welcome to a.s. Kodiak, yup same here unless find a way ta call it sub contract. like gologit says I've tried it both ways, way simpler this way.
Buddy of mine tried that and ran into a few problems. First of all, it was hard to find enterprising young fellows who had the initiative to work that way - most want all the government-mandated 'perks'. When he finally did find a couple of men, the Canada Revenue Agency audited one of them and tied him and my Buddy up for weeks of paper-work and questions.
The CRA was insisting that it was an actual employee/employer relationship - so the young guys should
not be entitled to write off their pickups and travel expenses, or, to claim a small office space in their homes. Don't know what it's like in the US, but up here, when the CRA takes a position, you're guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
And now, in this cash-starved province, our Workmen's Compensation fund has unfunded liabilities of 14 Billion dollars. So there's talk that the gov't is going to also make it mandatory for independent operators to pay the substantial WC premiums. That'll be the last straw for me.
I'm thinking of getting some big posters made up with pictures of farmers, ranchers, loggers, small business owners, and other private sector workers going about their daily work. And in big bold print:
A QUESTION FOR POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS:
WHERE WILL YOUR PAYCHEQUE COME FROM WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF US OUT OF BUSINESS?
