Aido
25-09-2013, 05:57 PM
Thought I'd ask you ladies....cause even if you'se don't know someone always comes up with a plausible answer.
Have run my own business for nearly 3 years cutting grass and shit was real good in the suburbs but since moving to rural Vic it has sucked arse. I understand how subcontracting works....Another bloke has too much work and gets me in to assist, I use my own gear, am responsible for my work, time, insurance etc and he pays me on the agreed rate.
However since March I have working subcontract to a local farm as well as continuing to run my own business doing what I can when I can. I was originally contracted for the duration of harvest only to drive a bin tractor. This was a straight up contract with a set hourly rate and a duration but since then I have been doing everything under the sun for them. I use their equipment and work to their hours. I fall into the category of being an employee. This has been a five day a week affair on the farm and working my own jobs after hours and weekends with today being 47 days straight without a day off.
Got offered full time on the farm which is good and bad. Good because its stable employment. Bad because I lose my freedom of self employment ( even though I'm over committed at the moment and have no freedom) I also lose the killer contract rate and revert to a shitty wage, take on responsibility I don't want and have to watch the clock like every other wage slave.
So how do I continue to contract as a farm hand on a contract rate without raising too much suspicion from the ATO for both myself and my "employer"?
Have run my own business for nearly 3 years cutting grass and shit was real good in the suburbs but since moving to rural Vic it has sucked arse. I understand how subcontracting works....Another bloke has too much work and gets me in to assist, I use my own gear, am responsible for my work, time, insurance etc and he pays me on the agreed rate.
However since March I have working subcontract to a local farm as well as continuing to run my own business doing what I can when I can. I was originally contracted for the duration of harvest only to drive a bin tractor. This was a straight up contract with a set hourly rate and a duration but since then I have been doing everything under the sun for them. I use their equipment and work to their hours. I fall into the category of being an employee. This has been a five day a week affair on the farm and working my own jobs after hours and weekends with today being 47 days straight without a day off.
Got offered full time on the farm which is good and bad. Good because its stable employment. Bad because I lose my freedom of self employment ( even though I'm over committed at the moment and have no freedom) I also lose the killer contract rate and revert to a shitty wage, take on responsibility I don't want and have to watch the clock like every other wage slave.
So how do I continue to contract as a farm hand on a contract rate without raising too much suspicion from the ATO for both myself and my "employer"?