My God, this could be a nightmare.

Granted that the rules are different for fulltime employees and those of us in Free Agent Nation. But I can’t help wondering.

Let’s say my direct client in Iowa subcontracts some work to me from their client in California, and the work has to be serviced onsite in Massachusetts.

Or, a better (and real) example: as I was writing this, an email came in from my client in Tokyo. The work I do for him is approved and paid for in Nairobi, but sometimes I’m alerted to work that needs to be done from a consultant in Alabama (formerly Belize). The server in question is a block away from the White House.

How much paperwork do you think that transaction would require?