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4/25/2013 8:25:40 AM EDT
I've got a former employer that wants to bring me back, but rather than bringing me back as a W2 they want to do it with my LLC being contracted to provide my services. I setup the LLC for fun money so I've never really done any math to know how much I should bill to equate to the W2 salary.

What's the rule of thumb again?
4/25/2013 8:26:39 AM EDT
[#1]
Just remember that as a 1099 you get to pay taxes on stuff your employer would've paid on a W-2.

So remember that if they want you for the same pay as last time.
4/25/2013 8:27:56 AM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
I've got a former employer that wants to bring me back, but rather than bringing me back as a W2 they want to do it with my LLC being contracted to provide my services. I setup the LLC for fun money so I've never really done any math to know how much I should bill to equate to the W2 salary.

What's the rule of thumb again?


http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Self-Employed-Individuals-Tax-Center
4/25/2013 8:30:46 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Just remember that as a 1099 you get to pay taxes on stuff your employer would've paid on a W-2.

So remember that if they want you for the same pay as last time.


Yea, and I also have to do my own health insurance. Fun times.
4/25/2013 8:33:46 AM EDT
[#4]
Talk to an accountant.  Or maybe your boss should.  If you convert from w-2 to 1099 with the same employer within too short a time frame, IRS will often view that as an attempt to circumvent withholding and FICA and "rule" that you are still an employee.  You can convert form 1099 to W-2 without much trouble, but there are hooks going the other way.  Suggest you get professional advice.
4/25/2013 9:46:56 AM EDT
[#5]
Yea, I don't think this is going to work out. We are jumping though all of these hoops because the director of HR doesn't like me and has declared me non-rehire eligible. And I know that she should FLIP if she saw me in the building with a badge. The explanation that I'm just a contractor probably wouldn't even fly with her.