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- How to Get Started as a Consultant
- You didn't plan on becoming a consultant, but the dismal economy is forcing you to consider it while you face an extended job search. Consulting is not as simple as just hanging out a shingle, though. Here's how to do it profitably and efficiently. ...
- Articles 2009-05-26
- The Accidental Consultant
- The Armageddon economy has created a new shadow workforce of, ahem, consultants. If you're one, here's how to make the best of it — and maybe find your next job.The ranks of the white-collar unemployed have risen by more than a third since 2007. The market for full-time employment is...
- Articles 2009-05-26
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- Explaining international variations in self-employment: evidence from a panel of OECD countries
- 1. Introduction In recent years there has been growing awareness of the importance of self-employment for growth and employment creation. Governments around the world are increasingly implementing policies designed to promote self-employment (see, e.g., OECD 1998). Yet relatively little is known about the determinants of self-employment, especially the effects...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Limited liability companies want help on self-employment taxes.
- Limited liability companies want help on self-employment taxes. In '97, IRS issued regulations that would have imposed self-employment tax on owners of these firms who weren't very active in running the business. After a firestorm of protest, Congress ordered the Service to hold off. ...
- Research articles 2000-07-07
- Self-Employment and Labor Market Transitions at Older Ages
- The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of self-employment among older workers. The paper builds upon previous research on retirement patterns and on entrepreneurship, and focus upon the roles of liquidity constraints and health insurance on the decision to become and to remain self-employed. Liquidity constraints may...
- White papers 2000-12-01
- Self-Employment Taxes
- Use this tool to estimate your self employment taxes. Normally these taxes are withheld by your employer. However, if you are self employed, operate a farm or are a church employee you may owe self employment taxes. This calculator uses 2008 tax tables, subject to modifications by the IRS and...
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Farmers must pay self-employment taxes on payments under Conservation Reserve Program.
- Farmers must pay self-employment taxes on payments under CRP, the Conservation Reserve Program, made by USDA to idle their farmland. USDA currently pays farmers about $1.8 billion a year under the program. Farmers must pay self-employment taxes on payments under CRP, the Conservation Reserve...
- Research articles 2000-03-10
- Labor Department Awards Nearly $5 Million in Grants to Advance Self Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced grants of nearly five million dollars for pilot projects and research to develop systems models designed to increase self-employment opportunities for individuaWASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- IFA President urges Congress to act on self-employment bill for veterans: International Franchise Association President Matthew Shay testified before Congress May 25 in support of legislation that would allow U.S. veterans to use a portion of their educat
- The "Veterans Self-Employment Act," introduced by U.S. Rep. Richard Baker (R-La.), was heard by the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee. The "Veterans Self-Employment Act," introduced by U.S. Rep. Richard Baker (R-La.), was heard by the Subcommittee on Economic...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Ins. sales earnings and self-employment income.
- Ins. Sales Earnings And Self-Employment Income A considerable amount of attention has been focused in recent months on the subject of full-time life insurance salespersons who are treated as "statutory employees" for FICA purposes. The IRS recently issued two letter rulings addressing...
- Research articles 1991-08-12
- Retired farmers may get break on self-employment taxes.(PAYROLL TAXES)(Conservation Reserve Program)(Brief Article)
- Retired farmers may get a break from IRS on self-employment taxes. Last year, the Service privately said all annual rental payments under the Conservation Reserve Program are subject to self-employment tax. This reversed a ruling that said retired farmers were exempt from the levy because they...
- Research articles 2004-08-27
- Direct sales franchises in the UK: a self-employment grey area.
- This article draws on UK data obtained from a useable sample of 673 independent contractors' active in the field of direct sales franchising. This is a low-cost, low-entry barrier business opportunity, which, at any one time, facilitates 500,000 individuals in the UK, mostly women, experiencing self-employment...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Self-employment is no bed of roses; in fact, it comes with more than a few thorns, according to a new academic study.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
- Self-employment is no bed of roses; in fact, it comes with more than a few thorns, according to a new academic study. David Blanchflower of Dartmouth College studied self-employed people in the United States and dozens of other countries. Among his findings: "It does...
- Research articles 2004-03-05
- Interview Question: From Self Employment To A Job In An Organization
- Self employed people are naturally independent, and their time out of the workforce can be an obstacle. Also capable of being a possible obstacle is the fact that a lot of interviewers don't know much about being self employed. For many people in the workforce, it's an exotic sort of...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- U.S. Labor Department Announces up to $5 Million in Grants for Self- Employment Pilots for People with Disabilities
- WASHINGTON, June 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Laborbs Office of Disability Employment Policy ODEP is making available up to $5 million to fund pilot projects aimed at increasing self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. "People with disabilities have much to offer in the 21st century and are...
- Research articles 2006-06-07
- Reasonable compensation and SE taxes.(self-employment taxes)
- It is well established that the flowthrough income generated by an S corporation is not subject to self-employment SE taxes; see Rev. Rul. 59-221. Likewise, distributions from S corporations are not subject to such taxes. Consequently, S shareholders pay employment taxes only on the wages earned...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Education, Military Service, Wealth Predict Self-Employment
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: John McDowell of the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration, +1-202-205-6941, john.mcdowell@sba.gov Prior Military Service is Strongest Predictor of Self-EmploymentWASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Educational level, prior military service, and household wealth are strong predictors of self-employment according to a working paper released today...
- Research articles 2007-12-11
- Small Business Taxes: How To Pay Less Self-Employment Tax
- If you're new to the world of small business taxes, this paper gives a quick review of self-employment tax. Sole proprietors and those taxed like sole proprietors (i.e. partnership partners and LLC owners who have not chosen to be taxed like a corporation) must pay 15.3% of their business profit...
- White papers 2009-02-11
- Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax
- If your total business income, from all Schedule Cs combined and from any partnership or S corporation income that is treated as self-employment income, is $400 or more, you must file a Schedule SE and pay SECA tax on your entire net business income, including the first $400.
- Tools & templates 2006-10-23
- Revocation of Exemption From Self-Employment Tax - IRS News - ministers, members of religious orders and christian science practitioners - Brief Article
- The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 provides an opportunity for certain individuals to revoke their Form 4361, Application for Exemption From Self-Employment Tax for Use by Ministers, Members of Religious Orders and Christian Science Practitioners.
- Research articles 2002-11-01
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