Quote:Bigger companies yeah. Smaller employers, the guy or girl just starting out with two guys doesn't have the revenue. For a multinational corporation those expenses seem minuscule. For small timers that can be the difference between writing themselves a check or not.

Dude, you're not gonna get an argument from me that out politicians pay lip service to "small business" but are in fact legislating to the benefit of large corporations at the peril of small businesses.


But with that said, the overhead to calculate these payroll taxes is not as drastic as you make it out to be...


Most software that small businesses buy to handle their books have these tax calculations built into the software package...


I could go into tax policy that hurts small businesses, what you are concerned about isn't an issue at all. Taxes are a cost of business, everyone knows it everyone accepts it. And the process of accounting for it is not draconian or intrusive at all...


A buddy of mine is an electrician that owns his own business. He pays his guys just fine, based on my career, we've talked about his business... the biggest administrative headache he has is finding the time to keep his receipts organized...

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