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[Quixote]

Would be Talmudic scholar Optimus Prime attempts to differentiate "service" and "services" and "compensation for labor" and "compensation from labor". The meaning of "from whatever source derived" still eludes him.

Well, Well, Well. Its about time you people got to looking at service.

I told you months ago that the jury in any case involving the definitions of employee, employer and wages was going to go with the broader sense of these definitions.

Skankbeat,

Your case with Harold and Nate is on the right track. What is needed for this to fall into the service paradox is for for either one of them to be a business. As private individuals neither would report this activity to the government taxing authorities.

If Harold hired (employed) Nate to mow the grass at his business, then Nate is performing service. Harold determined the value of this service.

If Harold looked Nate up in the yellow pages (Nate's lawn mowing service) and then hired him to mow the grass at his business or home, then Nate is performing "a" service. Nate determined the value of this service.

It comes down to understanding the difference between performing service (laboring for another) and performing a service or its plural services (working for profits).


An employee can perform service for his employer and at the same time be performing services for his employer.

If Nate was employed by Harold to mow lawns earning an hourly wage an was also paid a commission for the number of lawns he mowed, then he is earning compensation "for" his labor as well as compensation "from" his labor.