Jeff, You might google for "Employer of Record" services. I have used one such in the past, although I would not recommend that particular firm; and I know of others that service independent contractors. But the last time I look at specific companies was several years ago. Basically, they act as the "Company" for contracts and agreements you sign with customers. This works best if you have one or a few large customers; and wouldn't work if you have lots of little customers. You submit your time to them; they bill the customer; they collect the money; they take a percentage for their services. They take out the taxes, and pay you on a W2 basis. They also provide benefits like liability insurance at no extra fee; group health insurance, etc. It may or may not solve your problem, but might be worth investigating. The key facts are : a) the makeup of your client base, and the nature of your relationship with each client b) what percentage the EOR firm charges. I got away with 1-2% at one point, but I was billing at fairly high rates. 5% might be more typical, but it might not be worth it at these levels. If you want more details or a list of firms that existed in this space a few years ago, email me off-list. Good luck! - Jeremy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Rutherford" <jeff at trylonsmr.com> To: <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:43 AM Subject: [Hidden-tech] Question re: finances ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post . ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. Here's a question for everyone. Since I absolutely hate having to keep track of quarterly estimated taxes (several times I've had to scramble and come up with large sums to cover taxes), I'm wondering if a service exists to deal with this. Ideally, what I would like to do is have a service similar to Administaff or Paychex where every time I received a contractor payment from a client (with no taxes deducted of course), that I could send the gross amount to the service and they would deduct the appropriate amounts of taxes, FICA, etc., and take care of those payments so that I don't have to keep track of those amounts. I don't know if something like this exists. Of course, I could hire a bookkeeper, but I'd rather have a service that automatically deducts those taxes from the various payments I received, and keep track of those taxes for me. It's my understanding that the two services I mentioned above are set up to handle a regular salary situation vs. a fluctuating contractor income that is not the same every month. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. Jeff _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members