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SLSTAGGS -at- aol -dot- com commented:
> Some companies just do not put sole proprietorships on their vendor
lists, but
> this is often unstated to give the appearance of fairness.
That is what I have found, but usually when I've gotten a call from an
agency that what's to get its hooks into me. That's when I ask about
working under a 1099. They say, "The client requires W2. Oh, are you
incorporated?" When I tell them I am a sole proprietor, the silence says it
all, "What's that?"
