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About Kyle Schmidt

I'm one of the Co-Founders of BluePipes which provides professional networking and career management tools for healthcare professionals. I was formerly a Healthcare Recruiter and Recruitment Manager. I also have an extensive background in the financial services industry, a B.S in Finance and Risk Management and an MA in Government both from California State University Sacramento.

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Travel Nursing Pay – Is It OK to Take $10 Per Hour as an RN?

7 Comments/in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

As we discussed in the article on travel nursing pay packages, travel nursing agencies can split up the travel nursing pay package in many different ways. For example, some agencies structure their pay packages with lower taxable hourly rates and higher tax free reimbursements. Sometimes, you’ll find taxable base rates as low as $10 per […]

Travel Nursing Pay – Qualifying for Tax-Free Stipends: Part 4: The 3 Factor Threshold Test

8 Comments/in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

In our previous blog post, we discussed how to qualify for factors 2 and 3 of the 3 Factor Threshold Test that the IRS uses when determining whether or not a tax payer qualifies to receive tax-free stipends. In this blog post, we’ll discuss factor 1. We chose to tackle factor 1 last because of its subjective […]

Travel Nursing Pay – Qualifying for Tax-Free Stipends: Part 3: The 3 Factor Threshold Test

in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

Now that we have made the distinction between indefinite work and temporary work, and we have discussed how to maintain temporary status as a travel nurse, we can move on to our discussion about how to maintain a legitimate tax home. Again, the three factor threshold test is going to be in play for the […]

Travel Nursing Pay – Qualifying for Tax-Free Stipends and Tax Deductions: Part 2: Maintaining Temporary Status

in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

In our previous blog post we laid out the criteria under which individual tax payers can qualify to receive tax-free money to cover their expenses while traveling away from their tax home. We pointed out that for the vast majority of travel nurses, the first consideration is to maintain status as a temporary worker. In this blog post, […]

Travel Nursing Pay – Qualifying for Tax-Free Stipends and Tax Deductions: Part 1

17 Comments/in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

A thorough understanding of what it takes to qualify for tax free stipends is of the utmost importance for travel nurses. While many travel nursing agencies, travel nurse recruiters, and even travelers will tell you that there is a lot of “gray area” or “wiggle room” with respect to the qualifications for tax free stipends, the […]

Travel Nursing Pay – The Disadvantages of Tax-Free Money

13 Comments/in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

You’re probably wondering why anyone would want to avoid tax-free money. I mean, who could possibly want to pay taxes, right? Unfortunately, there’s a catch. In fact, there are quite a few catches. First, you want to make sure you even qualify to receive tax free money. Once you’ve determined that you qualify, you must consider that […]

Travel Nursing Pay – The Benefits and Reasons for Tax Free Money

4 Comments/in Travel Nurse Taxes and Tax Free Money, Travel Nursing Blog, Travel Nursing Salary and Pay/by Kyle Schmidt

In our last blog post we provided some basic background information on the tax free stipends that are commonly a part of travel nursing pay packages. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at why tax free stipends are so prevalent in the travel nursing industry and how they can be beneficial to both the agency and the […]

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