Top 10 Reasons to Telecommute

 David Letterman Junkie? Well, Then, Here are the Top 10 Reasons Why Telecommuting (Working from Home) is Preferable to Working at a “Traditional” Job.  

10) Significant Tax Breaks for Independent Contractors, the Most Common Work-from-Home Arrangement.

a) No federal or state tax is withheld from your pay.

Well, just that! No federal or state tax is withheld from the paychecks of  independent contractors; since you are independent and not an employee, it is up to you to claim your taxes at the end of the year. Needless to say, this affords you a great advantage over your employee counterparts, who often wonder who swallowed the other half of their paychecks each week!

b) You can take increased business deductions.

Unlike your office-trudging counterparts, when you work from home, you may claim income tax deductions for work-related expenses such as computer, internet service, fax, phone, paper, pens, etc.

9) Very Flexible Hours

Most work-from-home jobs offer completely flexible schedules; individuals can usually work part-time, full-time, and often around the clock. This kind of  flexibility not only allows for greater comfort and convenience, but often enables an individual to keep his or her daytime job while adding the work-from-home job as a second source of income, or granting the individual enough time to "test" the second job without having to lose the first one.

8) No More Paying to Work!


Are you paying to work? Read this and find out why, if you commute each day to a traditional office job, you very well might be.

a) In a traditional job arrangement, here is the average annual expenditure for a typical employee, making $28,000 :