are we sheep or lamb?
Posted By: just because they can or DO? on 2009-07-04
In Reply to: Charging for software - Chartscript
Just because you haven't run across it before doesn't mean the IRS hasn't seen ir or other MTs haven't seen it. Rah for you for using the basics needed to access work for free so far (does that hurt you or help you), but it does not not mean you don't have to pay to access the work now or in the future. So what if you worked in 3-plus platforms without having to pay for it and so what if you did not have to pay for it in the past.
I love the tax deductions I get. Get real and take advantage of the tax benefits of having to pay to have a job. This is something the true independent contractor or employee has been paying as a cost of business for years. Why are should you get special treatment? Suck it up and pay for it or get out of the business and quit discouraging future MTs from working. Think about what programmers working for (example) IBM, tax preparers, independent writer, productition-based pharmacy tech or any other IC or employee gets to claim for deductions - don't Postal Service employees get to claim their uniforms?. Ask a tax attorney or accountant or even the IRS web site if you don't believe what I say, but suck it up and act like a grownup.
Got uniform expense? Got equipment expense? Got lots of other expenses? Claim it on your tax return. If a future MT should be discouraged about taking classes to enter the profession, it should be based on real concerns like not finding an employer willing to mentor with a liveable wage, not because expenses that are tax deductible that you say should not be a personal expense encourage it. If you want to work as an employee, go for it, and then (if you are smart) claim non-paid expenses as a tax benefit.
never had a nosebleed, never willl. 'bout you?
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GB was FA sacrifice lamb
To pay back all the poster's who tell the truth here. What do you bet she won't be the last.
To NOT A SHEEP - I beg your pardon!
First of all, I am don't consider myself one of the "favorites" that you mentioned on your post. I don't get gravy jobs. Au contraire! I'm certain that some people sign out when they see bad dictators because I often get only really bad dictators, but aside from joking about them, I still do them. I don't suck up to anyone. I have not had a raise. The only bonuses I have received were for working extra. I am aware that I am not the only person to experience a disaster (a month after having cancer surgery, mind you), but I received no money from OSi simply for that reason. I can type over 100 words a minute, but I stay on a job until I know that I have given it my best, and QA very, very seldom receives a job from me. I appreciate the people who have shown empathy and tolerance, especially when I'm sure that I was a real handful, and they have been as accommodating as they could reasonably be. I have just lived through a year from hell that is ongoing, and OSi has treated me better than I could ever have expected. I am not trying to be a "favorite." I am simply trying to do the best job that I can. When I take a person's money, I accept no less from myself than to actually work to earn it. I have years and years of experience, probably more years than you have been on this earth, as I cannot believe that a person with maturity and wisdom could write such bunk. I have probably forgotten more than you will ever learn, but I still know my place. I frankly don't care what you say about me. You don't write my paycheck. My loyalty lies to my employer, who has put up with me when they probably would rather have strangled me!
to "not a sheep"
AMEN SISTER! You sure can tell who is the butt-kisser on this board.. because most of the posts are agreeable to each other's except hers, the MT that says she is NOT a QA person or the Manager. You are right, that newsletter was ridiculous, it sounded like a kid about 14 who went on he first trip alone! After all, when the present QA person didn't get the job, wasn't she so upset she was "going on strike"... LOL...and to that person who talked about MTs being sued, cite me a case and I will reasearch it! Actually, what about the docs that dictate the wrong medications on the wrong patient? Is that the MT's fault? I THINK NOT.
Not a sheep anymore
Only when WE the people stop being sheeple will the SUITS pay attention.
Enjoy your day.
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