[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Geeze Steve. If you're a CPA and haven't done it yet, there must be some serious drawbacks. How can you write off beer and porn?

I'm not in public practice (doing taxes and audits and such). I do work for a CPA firm, but we do consulting with the government.

I stay working for the firm because they find the clients and pay me benefits and retirement and stuff. Plus, when we're short on work (which is really rare) I get paid anyhow. I'd be VERY difficult for me to contract with the gov't on my own.

I haven't left yet because I don't feel that I'm at the level of expertise that I could work on my own... I want to gain more expertise before I do that. However, there are far less qualifies 1099 employees out there. Risks are of course that when the work is done, I need to find something else. I'm well connected i probably could do it if I really pushed myself. I'm looking to make a leap right now anyhow. Trying to figure it all out.