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> However the total tax burden is still high, e.g. there is a "freelancer" tax in Los Angeles with onerous reporting rules. BS. The online form literally takes

> However the total tax burden is still high, e.g. there is a "freelancer" tax in Los Angeles with onerous reporting rules. BS. The online form literally takes 5 minutes to fill out. "Creative artists" earning under $300,000 are exempt from paying city taxes, as are small businesses grossing under $100,000.

mixmastamyk 9y ago
You have a strange idea of not high and onerous if you think taxes in LA are attracting work rather than repelling it, as the top of this thread explains clearly. Take 30 seconds to search and you can find stories of folks who got shafted for thousands because they didn't even know such a thing existed and needs to be reported early even if you do. The fact you most get an exemption is another example of big brother showing who's boss for no gain to the city.
- sedachv 9y ago
  > Take 30 seconds to search How about you stop being a libertarian keyboard jockey and actually try to get involved in running a business or two in Los Angeles, like I am doing? Everything you have posted is bullshit. My wife happens to be a "creative artist" who does a lot of work in the film industry here. She is also the type of person who did not do basic research into starting a business and did not bother to find out what taxes she was supposed to be paying. I don't know why you think that being an airhead is the city's fault. The fine was not "thousands of dollars," it came out to $80-something for two years of unreported city taxes. It was literally a letter and a couple of phone calls to settle that.
  - mixmastamyk 9y ago
    Yeah, I'm a former VFX developer and now freelance developer in LA. This is site mostly for programmers if you hadn't noticed. http://www.laweekly.com/news/did-you-just-get-a-500-freelance-assignment-the-city-might-bill-you-30-000-6040715 http://www.laweekly.com/news/did-you-just-get-a-500-freelanc... http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-horowitz-taxes-tax-day-freelancers-gig-economy-20170418-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-horowitz-taxes-ta... https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Freelancers-Get--Tax-Bill.html https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Freelancers-Get-... Not to mention the links from the grandparent making the case of the declining industry: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621760 Oh, and the recent hidden trash tax, 35 million a year: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trash-bills-los-angeles-20170820-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trash-bills-los-... (Rent went up $100 in an already soaring rent environment.) Paid shill from the city government? Sure sounds that way. It's obvious you've never lived in sane tax environment like New Zealand where you file in about thirty minutes a year on their website. That's what you're competing with.
    - mixmastamyk 9y ago
      Forgot to mention the newly raise CA gas tax.

mixmastamyk 9y ago

You have a strange idea of not high and onerous if you think taxes in LA are attracting work rather than repelling it, as the top of this thread explains clearly. Take 30 seconds to search and you can find stories of folks who got shafted for thousands because they didn't even know such a thing existed and needs to be reported early even if you do. The fact you most get an exemption is another example of big brother showing who's boss for no gain to the city.

sedachv 9y ago
> Take 30 seconds to search How about you stop being a libertarian keyboard jockey and actually try to get involved in running a business or two in Los Angeles, like I am doing? Everything you have posted is bullshit. My wife happens to be a "creative artist" who does a lot of work in the film industry here. She is also the type of person who did not do basic research into starting a business and did not bother to find out what taxes she was supposed to be paying. I don't know why you think that being an airhead is the city's fault. The fine was not "thousands of dollars," it came out to $80-something for two years of unreported city taxes. It was literally a letter and a couple of phone calls to settle that.
- mixmastamyk 9y ago
  Yeah, I'm a former VFX developer and now freelance developer in LA. This is site mostly for programmers if you hadn't noticed. http://www.laweekly.com/news/did-you-just-get-a-500-freelance-assignment-the-city-might-bill-you-30-000-6040715 http://www.laweekly.com/news/did-you-just-get-a-500-freelanc... http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-horowitz-taxes-tax-day-freelancers-gig-economy-20170418-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-horowitz-taxes-ta... https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Freelancers-Get--Tax-Bill.html https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Freelancers-Get-... Not to mention the links from the grandparent making the case of the declining industry: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621760 Oh, and the recent hidden trash tax, 35 million a year: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trash-bills-los-angeles-20170820-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trash-bills-los-... (Rent went up $100 in an already soaring rent environment.) Paid shill from the city government? Sure sounds that way. It's obvious you've never lived in sane tax environment like New Zealand where you file in about thirty minutes a year on their website. That's what you're competing with.
  - mixmastamyk 9y ago
    Forgot to mention the newly raise CA gas tax.