However, there was never the "996" shit, you see, these days. I generally did about 50 hours per week. Sometimes more; sometimes, less.
Sometimes, if the extracurricular stuff also benefitted my day job, I could get the company to help out, there.
I wouldn’t do it without a decent accountant. In my experience, they always paid for themselves.
You would not be able to (legally) do that today
Thanks for not immediately going on the attack.
Some other professional got royally screwed - e.g. a concert violinist can no longer deduct a $50,000 violin purchase if they're employed by an orchestra as a W2
That's why I say we should have accountants.
I'm always thrilled to have strangers on the Internet attack me, and even attack an accountant that they never even heard about before. Thanks!
Have a great day!
Have a great day, or whichever passive aggressive sign-off you'd prefer!