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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 07:40 AM EDT |
Self Employed.
Not everyone hides behind the corperate veil.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 04:34 PM EDT |
As a software consultant in the state of Oregon there is no sort of business
license at all. There isn't even one available, not just that it isn't required.
The only reason I would need to register at all would be to business under an
assumed name. Generally businesses are required to be licensed where there is
substantial risk to the customer, or where there has been damage to the industry
by low quality producers and that industry has demanded standards.
None of that would apply to a home book re-seller. Generally an ebay business
would want to make a one time $100 Doing-Business-As registration with the name
of their online store. But people who resell items in swap meets or via
classified ads are generally doing business person-to-person as themselves.
In fact the right to conduct that sort of business is considered a basic right
by most Americans. And if you want to be a hair stylist in Oregon, you have
attend hygiene classes and become certified. Because the hair stylists
themselves demanded certification to reduce untrained, low quality competition.
In this case, the resale book industry sided strongly with the accused.
Even if he had failed to properly report his income to the IRS that would not be
a problem in this case. That would be a completely different matter and none of
the publisher's business. The issue here was if the books were purchased
lawfully, and if that ends the publisher's control over the item.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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