Originally posted by bspot
For any traditional consulting job you qualify for the small business rates, I made the assumption that's what is going on here, as it's very common in Calgary.
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They are really, really loose on this. I had the exact same job for 6 years with a company provided office, phone, computer and cell phone and this was still "arms length" enough, which it shouldn't be. If they ever start cracking down on that guideline, lots of companies/people are screwed because they'll owe a lot of back taxes.