well hey, I'm looking for some employment along these lines. I have training as an accountant (through glendale community college). otherwise, working as a consultant should be right up my alley (so to speak). looking for help? Technomage On Monday 22 April 2002 03:01 am, you wrote: > Austin, > > Do you want to expand your business to include more consultants besides > yourself? If so, I would suggest setting up a S-Corporation. I won't go > into what it is because a google search or a quick look thru nolo.com > should shed some light on what it is. With a Corp. you are required to > file quarterly with Uncle Sam which is not difficult if your using > quickbooks or an equivalant. A S-corp can have tax avantages if done > properly. Also, an S-Corp creates a seperate legal entity for your > business transactions which is helpful in legal situations. The only > additional overhead I can think of at the moment is the quarterly taxes and > the annual corporate "meeting"(if your the sole stock holder, its only a > paper formality) which is required by the corp. Commission if I remember > right. Regardless of which type of business setup you choose, you should > talk to a lawyer and an accountant for more information. -- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own - No. 6