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From: rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch)
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Subject: Re: Sorry - Independent contractors and the law
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Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 01:21:24 EST
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A couple of quick thoughts on the recent tax legislation requiring
engineering and programming consultants to be considered "employees"
for tax purposes:

(1) Many university faculty consult "on the side", including those 
in Computer Science.  Won't they be caught in the non-tax-exempt box
along with the rest of the consultants?  What effect will this have
on Ph.D.'s considering a career in academic Computer Science?

(2) I read recently (where?  I can't remember) that Grace Murray
Hopper was hired as a high-level consultant at DEC.  Being a software
type (well.... at least a "similar line of work"), doesn't that mean
that Admiral Hopper can not be a consultant but must be an ordinary
employee (at least for tax purposes)?  

cheers,

Tim

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