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MichMan

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24. Do people pay FICA taxes with these gig jobs or pay the 15 % as independent contractors?

Reply to JI7 (Reply #18)

Sun Nov 28, 2021, 10:34 PM

Nov 2021

Last edited Mon Nov 29, 2021, 01:15 AM - Edit history (1)

if not, what do they plan to retire on ?

When my wife worked as an independent contractor for a couple years we were required to pay FICA taxes quarterly or face a penalty at tax time along with paying the SS taxes.

I always worked as a regular employee until I retired earlier this year. Fortunate to have contributed regularly to my 401k with a nominal limited employer match and plan on filing for SS in a couple months.

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Even the convenience store/service stations can't find people to hire. [View all] milestogo Nov 2021 OP

Service jobs are low pay with an increasingly rude public that seems moving towards violence. marble falls Nov 2021 #1

Add to that the ever present threat of violence in this gun-crazy society EYESORE 9001 Nov 2021 #3

It seems like people Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #2

+1 spooky3 Nov 2021 #7

Convenience stores Corgigal Nov 2021 #4

wages are important stopdiggin Nov 2021 #5

Double the pay to $30 per hour and those problems go away. MichMan Nov 2021 #6

Ditto MOMFUDSKI Nov 2021 #9

They probably aren't even paying $15/hr to start. Mariana Nov 2021 #12

$60,000 to clerk at at convenience store is pretty darn good. SYFROYH Nov 2021 #22

They don't pay that. If they did, someone would work. greymattermom Nov 2021 #8

If they even bother to call you back at all. Mariana Nov 2021 #13

Self-checkout would help, especially at a convenience store. Nt VarryOn Nov 2021 #10

The sign on the door says hiring at $15/hr. That's not bad. Mariana Nov 2021 #11

$15/hr isn't enough to live on wackadoo wabbit Nov 2021 #17

I agree, but my point is that they're probably not even paying $15/hr. Mariana Nov 2021 #19

True that wackadoo wabbit Nov 2021 #20

Typically c-store employees are required to work alone with no security pecosbob Nov 2021 #14

The ones where I live are a little bigger, and you might see 6-7 people during the day, milestogo Nov 2021 #15

The real dilemna pecosbob Nov 2021 #16

So what are people doing instead ? JI7 Nov 2021 #18

A lot of people have made great changes in their lives due to the pandemic. Mariana Nov 2021 #21

I did pretty decent with the gig app work last year for a few months madville Nov 2021 #23

Do people pay FICA taxes with these gig jobs or pay the 15 % as independent contractors? MichMan Nov 2021 #24