islandgirl Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I have people who want to do shows and sell my candles for me.Now I know they are called independent Contractors and you give them a 1099 and they are responsible for all their taxes , ect.Do any of you do this??What would you pay someone doing this for you?? I have never been a consulant for anyone so I have no idea how this works. Any suggustions would be greatly appreciated.:highfive: TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrealh1975 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I don't have anyone working for me, but I was a consultant for PL for a while. They would pay us 25% of our sales (before tax and shipping). We would have to have a show totaling $350 and that's how we'd receive our starter kit. If we needed to purchase products to add to our kits they were 50% off and if we purchased things for personal use I believe it was 35% off. I don't want to type a book, and I could about PL, but I hope this is a start. Let me know if you have more questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgirl Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Thanks Andrea, I acutally went to their website to see if I could gather information, but they have to call you and I did not want to go that route just for info..That is what I was looking for.. Just a starting point!!! Thanks a bunch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 What I do is make the person selling for me get their own tax id#. That way they are responsible for collecting and reporting sales tax. I treat them as a wholesale account and they sell at retail, keeping the difference as their portion. According to my state, if I were to have any out of state consultants and didn't do it this way, I'd have to get a tax ID# for that state in order to remit the tax. WAAAYYYYY to much hassle for me. No 1099's either. This method has worked out great for me so far. HTH!Trae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizzyBs Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I'm with Trae on this one...my consultants have their own tax ID # and take care of everything themselves. MUCH less hassle for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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