From a tax standpoint I did much better self-employed 15-20 years ago but I believe some of those loopholes have been closed, such as home-office deductions. I wound up paying a 14-percent overall tax rate on an income (reported :hihi:) of about 38K in 1994-5. I also liked the freedom of working from home, but I found my boss was still an idiot at times :ezbill: