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Subject:Re: Pay rate for contractor with no experience From:Win Day <winday -at- home -dot- com> To:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Feb 2000 07:12:29 -0500
At 11:54 AM 2/15/00 -0600, Jo Francis Byrd wrote:
>Dallas....and several contracts ago I earned $42/hour on a W-2. Whatever my
>rate, I always up the rate $5/hour when I work a 1099. While, if I'm
working on
>a W-2, I always take advantage of any 401(k) plans the shop may have, I
have my
>own benefits, so never take those.
>
Okay, I'll show my Canadian-based ignorance.
What's the difference between a W-2 contract and a 1099 contract?