Category Archives: Business

Holiday Business Gifts

Today TaxMama® wants to talk about business-related gift-giving for the holidays .

TaxMama s TaxQuips Travel Writing

Today TaxMama® hears from Excel in the TaxQuips Forum with an interesting question. He asks how to write off his travel. You can read my answer to him in the TaxQuips Forum. But what I’d like to do today is to provide more general tips about how be a legitimate travel writer – for tax […]

Business on eBay

Today TaxMama® hears from Tax455 in the TaxQuips Forum with this question. “If I earned k through eBay buying and selling phones, and k was profit, should I get a business license or incorporate for tax purposes?buy xenical online www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/fonts/engl/xenical.html no prescription I did not hit the 200 transactions so I’m not sure if eBay […]

LLC as C Corp

Today TaxMama® hears from Shar in the TaxQuips Forum, with this observation.  “If you start an LLC and elect to have it be taxed as a C-Corp, does this election require you to follow all the ongoing requirements of your state for maintaining a C-Corp (corporate minutes, complete set of books, etc.)? Or can you […]

LLC as S Corp

Sold and Re-Sold

Today TaxMama® hears from Mike in the TaxQuips Forum, who asks a logical question.  “I sell collectible cards in NC. I collect sales tax on new product (such as a new pack of 15 cards). The question is, if I buy a single card from someone who just bought that pack of 15 new cards […]

Studying the Competition

Today TaxMama® hears from LiveMusic, with this interesting question. “I have expenses related to “studying the competition” so as to (hopefully) improve my own business profits. How would I categorize that?” 

Hobby v Business

Today TaxMama® hears from Susan in the TaxQuips Forum, with an interesting twist.  “I am an analyst with a high-tech firm and I teach one course a year at the University Extension in our area. While the course topic is related to my field, I don’t consider myself to be “in the business” of teaching. […]

Undercover Mystery Shopper Income

Today TaxMama® hears from Cassandra in the TaxQuips Forum, who really IS a Mystery Shopper. “I am a mystery shopper and work for 30+ different companies. To some, I give my Social Security number – to others my EIN. Do I need to report the income I earned for the companies I supplied my EIN […]

NOL v Gambling

Today TaxMama® hears from Dennis in the TaxQuips Forum, who wonders… “Can you use a business net operating loss carryforward to offset personal gambling winnings? The business generating the NOL is a Schedule C. On the surface, it doesn’t seem right to be able to do this, but who knows?”