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justinator
on Sept 29, 2021
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Dude, where’s my stuff
Usually self employed pay far more taxes, what’s different about these truck drivers? I assume they’re not cheating on their taxes.
bigfudge
on Sept 29, 2021
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Is that really the case? It’s not so in the UK
lazide
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It is definitely the case in the US. They even call it the self-employment tax (
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
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HPsquared
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In the UK there have been some tax changes which affected truckers and other self employed contractors: IR35.
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