@jennifer2016 wrote:
Can someone tell me how these posts about typing are relevant to this thread?? Am I missing something here?
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Typing to me at this point in life is like breathing, who cares how many breaths one takes, and who cares how many keys you hit...lets talk about wear and tear on one's car, which seems more important since expense is all on you, not the MSC. I would spend half the money made on gas and upkeep, and now that it is difficult to get oil changes, that is on our heads and should count in a fee, so raises are in order.
Afterthought: ACL should pay if they did anything wrong, hope they get it right in the pocket book.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
I do need a serpentine belt but no shops for that.
@jennifer2016 wrote:
Can someone tell me how these posts about typing are relevant to this thread?? Am I missing something here?
@winemaker wrote:
Absolutely this is overdue. Before 1999, any mystery shop work done in California (and most other states) had to be by an employee of a licensed private investigator.
@myst4au wrote:
I don't know about California or "most other states", but from about 1958 to 1975, my parents were doing mystery shops for Wilmark Service Systems (based in New York) at various places in NJ (gas stations, department stores, phone cold calls, movie ticket sales, etc.) and they were contractors, not employees. For the time, they were paid well. Everything was done with snail mail, corded phones, carbon paper, manual typewriters, and hand-held tally counters.
@winemaker wrote:
Absolutely this is overdue. Before 1999, any mystery shop work done in California (and most other states) had to be by an employee of a licensed private investigator.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
@myst4au wrote:
I don't know about California or "most other states", but from about 1958 to 1975, my parents were doing mystery shops for Wilmark Service Systems (based in New York) at various places in NJ (gas stations, department stores, phone cold calls, movie ticket sales, etc.) and they were contractors, not employees. For the time, they were paid well. Everything was done with snail mail, corded phones, carbon paper, manual typewriters, and hand-held tally counters.
@winemaker wrote:
Absolutely this is overdue. Before 1999, any mystery shop work done in California (and most other states) had to be by an employee of a licensed private investigator.
And my introduction to MSing (In CA none-the-less) was my mother doing Jack in the Box shops in the 70's where I had the wonderful responsibility of taking timings with a stopwatch and eating the food. I also helped with the 3-layer carbon paper forms that had to be mailed in...and my mom was definitely a contractor back then.
@scorpionshar777 wrote:
Right?? Nobody talks about that either. Wear and tear of vehicles doing shops and using computer. These Corps are getting over like bandits. How do people factor in the miles etc. Does the new tax code even allow us to claim mileage? Just asking..
@scorpionshar777 wrote:
Right?? Nobody talks about that either. Wear and tear of vehicles doing shops and using computer. These Corps are getting over like bandits. How do people factor in the miles etc. Does the new tax code even allow us to claim mileage? Just asking..
@LindaM wrote:
Jack in the Box, for a period around 1998 - 2000, was hiring employees to do their shops in house.
@myst4au wrote:
Schedule C is your friend! You report self-employment income there, and you report deductions there as well. The current IRS mileage rate is $0.58 per mile. Definitely deductible if you maintain contemporaneous records of miles driven.
@scorpionshar777 wrote:
Right?? Nobody talks about that either. Wear and tear of vehicles doing shops and using computer. These Corps are getting over like bandits. How do people factor in the miles etc. Does the new tax code even allow us to claim mileage? Just asking..
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Yeah, but I think it was LisaSTL who pointed out that the guy who paints the walls in a room in your house has to adhere to your color standards, even though he is an IC. You might want lavender and he decides to paint the room deep purple instead? Mmm, nope.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
You are allowed to specify parameters of the assignments for an IC. A window of hours is acceptable. Writing in a particular language or syntax is acceptable. Requiring professional attire is acceptable.