Yup, and that puts a whole slew of additional bureaucratic and non-productive tasks onto the plate. Plus in many places like here in CA a minimum corporate tax that they levy even if you paused for a year.
This whole thing is rather ridiculous. The perfect recipe in economic times like this, ain't it?
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This is not for today, ( does not go into effect till 2012).
But like most laws, its for the future, when the IRS needs to get more money into the coffers.
Both sides of the isle will love this change.
"I will not raise taxes", but you will pay more.
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And of course, what we didn't know, was that you need to pay that minimum corporate tax at the end of the first quarter of the year, not at the end of the year when you file your taxes! Got hit by a $35 penalty for that one. It only took 90 minutes (and two different reps) for the state tax folks to be able to point out to us where in the tax guides it told you that...
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Classic liberal fix; this policy / program isn't working, then we must not be doing enough of it and we must expand the policy / program.
Beats me why some people wonder why CA ranks on the very bottom when comparing biz friendliness among the various states. I personally spoke to biz leaders who said that they are going to wait until November this year and then make potentially serious business decisions.
In this day and age of the Internet it no longer matters much where your company locates, can be in another state, can be in another country.
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I don't know if CA is at the *very* bottom. NY and VT are right up there. Others certainly are open for business, though.
A labor pool is still important to many. Non-union preferably.
Probably in the same ballpark. But even some states that I thought were biz friendly have surprised folks there. Audits in the form of fishing expeditions and so on, to squeeze out more "revenue". Including stuff like "Pay and we'll settle it right away". What they don't realize is how fast word spreads around, it is damage that can hardly be undone.
Although, in the high-tech world that is less and less the case. I didn't have to travel much since last November but completed quite a few projects since then. All right here, with the occasional WebEx style meeting.
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Yep. I've been at virtually 100% GoToMeeting or Skype for more than a year. I haven't flown since last September, though I am flying to SFO June 11. ...Jim Thompson
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Sure, for you, a consultant. How many employees do the companies you work for have?
And I might be in Chandler around that time but only for a few hours :-)
Can you share a desktop on Skype?
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It varies. Some have thousands but most have just a few engineers. And with some the majority of those are also consultants. All I can say is that I see that slowly increasing.
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I'm out early morning, June 11, back the next night _late_.
If you're here on Sunday, come on by!
Yep. ...Jim Thompson
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| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
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Most of the times I have to fly I don't come home before midnight.
I wish, and I would but this will be a multi-stop trip together with a client engineer, probably on a pretty hectic schedule.
Maybe I should try that out. Early on I wasn't comfy with them asking for a credit card but I guess it's ok. However, so far none of my clients wanted to use Skype for teleconferencing.
No matter how badly Adobe screwed up Acrobat IMHO, I was very pleased with their Adobe/Cisco meeting service. None of these endless load times like with WebEx. Click, click, click ... voila, you're in the meeting.
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A fad that will likely reverse. Bean counters can see $$, usually. They can't see other intangibles, like corporate memory. You can blame the tax code on much of this shift. You can be sure that Congress won't leave that alone.
Ah, we like to spend weekends a "jog NE" of here. I've threatened to move up that way after this gig is over.
Hmm, maybe a different jog.
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That "fad" started happening many year ago. Of course now there's wrenches thrown into the gears of our economic machinery, such as hiring lots of agents to do re-classificationn crackdowns. That, of course, can lead to companies becoming skittish about hiring external engineers even though they'd be fully legit. Stuff like that is a pretty sure-fire method of driving business out of the country, and that I am seeing happening as well.
For bean counters consultants are better because a large payroll typically doesn't look too good on the financials. Consulting fees are simply expensed. Of course, if companies are hindered in their freedom regarding such decisions they will look around, see where such hurdles don't exist and then move operations there. Because it makes that problem go away.
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