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Making and Adhering to the Rules of Self Employment
from:If one was to consider what the rules of self employment might be, he or she would certainly divide them into two categories: those that pertain to taxation and those that pertain to business ethics.
When it comes to the rules of self employment as they pertain to taxation, there's not a whole lot you can do to fundamentally adjust the playing field for yourself. You're going to be paying what amounts to a double tax as a self employed person, given that you need to make up for the contributions to Medicare and Social Security that your employer would otherwise share with you.
You may, however, adjust the rules of self employment in relation to the tax bracket you find yourself in before and after deductions. For instance, tax preparers, all submitting perfectly legal returns, can differ by as much as 100% in the amount you could end up owing. This comes primarily from their personal approach to deductions and depreciation as well as any advice they may give you about incorporation. It's all legal, but even if you do your returns yourself, the only real rule you need to follow is to pay what you owe and to very meticulously record all your deductions.
When it comes to your own behavior as a business person, there are certainly quite a few things that are perfectly legal to do but are considered by most to be unethical. Just what those ethics that you'll live by are is determined by your own predilections as well as the ethics of others in your field. Whether the latter encourages you to be more or less ethical when drawing up your own rules of self employment is a matter of personal taste, but regardless, you'll want to draw up something of a statement by which you will use to guide your business interactions.
This may include your relationships with customers, clients or even the employees you may hire someday. Regardless, there are rules you'll want to abide by that influence not only the way you do business, but also the sort of clientèle that you'll attract. From your mission statement and the rules of self employment that you set out for yourself, you can craft the spirit your company will embody.
Essentially, there are rules that you follow because you have to, under penalty of law, and there are rules you follow because you feel it's the right thing to do. Regardless of what you decide upon, there are definitely things you are beholden to disclose to the proper authorities, and as they say, the rest is gravy. The rules you set for your own benefit are serve to give you a framework from which you'll interact with customers and vendors as well declaring the perspective from which you'll gage all your other actions.
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