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dminor on Jan 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Quick Salary Tip for Software Engineers

Tax law doesn't allow this for engineers though - you can't be a 1 man consulting shop with a single employer. Most large tech firms hire contractors through third party consulting shops specifically to get around this.

peteretep on Jan 6, 2012 [–]

> Tax law

Oh come on. Tax law where? Are we all on the West Coast?

UK tax law, at least, allows it if you don't fall under IR35.

dminor on Jan 6, 2012 | [–]

1099 and W2 are part of US tax law, which is what I was referring to.

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