<prompt> Human: Most of the info is in the title. Please note that I dont have any experience in this contractor stuff, so I may ask some stupid questions.Basically, shes going to start working from home for some personal reasons, but they dont wanna lose her so they said theyd hire her as an independant contractor.They recently gave her a sheet to sign stating that theyd pay her XX per hour, which is exactly what shes making as their employee. Should she be asking for more? Since now shell have to pay taxes manually, and wont have the benefits and stuff, it seems like it should be more.Again, I really dont know anything about this stuff... maybe we should go talk to some sort of small business consultant or something?Any help is appreciated!! I can try provide more info if needed.Thank you!edit Is this something a standard small business accountant would be able to help with, or who would a person talk to about these things?  <response>: They recently gave her a sheet to sign stating that theyd pay her XX per hour, which is exactly what shes making as their employee.Say no thanks.Should she be asking for more? Since now shell have to pay taxes manually, and wont have the benefits and stuff, it seems like it should be more.And paying her part of the employer tax.Typically people ask for 150 to 200 of their W2 hourly wage as a contractor. You should figure out how much those benefits she has no will cost to replace, the extra taxes shell be paying and the annoyance of filing quarterly and justify that as an increased hourly rate. 