FedEx steals from our country

[Max Powers]

Fred Smith, trying to take advantage of every tax loop-hole has once again crossed the line.....Seriously, how can a Delivery driver who drives a company provided vehicle be a contractor. In addition to not paying into FICA he then isn't responsible for them if they get hurt on the job. What a weasel......Typical good ole boy.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/21/news/companies/fedex/index.htm?postversion=2007122119

 

[JoeMerchant]

Fred Smith, trying to take advantage of every tax loop-hole has once again crossed the line.....Seriously, how can a Delivery driver who drives a company provided vehicle be a contractor. In addition to not paying into FICA he then isn't responsible for them if they get hurt on the job. What a weasel......Typical good ole boy.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/21/news/companies/fedex/index.htm?postversion=2007122119

FedEx isn't "stealing" from the country.... The Govt. is stealing from it's citizens......

Everyone tries to take advantage of tax "loop holes".... Look at all the pilot's who deduct their haircuts..... The problem isn't Fred..... it's the tax system.... Time for the Fair Tax........

www.fairtax.org

 

[Falconjet]

You can deduct haircuts? Man, sign me up.

FJ

 

[sqwkvfr]

Fred Smith, trying to take advantage of every tax loop-hole has once again crossed the line.....Seriously, how can a Delivery driver who drives a company provided vehicle be a contractor. In addition to not paying into FICA he then isn't responsible for them if they get hurt on the job. What a weasel......Typical good ole boy.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/21/news/companies/fedex/index.htm?postversion=2007122119

Max, you're obviously an ignonant jackass.

FedEx Ground is business formerly known as RPS. It was purchased by FedEx for a myriad of reasons that I won't go into here, but the "independent contractor" business model came with that purchase.

Contractors do not drive company provided vehicles, except in rare circumstances where Ground RENTS a terminal-owned spare to the contractor should his own truck break down.

The sad part about this is that FedEx should be forced to pay settlements to it's contractors and former contractors. I'm sure that's coming in the form of a class-action lawsuit, but I don't expect to see more than a $20 coupon off FedEx shipping.

I'm happy to finally see the FedEx Ground "independent contractor" going the way of the dodo, but I'm sorry to say that this is another situation that should have been resolved long ago by FedEx Corp, instead of letting it's Ground division have the kind of autonomy that is eventually going to end up costing the company amounts of money that very well could run into the billions of dollars.

So, to recap, Fred Smith wasn't responsible for this, he simply allowed his subordinates to continue this practice, and he didn't steal from the government.

It is, my opinion, however, that FedEx Ground is stealing from it's "independent contractors."

 

[EMB170Pilot]

You can deduct haircuts? Man, sign me up.

FJ

Didnt know that either. I'm in for this too

 

[tico]

So, to recap, Fred Smith wasn't responsible for this, he simply allowed his subordinates to continue this practice, and he didn't steal from the government.

It is, my opinion, however, that FedEx Ground is stealing from it's "independent contractors."[/quote]


So to recap because he is the boss...... he is responsible....and should hang accordingly.....Jackass

 

[LeonPhelps]

You can deduct haircuts? Man, sign me up.

FJ

Yeah, um...that sounds great! But, what if you get massages with your haircuts?

 

[pipe]

Didnt know that either. I'm in for this too

You can deduct anything that is defined in your FOM or employee handbook. If they specify anything about haircuts, black socks, black shoes, wristwatch required, black luggage, etc, etc. If they say it's required, it's deductible.

PIPE

 

[pipe]

Fred Smith, trying to take advantage of every tax loop-hole has once again crossed the line.....Seriously, how can a Delivery driver who drives a company provided vehicle be a contractor. In addition to not paying into FICA he then isn't responsible for them if they get hurt on the job. What a weasel......Typical good ole boy.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/21/news/companies/fedex/index.htm?postversion=2007122119

You're kidding right? Who do you work for? Do they contract security, refueling, aircraft cleaning, maintenance, baggage services at different airports, computer systems, catering, etc? All or just most of these items?

All of those things are basic integral requirements of running an airline. Why isn't your airline putting all of those people on it's payroll?

Get a life.

PIPE

 

[PBRstreetgang]

What if you put "happy ending" in with a crayon?
Deductible?
PBR

 

[Max Powers]

What if you put "happy ending" in with a crayon?
Deductible?
PBR

I like the happy endings just use a black crayola

 

[Max Powers]

Max, you're obviously an ignonant jackass.

FedEx Ground is business formerly known as RPS. It was purchased by FedEx for a myriad of reasons that I won't go into here, but the "independent contractor" business model came with that purchase.

Contractors do not drive company provided vehicles, except in rare circumstances where Ground RENTS a terminal-owned spare to the contractor should his own truck break down.

The sad part about this is that FedEx should be forced to pay settlements to it's contractors and former contractors. I'm sure that's coming in the form of a class-action lawsuit, but I don't expect to see more than a $20 coupon off FedEx shipping.

I'm happy to finally see the FedEx Ground "independent contractor" going the way of the dodo, but I'm sorry to say that this is another situation that should have been resolved long ago by FedEx Corp, instead of letting it's Ground division have the kind of autonomy that is eventually going to end up costing the company amounts of money that very well could run into the billions of dollars.

So, to recap, Fred Smith wasn't responsible for this, he simply allowed his subordinates to continue this practice, and he didn't steal from the government.

It is, my opinion, however, that FedEx Ground is stealing from it's "independent contractors."

Wrong Buck-o......By not paying any FICA and having the contractors pay their own FICA; that is the same as stealing - at least a portion from the Govt. You see the independent contractors will deduct a myriad expenses which will then decrease the tax revenue gained to the Govt. Not to mention other taxes not paid by using contractors or temp workers.

Oh and you don't use OF with Myriad. The OF is implied. Now who is the JACKA$$.

 

[pipe]

Wrong Buck-o......By not paying any FICA and having the contractors pay their own FICA; that is the same as stealing - at least a portion from the Govt. You see the independent contractors will deduct a myriad expenses which will then decrease the tax revenue gained to the Govt. Not to mention other taxes not paid by using contractors or temp workers.

Oh and you don't use OF with Myriad. The OF is implied. Now who is the JACKA$$.

So, if the independent contractor owns, say, a dozen trucks or even 100 trucks (as many of them do), and he's paying the FICA on his drivers and employees (as is often the case), is that o.k. with you?

What if this same guy contracts the maintenance on his dozen trucks to an independent contractor? Is he stealing? What if that maintenance guy buys parts and equipment through an account at an independently owned NAPA? Is NAPA stealing too? What if the NAPA hires a local guy as an independent contractor to deliver parts. Is that stealing too?

Break down any large enterprise, this is how normal business relationships work. Why on earth are you bagging on FDX over this?

I'm gonna have to give the standard flightinfo response to all company bashing threads. Did you go to your interview and not get called back? Maybe you blew the sim check. Did you even get the interview?

Don't bother with the response. It doesn't matter in any case. It will either be a lie about not wanting to work there, a barb about flying at night, a comment about reduced life expectancy, or some similar unoriginal thought. If not that, you'll truthfully deny wanting to work here, yet still fail to disclose whatever other strange ulterior motive sent you to your keyboard to begin this rant.

PIPE

(use the time saved by not responding to get rid of all your t-shirts from Bangladesh. This will help you to maintain your moral high ground regarding business practices)

 

[atrdriver]

You can deduct haircuts? Man, sign me up.

FJ

No, actually you can't deduct haircuts. That was decided against an AMR pilot years ago by a tax court. The ruling was that because you needed haircuts anyway, you couldn't deduct them as required by the job.

Maybe if you could prove that your hair was 6 feet long before you started flying...

 

[atrdriver]

The problem isn't Fred..... it's the tax system.... Time for the Fair Tax........

www.fairtax.org

Holy crap...I agree with Joe on something...