The last post is the WINNER!

[Wu Wei]

Oh what's the use..... to much shame to win

 

[sun rise]

I just win. They agree but ask me to stop quoting them

 

[Revoltingest]

It's independent contracting. I pay zero income taxes and I get to hand in most of my receipts at the end of the year.
And then I'll be applying for disabilities once my parents move here and I can afford to take the cut in pay. My knees will be glad, and I'll get to write of my student loan debt.
Wu's son will be a rich engine doctor. He'll support us.

If you make enuf income to survive, then you would be paying taxes,
even if it's just Schedule C (self-employment tax).
I wouldn't wait til the end of the year. Contractors are expected to pay
estimated quarterly taxes. If you don't, then penalties await you.
However, If you make some income which your forget (by accident)
to record, then you'd likely forget to pay tax on it, & the IRS likely
wouldn't notice. It's been known to happen.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

winning while thinking about what I might have for lunch...

 

[sun rise]

If you make enuf income to survive, then you would be paying taxes,
even if it's just Schedule C (self-employment tax).
I wouldn't wait til the end of the year. Contractors are expected to pay
estimated quarterly taxes. If you don't, then penalties await you.
However, If you make some income which your forget (by accident)
to record, then you'd likely forget to pay tax on it, & the IRS likely
wouldn't notice. It's been known to happen.

The IRS has also been known to look at businesses such as Lyft and wonder if contractors were reporting all their income based on the business records. It could happen.

But yes to paying estimated tax. There are serious penalties if you grossly underpay or don't pay estimated tax.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

If you make enuf income to survive, then you would be paying taxes,
even if it's just Schedule C (self-employment tax).
I wouldn't wait til the end of the year. Contractors are expected to pay
estimated quarterly taxes. If you don't, then penalties await you.
However, If you make some income which your forget (by accident)
to record, then you'd likely forget to pay tax on it, & the IRS likely
wouldn't notice. It's been known to happen.

As I've said, the Ferengi make great but horrible business role models. Horrible as far as ethics are concerned, that is.

 

[sun rise]

As I've said, the Ferengi make great but horrible business role models. Horrible as far as ethics are concerned, that is.

But some of the rules:

44: Never confuse wisdom with luck.
57: Good customers are as rare as latinum- treasure them.
60: Keep your lies consistent.
88: Vengeance will cost you everything.
151: Even when you're a customer, sell yourself.
218: Sometimes what you get free costs entirely too much.
431: When the shooting starts, let the mercenaries handle it!

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition

 

[Wu Wei]

Well.... I shall drown my sorrows in green tea and win

 

[Revoltingest]

Mechanical engineering win.

 

[Wu Wei]

BAH!!!!!! a NON-mechanical engineering win...this is an......old school ex-mechanic win

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

no mechanical talent was used in the making of this win

 

[sun rise]

I'm following the blueprint to victory.

 

[Brickjectivity]

3D printing victory

 

[sun rise]

My 4-D klein bottle swallows your 3D print.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Klein bottles have unreasonable handles and cannot be grasped, unlike my victory.

 

[sun rise]

Your win was enclosed in my tesseract.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

multidimensional win

 

[sun rise]

Warp 9.99 win

 

[Wu Wei]

RAMMING SPEED!!!! win

 

[sun rise]

A nimble side-step for the win.