Re: Asking The Billing Rate?

[Jefro <jefro -at- jefro -dot- net>]

PACE offers "back office" services for contractors.  They are in essence 
a very inexpensive contract agency---they don't go out and find you 
jobs, but when you have one that requires you to incorporate, PACE is by 
far the cheapest way to do it.  They handle billing the client and 
paying the contractor, who is treated tax-wise as a W2 employee and 
given the opportunity for 401(k), group health insurance, etc.

I am not a PACE employee, contractor, or provider, nor am I involved 
with them in any context.  However, as a potential contractor who has 
had difficulty both in obtaining private health insurance and in 
understanding the 1099 tax & deductions situation, I greatly appreciate 
their existence and hope to make use of their services.