It is important in this discussion to distinguish between a Employment Agency and a Contract Manager.
Most agencies are expensive. 10-20% as mentioned (if not more). A Contract Manager is very different in that the only work they do is the collection and distribution of the contract monies for which they charge the CONTRACTOR a fee (it is all very open and above board). They don't do any of the placement work and they don't have a high level of mouths to feed (in the form of Employment Consultants). So the rates that Scott and Gavin are talking about are quite sensible for such an organisation (versus an Employment Agent). And within that fee, they cover things such as Public Liability, Workers Compensation, PAYG, Expenses, etc. It's a very good deal if you dont want the overhead of running your own company but it is still legitimate with the ATO because - for the term of the contract - the contractor is an employee of the Contract Manager (or one of their subsidiary companies). Another plus is that they are able to be across changes to taxation laws better than a small business person would be. Regards, Gary Menzel --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
