
An employee has to be paid an hourly or salaried wage. Then you have to pay the employer FICA taxes, Federal Unemployment, State Unemployment, L&I and benefits. You have to supply space for this employee and supply office provides and equipment. And then you have to be confident that you have someone that really knows how to handle a firm's books. And even if they do, you run the risk of them leaving without notice and then you're spending more of your valuable time trying to find someone all over again. And then more of your time training that person.