catfishhoward
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia now and Florida in 2 years
I plan on doing office calculations for multiple land surveying companies all across the country where I take the engineer cad-drawings for the proposed construction sites and I calculate the work for the surveying companies so their field crews can perform the work. The engineers would e-mail the land surveying companies the proposed cad-files and the surveyors would forward the files to me to do the work for them. I figure I would charge $25 per hour for my work.
1. Could I do a W2 for each company or would I need to do a 1099? Hours will very greatly.
2. I'm also worried about possible errors that I might make, even thought I have 25 years experience. A job I might only make $100 for might cost thousands to fix. If I was working in a office as an W2 cad-operator and made a mistake the worst I think would happen is losing the job since the owner is ultimately responsible for what goes out of their office and they make up to $75 per hour for the office work. Is there a way to protect me from being sued for an error even that I make? I have been sent disclaimers from engineering firms that say they aren't responsible for errors if I use the files in their e-mail so would something like that work for me? Let the surveying firm know that they are responsible for checking and accepting the work I do before any field work is done?
I plan on doing office calculations for multiple land surveying companies all across the country where I take the engineer cad-drawings for the proposed construction sites and I calculate the work for the surveying companies so their field crews can perform the work. The engineers would e-mail the land surveying companies the proposed cad-files and the surveyors would forward the files to me to do the work for them. I figure I would charge $25 per hour for my work.
1. Could I do a W2 for each company or would I need to do a 1099? Hours will very greatly.
2. I'm also worried about possible errors that I might make, even thought I have 25 years experience. A job I might only make $100 for might cost thousands to fix. If I was working in a office as an W2 cad-operator and made a mistake the worst I think would happen is losing the job since the owner is ultimately responsible for what goes out of their office and they make up to $75 per hour for the office work. Is there a way to protect me from being sued for an error even that I make? I have been sent disclaimers from engineering firms that say they aren't responsible for errors if I use the files in their e-mail so would something like that work for me? Let the surveying firm know that they are responsible for checking and accepting the work I do before any field work is done?
