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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 09:42 PM Original message |
DU tax gurus I have a question |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. yeah, |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What if |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. that is different, |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sooooo |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. agreed, unless training were considered additional payment for services |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thanks! n/t |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. yeah, |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Good point |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. yep, you're contract labor. the burden of proof is on the business |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. the irs would go after the business, because they had a defacto employee, not a contract labor perso |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. liability no... |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. the burden of proof is not on the contractor. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. This isn't about liability or burden of truth, |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I'm sorry. What is you think the client did wrong here? I think you're confusing |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I am not confusing anything, |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. i hear that |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Then she was obviously not an employee of the company. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. no, but they made her situation very nasty to make that point, |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. sounds to me like the company sucks. And if that one contract employee |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Contractors with only one client over an extended period of time are red flags, |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. yep. And even that doesn't always work out |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. they are red flags for the company, not the contractor. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. the point is... |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. agreed. but if you're self employed, it's really up to you. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. lets be serious here... |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I agree |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. you know, it doesn't matter to the irs or not |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. that doesn't matter to them at the time, |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. They're unemployed if they were an employee. If they weren't they need to get a new client |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. there's a bartering issue here |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The discount is given to a contractor |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:27 PM Original message |
Sounds like you can't report the value of the training or discount received |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is the business claiming the training or reporting it in any way? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The business |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That is what I would go by. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. What kind of income are we talking about here? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. We are looking at |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. the best way to structure the agreement |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Great |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. that's what cpa's are for. and they too are a deductible expense |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. CPA's amaze me |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. it takes a long long time to learn tax law. even for those who make a career of it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The tax aspect |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. i think that was the point of the original question n/t |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Question was |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I understood that |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sorry I misunderstood |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. It's up to them to value the training. Not you |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. true. except the irs does tend to focus on self employed people |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Anybody go to jail? |
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