> Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:13:33 -0600 > From: Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] selling TCLUG gear (was "tclug-list Digest, > Vol 72, Issue 14") > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimb2QdQ5jgMwdEkRPCXzChPEj1YXCxBmGTJ47ne at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > That's it. I'm making some fucking t-shirts. > I'll buy two, one for me and one for Chuck. Maybe it'll shut him up for a while. > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Robert > >> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:56 PM > >> To: TCLUG Mailing List > >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] selling TCLUG gear (was "tclug-list Digest, > >> Vol 72, Issue 14") > >> > >> > >> Sole proprietors can sell in an "established manner", in many cases > >> requiring no "license or registration", there are no state of federal > >> taxes on most clothing or prepackaged food, and if it WERE illegal to > >> ship shirts USPS, there is always UPS and Fedex. > >> > >> ... and if there is no formal organization to complain, you can't be > >> infringing on their rights. > >> > >> My advice - Consult an attorney, not Chuck. > > > > You know some of the story, but doesn't seem you know a whole picture of > any > > of this. ?There are no exemptions for sole proprietors (or others) from > > income taxes unless registrations and certain filings are made so you are > > not actually correct. ?While one may not get caught, it's not legal, and > is > > just as potentially incendiary as posting a job announcement somebody > > considers discriminatory. ?I would expect that laws about shipping goods > or > > tax evasion techniques apply similarly for UPS and FedEx as for USPS. ?I > > never suggested that you or I be consulted on this. ?Suggesting tax > evasion > > marks your expertise in this. ?I've run several businesses with over ten > > years history and consulted attorneys as well as accountants: I've BTDT, > can > > you say the same? > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." - Ronald Reagan <>< -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101217/d47b37af/attachment-0001.htm