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There's a few issues this brings to mind. First off would be the
terms. If you are using their office and their internet and the
internet goes down for a couple of hours, leaving your down, while
you be paid for your time? If I'm working at home and my net goes
down, there is always other things I can do (maybe even clean the
house!). <br>
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The bigger issue, is a legal one and depends upon how you operate as
a business. I suggest checking out this page:<br>
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<a
href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html">http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html</a><br>
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I did something very similar in the early 90s. I had a client that
was a local municipality, handling their computer systems (and
ironically one of the main systems was their tax system). I had an
office in the city building also, even though I was an independent
contractor. The requirements for this was:<br>
<br>
- I had 24/7 access to my office (ie: I had a key to the city
building and my office)<br>
- I was not obligated to work from the office. I could also work
from home and bill them.<br>
<br>
These two items were actually at the recommendation by the head of
the city tax department, who happens to be a tax law professor now,
and the city's attorney. I don't know how much the laws have changed
in the past 20 years since I haven't had the same situation come up
again and the work I do now is totally different from then, but I
would consider it very carefully. It might even be worth talking to
a tax attorney about it. <br>
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On 2/10/2011 5:35 PM, Gordon Heydon wrote:
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cite="mid:D2E19355-8D90-492E-A778-0A96D714F68C@heydon.com.au"
type="cite"><base href="x-msg://141/">Hi,
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<div>No you should not reduce your rate for working at home. They
are getting the same expertise, the same amount of work done. It
should not matter if you are at home or in the office.</div>
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<div>Your work is not worth any less just because you are not in
their office.</div>
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<div>If anything you should be charging more to be in their
office, Generally you do not charge for traveling to their
offices and other incidental expenses that are incurred, such as
lunch and parking.</div>
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<div>Gordon.</div>
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<div>On 11/02/2011, at 6:52 AM, nan wich wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">An interesting question for
all of you: I just got a gig for a month or so on a
local government site. I don't remember if I
mentioned that I worked from home a bit on my
previous gig or not. But they did ask if I would
reduce my rate a bit when I worked from home. That
is, it would be a dual rate deal; $x in the office,
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<div style="margin: 0px;">What would you think about
this? Keep in mind, I would be getting paid with my
own tax money.<br>
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