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- From: cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne)
- Subject: Re: Tax evasion!!
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 22:05:07 GMT
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- In article <BzMnKn.363@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> sdfinuca@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Sean Finucane) writes:
- >Boy, that subject line should send the spies reeling!!
- >
- >I'm wondering about juggling as a business. I do computer consulting for
- >different companies, until now under my own name. I have decided
- >to register a company name, since it will, it appears, give me lots
- >of good tax breaks (e.g. my new computer will be owned by the company,
- >not me, so I may get some breaks and so on)
- >
- >Does this kind of thing hold up for juggling? Does anybody do it.
- >While I haven't made much money yet from my juggling, (or any really)
- >nnnnI can see it happening soon. Does this mean that I could, if I declared
- >said income, write off my props? I can just imagine an auditor looking
- >at an expense sheet for a $150 unicycle and $250 for 5 balls!!
- >
- >I'm registering anyways, so I thought I'd ask how far I can take this.
-
- At this point you should probably treat juggling as a "personal
- business", i.e., not incorporate. You can still do up an income
- statement, claiming the appropriate expenses, and if in some years the
- business LOSES money, you can deduct that straight off of your income.
-
- The big reasons to incorporate are:
-
- a) To be able to play certain tax juggling games (NOT simply the
- deductions you talk about - you can claim those without there being a
- corporation. I'm thinking of other more complex procedures, like
- dividend/salary splitting),
-
- and
-
- b) To be able to limit your liability. (From whence comes the term
- "Limited Corporation".)
-
- I can't think of anything related to juggling that relates very much
- to a) and b) (other than some bad puns :-)). I'd suggest that you
- have a chat with your favorite tax accountant before you consider
- incorporating the juggling business.
-
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