Arbiter Mandate

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Indeed. I claim everything I make from all sources regardless of how small. I don't leave anything out on purpose. If I have missed some income, and it very well could have happened, it is due to an error rather than a deliberate action. I don't have a lot of respect for those that consciously choose to not report their income, particularly those who stop taking games once they get near $600 from a source so they can avoid having it get reported.

People that are self-employed or run some kind of business often take advantage of any rules that allow them to not pay taxes. That is not unusual to officiating. And often those advantages are not illegal. I do not know about you, but it would be really hard to make $600 at any one school. That least time I did it was when I was working baseball and I worked a game in each of my seasons at a particular college. Otherwise it is nearly impossible to work that many times at any school and especially at the high school level. Too many schools for that to happen (then again my area does not have one assignor for an entire association). I do not begrudge officials to take the same advantages they can when it comes to being an independent contractor and not getting a W2 from a business.

I have been in sales for year and I did the very same thing to take advantage of things to ultimately not pay things I could write off. Officiating is not special in that respect.

Peace