On Feb 19, 11:32*am, Swingman wrote:
On 2/19/2010 11:15 AM, wrote:



On Feb 19, 10:24 am, *wrote:
On 2/19/2010 9:14 AM, wrote:

AIUI, he owned a small software company who hired only "contractors"
and paid on 1099s. *The IRS ruled (or was about to) that they were
employees so he had to fork over back *withholding and employment
taxes. *He played the game, badly, and lost and was ****ed because he
got caught.

It would probably help if you had some understanding of the issue.

What he was ****ed at, the way I read his swan song, was not that he
"got caught", but the rules had been changed during the game, and even
then the big corporations didn't have to play by the same changes and
"get away with it".

Wrong. *Those rules have been in place for at least a decade. *Most
large "tech" corporations will no longer hire contractors directly but
only through contract employers, for *exactly* this reason. *Those
employees are paid on a W2, for *exactly* this reason. *This is
*nothing* new (it's been 15 years, at least).

Wrong, more like 24 years ... like I said, you just proved have no
factual grasp of the time frame, or the issues.

Wrong, obviously; 24 years 15 years.

And they do ... much of Continental's current baggage handling website
was written by an ex partner of mine who was 1099 contract software
labor during this time period ... with an office, a desk, a cell phone,
etc ... all the accouterments of an "employee".

He wasn't an engineer, or similar, either. *Yes, it makes a
difference.

Not at the time it didn't ... wrong again.

At the time? 24 years ago? The dufus was in tax trouble for his
recent screw-up.

Things may have changed recently, but at one time that was SOP in many
industries.

These particular rules have been in place for a long time. *He got
caught and lost everything, including his mind.

I'm not excusing his inhuman act, nor his reasons for committing it, but
he is right about who has to play by which rules in the United
Corporations of America, or Congress, today.

Wrong, in every way. *He didn't follow the rules and like a dummy got
strung up.

"got strung up"??

The tax man was in the process of taking everything, yes.

Hard time understanding what you think you read, eh? Take the blinders off.

Wrong.