wife has the baby. Technically, I could take the time now and all they could do would be to try to replace me, but I won't do that to them, not so close to an already-late release.
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posted on
05/12/2005 11:54:08 PM PDT
by
Lexinom
(Seattle is to the unborn what Auschwitz was to the Jews)
To: Lexinom
I'm glad that everything worked out health-wise for your wife.
I'm just pointing out that the IRS could come after YOU as well as the company since you are working as an employee according to IRS rules. I would sincerely suggest somehow getting the relationship with this company straightened around, since an IRS audit is a major hassle and could be financially detrimental to both the company AND you.
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05/13/2005 12:03:22 AM PDT
by
politicket
(We now live in a society where "tolerance" is celebrated at the expense of moral correctness.)
To: politicket
I doubt it. We're paying them thousands of dollars each month for the privilege of working.
I've got enough worries and don't need to borrow any more trouble. Worrying never solves anything.
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05/14/2005 2:10:01 PM PDT
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Lexinom
(What Auschwitz was to the Jews Seattle is to the unborn)
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