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  1. Travel Nurse with a Pit Bull - Housing Question

    NedRN replied to Pea's topic in Travel

    Let's try a simple analysis of first year costs. $80,000 for the RV, let's say 5% sales tax of $4,000. Your RV first year interest cost at 10% will be $8,400. Your RV first year depreciation is 10% or...

  2. Travel Nurse with a Pit Bull - Housing Question

    NedRN replied to Pea's topic in Travel

    Sure. But you have to tell me what you are getting. How much, and how much you are going to finance at what rate. How much insurance you buy will change your costs and risks. Operating costs for most...

  3. Travel Nurse with a Pit Bull - Housing Question

    NedRN replied to Pea's topic in Travel

    Boondocking would be the way (and I believe the only way) to be ahead financially. The math is not that

  4. Travel Nurse with a Pit Bull - Housing Question

    NedRN replied to Pea's topic in Travel

    RV is a great lifestyle and certainly can reduce the hassle finding decent housing that allows pets (I think RV parks are universally pet friendly). However the costs of owning, moving, and...

  5. Invoicing hospitals

    NedRN replied to ryanstum15's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    How do you find travel assignments? Same process, no central data

  6. Disappointing Travel Pay

    NedRN replied to StyleNurse, BSN, RN's topic in Travel

    I sent you a private message about San Diego

  7. Housing Stipend Question

    NedRN replied to FavoRED2's topic in Travel

    50 miles or not, if you are commuting from home, stipends are taxable. Agencies may legally use 50 miles as a criteria for determining eligibility, but then the onus is on the traveler to declare any...

  8. Housing Stipend Question

    NedRN replied to FavoRED2's topic in Travel

    What do they do with the stipend? Recruiter gets a huge bonus? Are these travel or local

  9. Housing Stipend Question

    NedRN replied to FavoRED2's topic in Travel

    I don't understand why you need to change your address to get the housing stipend. The only real reason to do that is for tax fraud. The agency will still pay the stipends, they are just fully taxed...

  10. NYC ED

    NedRN replied to renzlao's topic in Travel

    Hopefully others will chime in, but if memory serves from past posts here, the NYC ED patient nurse ratios are tough! So you are probably spot on about hard

  11. Local Travel Do's & Dont's

    NedRN replied to MF-RN's topic in Travel

    Yes. That is a lie with no legal consequences. The worst that can happen is the hospital finds out you live in the local job pool and bounces you. That would be very unlucky indeed but I doubt the...

  12. Local Travel Do's & Dont's

    NedRN replied to MF-RN's topic in Travel

    There is no law on the matter, it is legal to lie. The hospital to agency contract may stipulate they may not use travelers inside a certain radius so it is possible if the truth comes out that you...

  13. Housing in Naples, Fort Myers, NCH, Lee

    NedRN replied to Peaches8144's topic in Travel

    Those are travelers! Whether they work for an agency or direct is irrelevant. Few hospitals with seasonal programs try to supply all the housing, so you are not wrong to try. Advertising on...

  14. Home based RN business

    NedRN replied to DavinaRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Try

  15. Home based RN business

    NedRN replied to DavinaRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I've only ever paid 1099. You will find that some facilities will specifically require contract language not allowing subcontracting. Part of the reason for that is they don't want a daisy chain of...

  16. Renting a room--count as tax home?

    NedRN replied to Vegan_RN's topic in Travel

    I should add that TravelTax states that the rent should be at a fair market price. I disagree, there is nothing wrong with getting a good deal although the IRS will be suspicious if they find out you...

  17. Renting a room--count as tax home?

    NedRN replied to Vegan_RN's topic in Travel

    Yes. The room has to be for your exclusive use. If you had abandoned your previous tax home, or it was in a different area, I would suggest consulting TravelTax to make sure it is solid - it can be...

  18. San Fransisco Traveler Housing/Pets

    NedRN replied to The_Full_Monti's topic in Travel

    Very cool

  19. Invoicing hospitals

    NedRN replied to ryanstum15's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I should add that you can buy older versions of QB for a song on eBay, just check for compatibility. I just recently updated my 12 year old version when I bought a new laptop. It makes it easy to run...

  20. Invoicing hospitals

    NedRN replied to ryanstum15's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Personally, I use Quickbooks but yes, there are a kazillion templates available online. Could even be some free programs available if you use Windows. Easy enough to make one with Word too. If you...

  21. Home state tax Q

    NedRN replied to I<3Endo's topic in Travel

    Costs are less paying in full. Cash earns less interest in the bank than you will pay in interest to your state revenue service. You can certainly make quarterly estimated tax payments to your state...

  22. Newbie looking for itinerant traveling advice.

    NedRN replied to JrhSizemore's topic in Travel

    Yes you can, and they must tax you appropriately. Most will be reluctant as the increased taxes also hurt them - just the hidden payroll taxes such as the employer share of FICA, unemployment, and...

  23. Home state tax Q

    NedRN replied to I<3Endo's topic in Travel

    Many payroll companies are not set up for multistate taxation so there is not much you can do about that. Your state taxes may not be as high as you think as they will give you a credit for taxes paid...

  24. Best travel nurse agencies

    NedRN replied to agatka's topic in Travel

    No, but there are some methods that can often reverse engineer the likely bill rate. They don't work as well anymore as agencies seem to be taking a higher percentage of high billing contracts such as...

  25. On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    NedRN replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    interesting thought. Perhaps it could be expanded by creating a US federal response team of nurses to staff strikes. That will certainly help bring wages back down to the lowest paying areas. Of...