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bryan · 02-18-2007, 10:41 AM

Hi

One of the reasons that companies do not give alot of perks is a few years back states such as Illinois started questioning our independent contractors status.The courts decided that if a carrier helps pay health insurance,fuel or maintanence then the owner operators are employees and can not deduct these expense on their taxes.Also the carriers had to pay half of the owner operators self employment tax.

Illinois had discussed makeing owner operators put their own name and address on their trucks in addition to the carriers name and city.Had this happened can you imagine the identity theft and insurance scandals we would be left open to.Crooks would have your name, address and license plate # which is all that is needed to get into your DMV records where they could get your SS# and CDL#.More than enough info to rob you blind.

02-18-2007, 10:41 AM	#32 (permalink)
bryan Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cambridge, Ohio, USA. Rating: Not Rated Posts: 492	RE: Expediting is a Business Hi One of the reasons that companies do not give alot of perks is a few years back states such as Illinois started questioning our independent contractors status.The courts decided that if a carrier helps pay health insurance,fuel or maintanence then the owner operators are employees and can not deduct these expense on their taxes.Also the carriers had to pay half of the owner operators self employment tax. Illinois had discussed makeing owner operators put their own name and address on their trucks in addition to the carriers name and city.Had this happened can you imagine the identity theft and insurance scandals we would be left open to.Crooks would have your name, address and license plate # which is all that is needed to get into your DMV records where they could get your SS# and CDL#.More than enough info to rob you blind.