On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been > thinking a lot about what the government could do to actually help > people, and my basic thought is that they could make it easier to be > in business for a small business or sole proprietorship, that is, to > own your own means of production. How can the government help us? > Those of us who have run small businesses know that starting even the > most modest business is gigantic PITA. Why isn't there a "one day > start your business" option for sole proprietors or small businesses?
I spend a huge amount of time managing tax forms and government filing crap. The thing I hate the most are the taxes I may be exempt from altogether or have already maxed out of the year, yet I still have to routinely file papers that say 'I still owe zero dollars, just like the last 43 times I filed this form". I hate having to hire someone just to do this stuff for me, but I am about to. It's ridiculous that small business owners have to spend hours and hours of time each week just to stay on top of the endless paperwork required just to exist. So, I will pay someone to shuffle paper instead of someone who could be writing code, or otherwise producing business. Wonderful! Someone out there is wondering why they can't find work as a software developer. That's why. I moved out of California 3 years ago and they STILL send me crap in the mail that I have to answer stating my business moved. For the record, this is actually one of the things that FairTax simplifies. Businesses still file, but only on sales (which all companies which sell things do already, if they are in a state that has sales tax). FairTax would potentially eliminate multiple monthly, quarterly, and annual filings on both the state and federal level. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
