How To Handle Payroll Taxes And Your Consulting Business
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by paul under Business Structure, Contract, Taxes |
I received a question regarding the best way to deal with payroll taxes and income taxes for independent contractors, so I thought I’d tell you how I handle that in my company and why. If you have followed me at all you know that I have set up my business as an LLC instead of… continue reading
Everyone Should Think Of Themselves As A Business Of One
| December 12, 2011 | Business Structure, Contract, Team of Advisers, Training and Education |
I read an interesting article where the CEO of eLance.com is discussing the fact that young people want to take control of their own careers and that the best way to accomplish that is rather than get a job with a corporate employer, they need to take matters into their own hands and go independent… continue reading
Everyone Is An Expert In More Areas Than They Think
| November 30, 2011 | Action, Expert, Training and Education |
Have you ever thought to yourself that you aren’t an Expert? Belittling ourselves is a crappy pastime that we all seem to participate in from time to time. We are all experts in a number of areas of life, based upon our own experiences. Every singe one of us is an Expert at many things,… continue reading
Not All Recruiters Are Out To Take Advantage of IT Contractors
| November 8, 2011 | Bill Rate, Contract, Legal |
Some recruiters are above board and will be kind of on your side. None of them (that I have found) are totally on your side though, because they are working for and get paid by the client. Some of the Recruiters that you deal with will be out to take advantage of you, so you… continue reading
Liability Insurance for IT Contractors: Do You Need It For Your Business?
| November 2, 2011 | Contract, Legal |
If you are an IT contractor, I would say that it depends on the types of contracts you are doing, but in general I think it is a very good idea if not mandatory for every IT Contractor here in the United States to carry some kind of liability insurance. Many of the clients who… continue reading
Phenomenal Teacher For Entrepreneurs
| October 14, 2011 | Marketing, Seminars & Courses, Training and Education |
Once again Greg Habstritt is posting some amazing free content, videos and .PDFs out on his Authority Formula site. This is the 2nd video this week, so if you missed #1, you should check it out as well. Greg is a Phenomenal Teacher. I was a student in the initial launch of Greg’s Authority Formula… continue reading
How To Be An IT Contractor
| October 10, 2011 | Contract, Finances and Money, Rates |
I get asked all the time about being a contractor and specifically how to be an IT Contractor. Being a contractor in any field I would imagine is pretty similar, but since I am a software engineer by trade, I am most familiar with IT disciplines and thus this post is specifically geared toward how… continue reading