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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamryXSE, post: 11910961, member: 320045&quot;]News to me!&nbsp; Out in oilfield there is a lot of 1099 work.&nbsp; I just never once questioned it.&nbsp;&nbsp; The $11,000 I paid in estimated taxes for 9 months work ought to give some indication I&#039;m not trying to get away with anything.&nbsp; Honestly, I&#039;ve been in the business a long time.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is my first company job on a 1099 but it&#039;s done everywhere and no one seems to be hiding it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a 1099 driver makes enough to offset self employment tax and no benefits, it really isn&#039;t all that bad.&nbsp; I hate being a company slave where they tell me they will kindly grant me one whole week off after one year.</p><p><br /></p><p>No, without a 401k, without medical insurance, there isn&#039;t a whole lot to keep me from cleaning out my trick and doing something else for a month, or six months, or however long I want.&nbsp; Then, I tell the truck owner, &#039;hey, when you get an opening, I&#039;d like to come back (or, just go someplace else)</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t rocket surgery.&nbsp; I&#039;m not messing up a whole team with my coming and going.&nbsp; The employer invests very little in training me (I did that long ago).&nbsp; Give me the keys, OK, here we go.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nah man, it feels good to feel like my life belongs to me.&nbsp; &#039;We hire you to retire you?&#039;&nbsp; Heck with that!&nbsp; I have other interests.&nbsp; When I really need the money...got that trusty old CDL.</p><p><br /></p><p>Self employment tax, medical, 401k?&nbsp; That&#039;s a huge loss and the 1099 driver needs to take all that into consideration.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legality of it all?&nbsp; I need to look into that more.&nbsp; Lots of drivers on 1099 and no one seems to be hiding anything.&nbsp; IDK!?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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