pts101

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by pts101 16y ago
I use more than that as well, and you're right. My life got simpler when I switched to a regional accounting firm that specialized in smaller businesses. I was simply trying to note that tax compliance is cheap enough that there's really n
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by pts101 16y ago
I can't agree more thoroughly. It's obnoxiously difficult to identify all of the taxes (especially state and local) that are relevant to your business, let alone to actually file and pay them (both of which can be harder than you'd think.)
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by pts101 16y ago
(replying to myself) One point I'd make to up and coming entrepreneurs: taxes aren't going to be the burden you fear. When you're growing your company you'll pay relatively little personal or corporate income tax. Personal income tax will
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by pts101 16y ago
Progressive taxes are approximations of flat taxes that are based on utility rather than nominal dollars.
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by pts101 16y ago
They're going up 3% on the amount over $250,000. It's $7500. If you didn't give him access to accounting software, he would be unable to detect the presence or absence of that money. * That would be what I call "fair".* When I made $50,00
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by pts101 16y ago
I switched from a 3 button mouse to a magic mouse after using my wife's magic mouse. At first I thought it was weird, but after an hour or so I ordered myself one. The biggest improvement is in scrolling. Momentum scrolling is addictive a
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by pts101 16y ago
Either way, they're paying Amazon out of those charges. I'd be extremely surprised if Heroku actually spools up EC2 instances the moment you move the slider. It'd be a far more intelligent (and profitable) design to simply make sure ther
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by pts101 16y ago
Because it would decimate their bottom line if everyone stopped running extra instances.
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by pts101 16y ago
for-profit businesses do not have a generalized right to make their mistakes into others' obligations. The OP never argued that he has the right to force the cost of his mistake onto Heroku. He's polling a community of business owners to