Hey Bruce, Great response. I'm doing the same thing you're doing. I guess I just want to make that jump to a higher level beyond 9-5 and side jobs which is a great living. But I want to join those guys you see on their huge boat during the day wihc great tans after their month long vacation. I watched my Dad kill himself all his life working for other people and had nothing to show for it in the end.
>While I agree with most of what you say, being self employed is not all >that. I know, I have done it. It is fast or famine. I seem to recall >several folks on this list who are self employed have gone through some >great times and some bad times. Sure you get a shit load of tax breaks, >but to me the smartest way to do it is how I do it now. I work full time >for shit pay (I am in the public sector after all) but also do a lot of >side work form home. I get the home office deduction, cell phone is a >write-off, most of my utilities are as well as any software and computer >upgrades I buy. It helps me out a lot for my annual tax goal to not pay >the government ANYTHING other than the taxes I get taken out each month. >I have successfully ran my business in the negative for over 5 years now >and it is working out great. I always get a great return. I love my >accountant. > >Bruce > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
