Comments on: A Virtual Assistant is an Independent Contractor, not an Employee http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/how-outsource-virtual-assistant/a-virtual-assistant-is-an-independent-contractor-not-an-employee Learn how to outsource to a professional virtual assistant Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Virtual Assistant Information http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/how-outsource-virtual-assistant/a-virtual-assistant-is-an-independent-contractor-not-an-employee#comment-2166 Virtual Assistant Information Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:22:14 +0000 http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/?p=840#comment-2166 Hi Walt, thanks for stopping by the blog and taking the time to comment. If you are located in the United States, you should check with your Secretary of State to find out if the business you are operating requires a business license. Depending on where you live and the type of business you may also need a local/city or county license. One thing to consider is that if you wish to write off the cost of your virtual assistant's services as a business expense your business needs to be 'official'. Any professional virtual assistant you work with should also have taken the steps to register their own business. With that said, there are some people who utilize the services of a virtual assistant for personal (non-business) projects and in that case, since you would not be running a business, a license would likely not apply. Of couse, we're not able to offer legal advice and it's always best to check with your local state and city government to ensure you understand and are in compliance with their requirements for whatever it is you're doing. Hi Walt, thanks for stopping by the blog and taking the time to comment. If you are located in the United States, you should check with your Secretary of State to find out if the business you are operating requires a business license. Depending on where you live and the type of business you may also need a local/city or county license. One thing to consider is that if you wish to write off the cost of your virtual assistant’s services as a business expense your business needs to be ‘official’. Any professional virtual assistant you work with should also have taken the steps to register their own business.

With that said, there are some people who utilize the services of a virtual assistant for personal (non-business) projects and in that case, since you would not be running a business, a license would likely not apply.

Of couse, we’re not able to offer legal advice and it’s always best to check with your local state and city government to ensure you understand and are in compliance with their requirements for whatever it is you’re doing.

]]> By: Walt http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/how-outsource-virtual-assistant/a-virtual-assistant-is-an-independent-contractor-not-an-employee#comment-2164 Walt Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:11:28 +0000 http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/?p=840#comment-2164 This info is great thanks a lot! I'm not going to be able to ourosutce things quite yet as I'm still learning plenty about doing the marketing work myself but I hope to sometime in the near future. I was wondering do you need to get a business license before doing this and working with a virtual assistant, or can you just simply pay them every month to help you and thats that? This info is great thanks a lot! I’m not going to be able to ourosutce things quite yet as I’m still learning plenty about doing the marketing work myself but I hope to sometime in the near future. I was wondering do you need to get a business license before doing this and working with a virtual assistant, or can you just simply pay them every month to help you and thats that?

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]]> By: Article Dun & Bradstreet: Get Organized by Hiring a Virtual Assistant - Virtual Assistant Forums | Work at Home Resources http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/how-outsource-virtual-assistant/a-virtual-assistant-is-an-independent-contractor-not-an-employee#comment-1139 Article Dun & Bradstreet: Get Organized by Hiring a Virtual Assistant - Virtual Assistant Forums | Work at Home Resources Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:34:11 +0000 http://www.virtualassistantinformation.com/?p=840#comment-1139 [...] justice to the VA/client relationship; namely, the use of the word 'employee'. I thought I'd share a blog post I wrote for another site that goes into detail about this. __________________ Stuck in startup? [...] [...] justice to the VA/client relationship; namely, the use of the word 'employee'. I thought I'd share a blog post I wrote for another site that goes into detail about this. __________________ Stuck in startup? [...]

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