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Just because the law applies equally to everyone, doesn't make it a reasonable law. It's dumb to charge every entity that brings in revenue a $300 license fee.
by cjy 16y ago
Just because the law applies equally to everyone, doesn't make it a reasonable law. It's dumb to charge every entity that brings in revenue a $300 license fee. From the sounds of it, this law applies to every kid who shovels snow or mows a couple of lawns in the summer. How about if you have a yard sale or sell your motorcycle through the classifieds? When does a person become a business? What this law ends up doing is encouraging people to lie about any minor sources of income they receive. Activities that are done primarily for pleasure should not be treated like businesses in the tax code. That's just unreasonable.
- JangoSteve 16y agoI think you misinterpreted my comment. I am in no way endorsing or agreeing with such a law. I agree with you, it is unreasonable. However, that is a separate question from the one this article addresses, which is that, assuming this law does indeed exist, does it apply to bloggers who attempt to make money from their blog? Now I haven't read the law itself, so who knows. But if it exists, then it sounds to me like it does in fact apply to them. Likewise, if a person in Philidelphia sets up a consulting business, I'm sure they are required to pay this fee as well, even if they take a loss the first year, in which case they would have made even less than these bloggers.
- jamesbritt 16y ago"What this law ends up doing is encouraging people to lie about any minor sources of income they receive" Which, in turn, makes them that much more cynical about the law and legality. If you go about making everyone a criminal then pretty soon the notion of criminals being the Bad Guys starts to fade. Good way to undermine the rule of law.
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- allwein 16y agoThe township I used to live in charged $20 for yard sale permits. And yes, it was enforced. The cops used to drive around every Saturday morning during the summer and issue $50 fines for anyone running an unlicensed yard sale.