From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019011614185910646-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > Taxes.  And reporting of the same.   I do this as my job.  By that I mean,   
   > I actually make money at this.  Enough that there's no taking the cash and   
   > forgetting about it.  The places I play have to report that that payed me,   
   > once their payements to me exceed $600 in a year. They almost all do.   
   > Some by a lot.   So I get tax statements from them.   
      
   So you do this for the band too? Or other bands? I still like the idea of   
   minimum check payments ;)   
      
   > The other reason is that corporate mailing checks keeps the " help " from   
   > helping themselves to some of my pay.  Example, I ask for, say $75 for an   
   > hour gig. The person who pays me fills out the paterwork to pay me not the   
   > 75 but for $100.  She ( l like using the female in this case ) takes $100   
   > out of petty cash, gives me 75, pockets 25 for herself. No one is the   
   > wiser.  And since solo entertainers pay is all over the place, no one   
   > notices, or generally even questions.   
      
   > does that shed a little light on things ?   
      
   JimD   
      
   So what? If you're promised $75, and that's how much you get, then it's up   
   to the employer to deal with that dishonest employee.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)