I have no good advice about the business stuff except that it's pretty easy to become a sole proprietorship if you should choose to. It'll be interesting to see what happens with our taxes this year with the second jobs and the house and stuff.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Jan 30, 2008 7:59:17 pm PST #6395 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2008 8:02:14 pm PST #6396 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dude, is that the cuddle whatsit?
Is that to me?
Liese S. - Jan 30, 2008 8:04:54 pm PST #6397 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, in the 365 photo over yonder.
Burrell - Jan 30, 2008 8:11:40 pm PST #6398 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Then what would have triggered this?
I haven't a clue. I think 1099 is for anything that isn't wages. So maybe then the issue is the source of the income? A book advance = freelance author in their collective minds? I have no clue.
bon bon - Jan 30, 2008 8:15:41 pm PST #6399 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
1099 covers a lot of stuff (like game show winnings!). Maybe it was the payor that tipped them off. A publisher filing a 1099 may be an automatic notice to its authors.
x-post.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2008 8:21:41 pm PST #6400 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That is what it is, Liese. And it's pretty sleepable in for me, at 5'8 and generally picky about lying stretched out.
But do authors normally have to register? Allyson--ask Hec or Deb if they have. I guess, if they do, that the party issuing the 1099 might be the trigger.
Blargh. I look at other peoples Project 365 photos and think that I have more than 300 left to go and so little imagination. I can't just keep taking pictures of me sitting in different bits of my apartment. And I'd also like them to be less "Oh! Look at me!" but can't quite see how that's possible, given the premise.
DavidS - Jan 30, 2008 8:43:45 pm PST #6401 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But do authors normally have to register? Allyson--ask Hec or Deb if they have. I guess, if they do, that the party issuing the 1099 might be the trigger.
No, I've never had to register or get a license as a corporation or company or anything. And I've been getting advances and royalty checks and freelance checks for about 8 years.
They're wrong. They often are and depend on people freaking out about their taxes instead of fighting them. You have to look at the state budget deficit and know that somebody high up is just saying "Hit everybody you can hit. Most will roll over. Find an excuse."
Kat - Jan 30, 2008 11:05:59 pm PST #6402 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson when I did independent contractor work for USC, I had to file paperwork with the city (it's a city response, yes, not a state?) to get some sort of certificate. It was free though. And I never did it.
Jesse - Jan 31, 2008 2:54:47 am PST #6403 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hope Noah and ita both get effective and pleasant medical care. I hope Allyson figures out WTF.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 31, 2008 3:28:16 am PST #6404 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I hope Noah and ita both get effective and pleasant medical care. I hope Allyson figures out WTF.
Me to!
Also, I have another work pet peeve. We have tuition reimbursement for no-credit classes. When people register for classes they tend not to pay me. So I contact them, and they tell me they don't have to pay, because they get reimbursement. Um...