Re: Taxes/School/Legal Issue
Admittedly I'm not the least bit knowledgeable about the specifics involved under Texas law and medical credentials certification.
In New York or New Jersey, such an information request from the medical credentials agencies would result in a fairly thorough background check being performed on you before the agencies decide to permit you to go for your nursing license. This could easily involve a criminal records check in the database of your home state and surrounding states. This could also involve a confidential info request to the IRS (and to state tax agencies in NY and NJ - Texas fortunately doesn't have an income tax). This could also involve a check of general references i.e. former employers, neighbors, local businesses, who knows ?
One thing that you absolutely do NOT want to do is 'lie' to the medical credentials agencies in any way, shape or form. Obviously they will not be happy with your class C misdemeanor ... especially when the letters DWI show up in the police report (even though you may not have been formally charged with that). They will also not be happy to discover that you have worked in an 'Adult Business'. Certain potential future employers will be even less happy ... i.e. hospitals affiliated with religious organizations, hospitals directly operated by gov't agencies etc.
However, in the final analysis, it's better to tell the truth and take the chance that your Adult Entertainment work history will 'disqualify' you from certain job opportunities, than to attempt a 'lie' only to have the truth discovered - which could constitute grounds for the medical credentials agency to deny you a nursing license thus disqualifying you from almost every job opportunity.
If it's any consolation, I almost had a disastrous run-in with the medical credentials agencies myself (I'm an RT) as the result of a bogus club bust. I wound up having to spend nearly $10,000 on legal fees to mount an appeals court challenge to the local court's bogus conviction ... which in turn would have caused my RT license to be revoked if I had allowed the bogus local court verdict to stand. Unfortunately, this is one of the major risks for dancers who are pursuing degrees / careers in 'sensitive' professions ... like medicine, law enforcement, teaching, gov't service, banking etc. When it comes to professions that involve 'other people's bodies', 'other people's children' or 'other people's money', any official history of work in the Adult Entertainment industry can provide a significant obstacle. And unfortunately, the gov'ts official definition of Adult Entertainment industry lumps together 'exotic dancers' right along side 'porn film actresses' and 'escorts'.
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Re: Taxes/School/Legal Issue
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Originally Posted by
lotti
I am in my last semester of nursing school and am about to send in a "petition for a declaratory order" to the Board of Nurse Examiners. I have to do this because I was pulled over for a DWI. In the end, i was charged with obstruction of a highway, which is still a class c misdemeanor.
Anyhow, because I have a class C, i have to send in information regarding my case and a 10 year employment history. I think I have filed a w-9 for most of those years, which means I am a sub-contractor / self-employed...right?
So, my question is...can I just put self-employed because I can't find the name of the club I work for anywhere on my taxes. Can the Board look at my taxes and how I filed or am I just being paranoid.
In the end, my question is: should I put Self-Employed or that I worked for Aiggfeld Entertainment as an Entertainer?
I also have to undergo such reviews by a board.
If I put merely "self employed," I would be begging the question of "what exactly do you do," and that itself is a red flag that I tried to side-step the question.
Being caught in any direct attempt to obfuscate is worse since it raises questions about your trustworthiness.
My board can pull my banking records, credit, and other financial info.
Are you able to call and ask a bunch of questions anonymously either to the board itself, an examiner, or to the professional association affiliated with it?
Re: Taxes/School/Legal Issue
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Originally Posted by
Melonie
Unfortunately, this is one of the major risks for dancers who are pursuing degrees / careers in 'sensitive' professions ... like medicine, law enforcement, teaching, gov't service, banking etc. When it comes to professions that involve 'other people's bodies', 'other people's children' or 'other people's money', any official history of work in the Adult Entertainment industry can provide a significant obstacle. And unfortunately, the gov'ts official definition of Adult Entertainment industry lumps together 'exotic dancers' right along side 'porn film actresses' and 'escorts'.
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This worries me sooo much. I saw your post Melonie in another topic about how you use an NAICS number on your tax return. Wouldn't that number's broad category protect you from perceived "weirdness" about your occupation? Cuz I was really hopeful after reading that... :'(
Re: Taxes/School/Legal Issue
well, using the NAICS code for 'entertainer' leaves a lot of room for interpretation ...