McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

Exercise 12

{Planning} Mike wanted to work for a CPA firm but he also wanted to work on his father's farm in Montana.Because the CPA firm wanted Mike to be happy, they offered to let him work for them as an independent contractor during the fall and winter and let him return to Montana to work for his father during the Spring and Summer.He was very excited to hear that they were also going to give him a 5% higher "salary" for the 6 months he would be working for the firm over what he would have made over the same six-month period if he worked full time as an employee.Should Mike be excited about his 5 percent raise? Why or why not? What counter offer could Mike reasonably suggest?