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This is ridiculous but common. The notorious "approved vendor list" is a
great way for large companies to get rid unknown vendors. Getting on the
list is an elusive process (e.g., I have never gotten a straight answer out
of Digital regarding how to get on their list).
However, your comments regarding working through an agency is more than
simply whose name is being used. It has tax consequences. Almost always the
agency requires that you work under a W2 arrangement. Whereas, 1099 terms
allow you to get the full fee and pay taxes per your own arrangement with
the IRS.
Jon Leer
P.S. I would like to hear more from other members of the list regarding
getting on a company's approved vendor list.
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> From: SLSTAGGS <slstaggs -at- AOL -dot- COM>
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Billing Problems with Corporate Client
> Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 3:40 PM
>
> <<We just got a new contract from this "temp agency".
> They want us to provide a ton of documentation, including
> articles of incorporation, Fed Tax ID certification, their
> questionnaire, and proof of a total of 4 million dollars of
> liability insurance. (BTW, we work exclusively offsite and
> currently have no employees.)>>
>
> Strange. I've been in a similar situation, where the company (usually a
huge
> one) wants to hire me directly but can't put me on their list of
"approved
> vendors" for various reasons. So I work through the temp agency in name
only.
> My rate doesn't change, the temp agency has no control over me
managerially,
> and all I've ever had to do was register with the agency. However, when I
do
> this, I don't work under my company banner but as an individual
contractor.
> Technically, you're an employee of the temp agency in these
situations...maybe
> the answer lies in working for them as yourselves versus working for them
as a
> corporation...your "corporateness" could be frightening them into being
weird.
>
> Good Luck -
>
> Susan
>
>
>
