That is good. TMSC makes so many chips ranging from very low cost but essential parts of phones, cars, and whatever to ARM type CPUs that also run everything from phones to computers to modules in cars.
I read that China was originally planning to invade this fall as part of a communist party conference but apparently the resistance from Ukraine has made them think twice as the resistance from Taiwan would likely be pretty fierce. China may have a lot of the fancy toys but they are not really combat tested and likely wouldn’t do quite as well as one would expect in this scenario. Just look at Russia!
That’s an extremely general statement. It might apply to some areas, but not all. I’ve worked as a software contractor and as a hiring manager I hire several contractors. Contractors can and do are told what time to, arrive and when to leave and what days to work. Almost all the tech assembly workers and shippers we hire are contractors because the we usually only hi re them for months at time. They have set hours and set days they must work.
Software contractors abide by the same rules employees do. Many companies hire software contractors for a certain expertise they might possess or in most cases just to add bodies to help get a project done. This is extremely common.
Software contracting is nowhere near as lucrative at it use to be. If you’re married with kids and the only one working then it’s far better to work as an employee because as a contractor you have to buy your benefits. If your spouse works with good benefits (that you can get) then contracting can be very good. Of if you’re single and no health issues that could cause you to spend a lot of money on medical coverage.
So, the child protective agency in my state was in violation of the law when I and all of the other “Contractor” Legal Assistants were given the same work schedule and the same meeting requirements as the agency’s other “non-contractor” employees?
These facts show whether there is a right to direct or
control how the worker does the work. A worker is an
employee when the business has the right to direct and
control the worker. The business does not have to actually
direct or control the way the work is done – as long as the
employer has the right to direct and control the work. For
example:
Instructions – if you receive extensive instructions
on how work is to be done, this suggests that you are
an employee. Instructions can cover a wide range of
topics, for example:
• how, when, or where to do the work
• what tools or equipment to use
• what assistants to hire to help with the work
• where to purchase supplies and services
If you receive less extensive instructions about what
should be done, but not how it should be done, you
may be an independent contractor. For instance,
instructions about time and place may be less important
than directions on how the work is performed.
Training – if the business provides you with training
about required procedures and methods, this indicates
that the business wants the work done in a certain way,
and this suggests that you may be an employee.
I doubt that Ukraine had much effect on their decision. The US has an agreement with Taiwan to protect them from invasion. While we do not provide direct military intervention in Ukraine, we would in Taiwan. I doubt that China is stupid enough to do more than play the bully at this point.
Beyond my pay grade. The IRS sets the rules. Disputes are settled by courts.
On the tv news last night they showed a lot of independent truckers striking the Oakland Port about a new Calif law related to the independent trucker topic. The news report wasn’t very clear on the specifics unfortunately , but I think the main issue is that the State of Calif is requiring truckers to decide their work status once and for all: either be employees of a trucking corporation, or if they want to be independent truckers, to own their own trucking corporation (which might only have one employee presumably). Forcing corporate ownership isn’t consistent with other independent contractors in Calif as far as I know, such as tech contractors, where the only requirement is they own their own private business. But maybe that is changing too.
Apparently the strike has been going on 5 days, port more or less shut down the entire time, other port workers also honoring the indepedent trucker’s strike, refusing to cross the picket line.
I just am not clear what California has to say about it. Seems to me it depends on the tax filing to the irs. If you are an owner operator I assume they file the schedule c or whatever it is. If they have established an llc, they file the Schedule k or whatever it is. One is far more of a hassle than the other and I have done both.
Maybe it is screwy California tax law. In Minnesota you do your federal return and the state simply follows that with a few additions and subtractions.
I expect there’s some purposeful obfuscation on all sides, inde truckers, trucking corporations, politicos. Politicos want the taxes, but afraid saying so will lose votes, so they say they are protecting truckers, make sure they get their benefits. etc etc. As I understand quite a few truckers filed court cases to obtain benefits, court cases that somehow involved the state, and I expect the state wants to avoid those in the future, so that’s part of the issue I expect. Conflicts of interest abound. State income taxes in Calif are derived from the federal tax return for the most part.