There are plenty of businesses that would prefer to pay you or your small corp directly without a w2. They are usually the smaller companies or individual peop

There are plenty of businesses that would prefer to pay you or your small corp directly without a w2. They are usually the smaller companies or individual people. The w2 is common when a contracting company is managing all of the contractors for a medium to large company. It could be that those contracting companies want uniformity between their Human Resources but I'm not sure. I think you just need to branch out and talk to a few new recruiters or contact businesses directly. Sell them on yourself and then just tell them you always do 1099. Someone will bite if you pass the interviews. Lastly the w2-- it could be at least 15 percent less to be equivalent to 1099 since you don't have to pay he employer share of social sec, but you should still shoot for as high as possible given that a contract (even w2) is more volatile than a long term gig and the employer should pay a premium for that over a regular hire.