I got the Bureaucracy Blues

[Michael Jorgensen]

Rob,
    Give your university benefits office a call.  I'll bet you are already
covered for workers comp through them, then call the company and find out
what this deal is.   Your story sounds pretty bizarre to me.
-Mike

Robert Goodale wrote:

> I got the "Bureaucracy Blues"... (hum us a few bars y'all).
>
> The ultimate oxymoron...  "Hi, I from the government... I'm here to
> help".   The dealer that we, (Alan Meyer and I), install PianoDisc
> systems for just went through an audit.  Although we are NOT employees
> but rather subcontractors, they say we should have been paying some sort
> of workers comp this past year to the dealer.  Unless we can prove
> otherwise they are going to stiff each of us with a $600.00 bill!  I
> have never heard of such a thing.  How does this work?  Are there any
> loop holes?  That is a huge amount of money that we are being asked to
> pay every year to satisfy a useless bureaucracy.  Help!
>
> I also need to find more right-offs for my taxes BAD.  I have really
> gotten burned this year by the IRS.   We could buy four big screen TVs
> each equipped with surround sound and a DVD player for what we are going
> to have to pay this year.  QUESTION:  I recall in the past that there
> was a half day seminar at the PTG in the past on how to find ways for
> techs to reduce their taxes.  Does anyone know if they are running that
> one again this year?  I think I need to be in it!
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Lost Wages, NV