Business Startup Folly
What a pain in the butt! Starting a new business properly with all the licenses, tax guidelines and gray areas there is plenty of room for mistakes, not to mention headaches.
When we setup our business license I spent hours on the phone with city and state representatives discussing our make up and service offering there were so many variables to be taken into account. At one point, I had to send the state a fully detailed report on all of our services, type of planned transactions, etc. After waiting for over 3 weeks I got a cut and paste response that resolved absolutely nothing! However, now I had their words in writing.
There is so much gray area with marketing, consulting, and the internet that it is easy to understand why it is hard for the government to tax us, but also their reason for trying to pass legislation so that they can tax us! They know the money is slipping through their fingers.
