Just make them pay their taxes, no EIC, and cut the benefits off and they will go home.
A lot of them work as contractors in my area and used to charge a lot less because they didn’t have any overhead or taxes to worry about. You literally had to provide the tools and materials(sometimes show them what to do)
Now out labor market is so short they charge the same.
The other trick is to have one guy in charge be legal and all his employees are illegal. He pays them on 1099s. (This is actually illegal because they must be independent - have their own tools and work independently. The irs doesn’t mess with them so they keep doing it.
They don’t really compete with me yet because there is so much work and I actually know what I’m doing, on time, not hung over or drunk.
Just make them pay their taxes, no EIC, and cut the benefits off and they will go home.
A lot of them work as contractors in my area and used to charge a lot less because they didn’t have any overhead or taxes to worry about. You literally had to provide the tools and materials(sometimes show them what to do)
Now out labor market is so short they charge the same.
The other trick is to have one guy in charge be legal and all his employees are illegal. He pays them on 1099s. (This is actually illegal because they must be independent - have their own tools and work independently. The irs doesn’t mess with them so they keep doing it.
They don’t really compete with me yet because there is so much work and I actually know what I’m doing, on time, not hung over or drunk.