Whatever happened to "personal responsibility", which used to be the mantra of the right? Oh, that's gone...
Whatever happened to due process??
If you believe someone has committed these crimes...fucking charge them and go to trial, otherwise quit merely accusing and throwing the accused out and to the wolves on nothing more than accusations!!
If you aren't willing to file charges and go to court, then shut the fuck up. Accusations alone should not be enough to have someone lose their lively hood and everything they've worked for.....
While Samuel Adams et. al. were considered leftist, they were not leftist of the "present day type" i.e. sexually confused, Christian hating, name calling, snowflakes who are so afraid of different ideas they want to stifle free speech. I am sure leftist of the "present day type" would not survive living under the conditions of life back than.
Hear hear!!!
What gets me the most today about the radical and even the less radical left is their outright attempts to suppress ANY views or discussion in public that isn't 100% on track with their beliefs.
I believe that is one of the greatest problems we have today...the attempts to suppress speech.
And well...it was different with getting women back then.
These days, you wouldn't want a smaller glass, as that the chick you are trying to chat up, would have to keep stopping more often to get a refill which kills your rapport you're trying to establish and build with her after approaching her in a bar.
It's mostly because health care workers in the US make a lot more than in other countries [nytimes.com]. Here's a survey of nurse salaries [worldsalaries.org] in different countries.
According to that 2009 article you linked to...Dr.s in the US appear to average about $175K annually....I didn't see the nurse one, but I would guess RN's get about 6 figures or close....
Now, while I know that specialist Dr.s (Heart surgeons, etc) make well over that and closer to the $300K-$450K range)....those are not what I would call high or overrated salaries...not at all.
First, in many parts of the US, $175 is simply NOT a lot of money compared to the cost of living in these areas.
And second of all, these Dr's and nurses, put in a LOT of time and sacrifice (and often leaving school in debt) early on for schooling (4 years med school, plus internship and more if specializing)..to where they're doing 8+ years of school with no salary coming in....long hours, etc. And once they are working...think of whom they are working with, they see and experience the WORST the human condition can present. Long hours, everyone is in pain or discomfort or trying to die on them. Blood, bile, puke and worse.....nurses clean you up and make sure you stay alive.
I seriously have NO problem with them making well into the 6 figure range. If they work that hard and long, and get that good..and keep MY ass well and alive...they are worth it.
I can think of plenty of other industries where I'd cut salaries before I'd think of touching those that keep my physical body functioning and above room temperature.
Do you think 100% of lawsuits against doctors are reasonable? That is an extraordinary claim. It presumes no one who seeks medical care, and gets a bad outcome due to the limits of medicine and/or bad luck is not willing to cry in front of a jury to get several million dollars.
Yep...one cost of increased US health care is Dr's running multiple tests to CYA against a lawsuit...when usually 1-2 would suffice. But, medicine is NOT an exact science, and occasionally a test misses something or false negative. If the Dr doesn't cover his ass with every test possible, he's gonna get sued.
Aside from the ONE thing Obama care did to positively, that being disallowing coverage refusal for pre-existing conditions....it has been a disaster and a great reason prices have increased and continue to do so.
For example...I'm self employed. Way back 10 years or so ago, I could get a simple, high deductible insurance policy (only $1300 or so), and basically have that for what used to be termed, "Major Medical" coverage. Basically there for $$$ emergencies like getting hit by a bus or heart attack. I paid about $120/mo for that, and that was with being a smoker and high cholesterol pre-existing.
I couple that with a HSA (Health Savings Account) that I fully fund (this year about $3200 max) annually pre-tax that I used to pay my routine meds needs, and office visit fees, etc.
Now? Well, about 4 years ago, I started off with a "silver" policy...about $450/mo.....increasing yearly till for 2018 they were wanting about $1100-$1200 a month for same thing.
Part of the problem? Well, with fscking Obama care regulations, there isn't ability to get a "major medical" type policy. No....EVERYTHING and the kitchen sink has to be included.
I'm a single male, in between women....I have NO plans to get pregnant, yet I have policy coverage for prenatal, etc. Why the fuck should I pay that?
That's one reason.
Another...WTF don't they allow insurance to be sold across state lines, like car insurance is? That would surely increase competition....and lower prices.
Why can't I pick and choose what coverages I need, a cafeteria type thing, much like we want to do TV ala carte, why can't we all be big boys and big girls and pick and choose what coverage we need?
Let's get the bean counters out of the way, and go back to having insurance be for EMERGENCY care, and all....prices will lower, Dr's then could be independent again and charge reasonable...and let's get some tort reform in there to prevent frivolous lawsuits.
Back before the bean counters, HMO's and all...medical care wan't THAT expensive. I had a relative that was a Dr. back in the 70's-80's....he would charge according to what the patients' means were.
We have medicaid for the truly poor, but for everyone else that is capable of working, lets go back to the older says and things like I've put forth where it won't cost an arm and a leg and people are covered for emergency care, but for routine stuff, they manage themselves.
If nothing else, it would unclog the fucking ER at hospitals...and keep people from using that as their primary physician....
There is no equivalency between displacing kids looking for alcohol and a supposedly compassionate organization buying a robot to (quite literally) inhumanely drive off people whom society has failed.
What is the problem with trying to drive bums off and away from your place of business.
Having a bunch of bums begging, drugging drinking and passing out in front of your place of business, is bad for business and often unsafe for your employees and customers.
No...women in relationships NAG you about trivial shit all the time.
Perhaps I worded it awkwardly, but I was basically talking about all the other crap you have to put up with women in a relationship....just to get sex.
Where the fuck did you learn to pick up women? Jesus Christ, just start with, "hey, I'm blah, can I buy you a drink"?
Because, if she doesn't like you, or isn't interested, this simple approach can now be termed "unwanted" and now, you can be in trouble.
The problem for men is, we don't know we are unwanted until we try. And quite often, women DO play the game of making you try more than once....trouble is, how does the man know she's playing this game, or he's crossing the line into annoyance/stalking.
The trouble is....women say one thing, but STILL often want another.
Trouble is now as a man, you can get into legal trouble for it.
Sports car not muscle; its tough to get fuel injected 2litre to do worse than 17mpg but I try. With my 4.5:1 rear end though i have the fuel economy nearly flat! it will do about the same auto-crossing all day as the highway drive getting there!
Way to go!!
I lost my '86 Porsche 911 Turbo to Katrina...but when it ran, I was quite often lucky to get 10mpg in city with that thing. But it was the most FUN per gallon I'd ever had!!!
After katrina for awhile, I got a 2005 turbo miata...I seem to always avg about 17-18mpg in that thing in city.
No matter what I drive I tend to do it with the pedal to the floor most of the time.
I'm hoping the days of self driving cars and the complete disappearance of a manual transmission happen long after I'm too old to drive, or taking a dirt nap.
Driving fun sports (and muscle) cars is fun...and all my life I've never owned anything that was a manual transmission, 2 seater sports car (technically the porsche was 4 seats, but you can't fit a person back there, so doesn't count).
And hey...apparently any interaction you try with a new woman these days, can be interpreted as unwanted sexual assault....so, Pornhub is now about the only safe outlet.
And women wonder why men these days don't want to get married....geez, pretty soon with all the guff going on, they'll be wondering why men don't even want to try to approach, talk or meet them.
God save us if they ever get pr0n VR done right. If men can get full on sexual simulation.....the earth population will head dive to 0 quickly.
I mean, if a guy can get full on sex without the hassle of the nagging of women, the catering to their fickle whims, the risks of unwanted children AND most importantly, the very real risk of losing half of everything you own.....guess which venue for sexual release he'll pursue?
Actually, I do....in the US, the government does NOT grant or give you rights, you are born with them. We then make laws saying or limiting rights, but yes my right to do just about anything is inherit unless regulated or made unlawful by laws passed by the lawmaking entities.
The passage of the law just allows the FAA to issue such a rule. It could be that under Trump they would not do so after all... this could be a case where a petition might do some good.
Remember the original rule was instituted by the Obama FAA.
Well, the point of worry here is...that this was snuck through attached to another bill, and no one noticed before it was too late.
The time to petition and call legislators to protest over this was BEFORE this new law was snuck through.
The federal govt has no reason to know I have a drone. As long as I fly it legally, they have no need to know of my property.
Typical libertarian claptrap. What they say is that they want people who earn money to keep it, but what they really mean is that people who are filthy rich because they inherited gobs of money which they never lifted a finger to earn, should be able to avoid taxes.
You want a neat libertarian solution so that "the people that earn the money should be able to keep as much of it as possible"? Set the estate tax at 100%. (Not the current, which is 40% tax on the part over eleven million inherited from two parents).)
Yes, I think people should be able to keep as MUCH of their money as possible they earn...and I think they should also be able to hand it down to their children.
The money belongs to the PEOPLE first, not the government.
You've got it backwards, the govt is to be beholden to the people for power and finance, not the other way around.
Why should a family's accumulated wealth suddenly be stripped from them once the parents die?
You seem to act like the money is the governments to give and take, not the other way around....?
I'll second the recommendation made by the AC above me and throw in that it's a lot easier today than it was a couple decades ago; not that it was too difficult back then, either.
Ok..so that site he listed is the go to one for finding out successful builds?
My Ryzen build with dual 4k displays, dual GPUs, 64GB of RAM, 1TB of m.2 PCIe storage clocking in at ~4GB/sec read/write and 1TB of SATA RAID SSD storage clocking in at ~1GB/sec read/write runs circles around the iMac Pro for $1k less. I was a launch-day adopter of the platform and bought parts on preorder; most of the parts I bought are cheaper now, none have increased in price, so you could probably build this same system today for closer to $3500.
I had actually considered doing a DIY build of a thread ripper system, as that I understand I could put together a fairly massive system, for linux that I could run Davinci Resolve on and do 4K video.
The trouble is, I haven't tried building a computer in multiple decades....and I don't have time to spend researching the myriad of material combinations (cpus, vs boards vs power supplies vs....etc).
I would, however, be more interested if there were a build list of a proven system for doing a high end workstation that would run Resolve....do you have a listing or know of site(s) that have parts lists to get to build a good high end system like I'm wanting?
I'm not married to Apple....but I do know that it will run everything I need (in this case would do Resolve, Photoshop, FCPX, LR, AE...basically all my photo and video stuff) right out of the box.
I want to get a system working quick and spend most of my time doing photos and videos....I really am not that interested in tweaking around on the computer itself, but the tools it needs to run....FAST.
Thanks in advance for any links or such you might have....
Sounds fishy to me. A business expense is a business expense, it isn't intended to subsidise your hobby. You might get away with claiming your golf clubs - if your main business is teaching golf.
No, I try to be quite careful.
It does just so happen, I want to monetize something that also is a personal interest (which often start off as a "hobby" ).
But I have made genuine efforts to monetize the results of those equipment and software purchases.
While I have earned some money off them to date, it isn't nearly what I"ve spent so far, but I do show I'm trying. That isn't the only part of the company business, some are more profitable than others, but I can fully show intent and efforts to make money with those purchases and activities.
The majority of my company is related to IT, but that can be a VERY broad thing these days, as the there is a good bit of IT relating to videography and photography....the equipment for processing, generating, websites for promoting, sales...etc.
No, I'd never think to buy golf clubs and try to write those off as one of my expenses. I'd think even if trying to justify for entertaining clients it would be a stretch, but for most anything electronic I buy, it is pretty much justifiable.
And, no one has ever said you can't try to make money off of doing something you enjoy, right?
Yep, you wouldn't want to do anything to better your world with that money,
I believe that letting the people that earn the money should be able to keep as much of it as possible.
Taxation should be to fund the Federal, State and local governments so they can function and carry on their limited, enumerated roles and responsibilities.
Taxation should not be used to manipulate the peoples' behavior, that's not what it is for....and that leads to abuse and loss of individual freedom.
I've always said that even if you don't buy into climate change that simply ignoring it is stupid because it's a huge economic opportunity.
Well, the US pulling out of the agreement does NOTHING to negate the ability of private US industries from participating and acting upon that "huge economic opportunity".
...countering Trump's main argument that the 2015 Paris accord on reducing global emissions would hurt U.S. business. Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker, argues that the big businesses and successful economies of the future will be making and using renewable energy instead of pumping oil.
Err...just because the US govt. isn't obligated by treaty to participate, there is nothing stopping our private industries from participating, which they will if they do indeed see a profit in all this as Macron alluded to.
The United States did not drop out of the Paris agreement. Donald Trump got Donald Trump out of the Paris agreement," Schwarzenegger said.
Err...this is pretty stupid. The US did not enter into a real treaty, as that congress did not vote on it to be a binding treaty.
Trump merely pulled out of an agreement that Obama entered into on his own....live by the executive pen, die by the executive pen.
I happen to agree pulling out...no reason to obligate $$$ from the US treasury that is already quite stretched with domestic needs.
Again, the US pulling out of this agreement, doesn't at all prohibit US industry from participating in it.
As a sole proprietorship you just add a tax form Schedule C and you can deduct and expense what you need. You have the option of deducting many expenses (like a computer) using "Section 179" deductions that let you take the whole amount in the year of purchase, as opposed to depreciating.
Well, being that as it may...like you said, it is cleaner to do it if incorporated.
If you're doing ANY type of even remotely significant business, you should incorporate, the sole proprietorship thing is about the worst option you can take. You are open personally to litigation (lose the family house)....etc.
In most states, you can incorporate very easily, fill out a couple forms, pay a small fee (usually under $100)...and voila you have legal and tax protections and capabilities you do not have as an individual.
I went the short extra step and filed for federal Subchapter S incorporation (aka S-Corp), with this I have the added benefit of NOT having to pay employment taxes (SS and medicare) out of my full bill rate.
I am sole owner and employee of my S-corp. It works like this..example: Say I bill out $100K a year. As an employee, I pay myself a "reasonable" salary (according to the IRS)...of about $40K say.
Now...out of the payroll paycheck the company pays me monthly, I take out state, federal, SS and medicare taxes.
So, that leaves the remaining $60K that falls into my personal income taxes at EOY.
Now...after I deduct all expenses, expenditures, etc...what is remaining...is ONLY taxes at my personal rate for state and federal taxes. I don't have to pay SS/Medicare on that income.
.
Of course I have a CPA and this requires a bit of extra paperwork and paying taxes on the web mostly to feds and quarterly to state....but I save a significant amount of tax money this way.
If you are a LLC, you pay employment taxes on 100% of what you bill.
Now my example is for basically contract consulting, services...if you're selling stuff, dealing with inventory and sales tax...that's extra efforts.
But anyway, it isn't rocket surgery to incorporate yourself, nor is it $$$. You have SO much to gain and so little to lose vs Sole Prop.
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Whatever happened to due process??
If you believe someone has committed these crimes...fucking charge them and go to trial, otherwise quit merely accusing and throwing the accused out and to the wolves on nothing more than accusations!!
If you aren't willing to file charges and go to court, then shut the fuck up. Accusations alone should not be enough to have someone lose their lively hood and everything they've worked for.....
Hear hear!!!
What gets me the most today about the radical and even the less radical left is their outright attempts to suppress ANY views or discussion in public that isn't 100% on track with their beliefs.
I believe that is one of the greatest problems we have today...the attempts to suppress speech.
These days, you wouldn't want a smaller glass, as that the chick you are trying to chat up, would have to keep stopping more often to get a refill which kills your rapport you're trying to establish and build with her after approaching her in a bar.
According to that 2009 article you linked to...Dr.s in the US appear to average about $175K annually....I didn't see the nurse one, but I would guess RN's get about 6 figures or close....
Now, while I know that specialist Dr.s (Heart surgeons, etc) make well over that and closer to the $300K-$450K range)....those are not what I would call high or overrated salaries...not at all.
First, in many parts of the US, $175 is simply NOT a lot of money compared to the cost of living in these areas.
And second of all, these Dr's and nurses, put in a LOT of time and sacrifice (and often leaving school in debt) early on for schooling (4 years med school, plus internship and more if specializing)..to where they're doing 8+ years of school with no salary coming in....long hours, etc. And once they are working...think of whom they are working with, they see and experience the WORST the human condition can present. Long hours, everyone is in pain or discomfort or trying to die on them. Blood, bile, puke and worse.....nurses clean you up and make sure you stay alive.
I seriously have NO problem with them making well into the 6 figure range. If they work that hard and long, and get that good..and keep MY ass well and alive...they are worth it.
I can think of plenty of other industries where I'd cut salaries before I'd think of touching those that keep my physical body functioning and above room temperature.
Yep...one cost of increased US health care is Dr's running multiple tests to CYA against a lawsuit...when usually 1-2 would suffice. But, medicine is NOT an exact science, and occasionally a test misses something or false negative. If the Dr doesn't cover his ass with every test possible, he's gonna get sued.
Aside from the ONE thing Obama care did to positively, that being disallowing coverage refusal for pre-existing conditions....it has been a disaster and a great reason prices have increased and continue to do so.
For example...I'm self employed. Way back 10 years or so ago, I could get a simple, high deductible insurance policy (only $1300 or so), and basically have that for what used to be termed, "Major Medical" coverage. Basically there for $$$ emergencies like getting hit by a bus or heart attack. I paid about $120/mo for that, and that was with being a smoker and high cholesterol pre-existing.
I couple that with a HSA (Health Savings Account) that I fully fund (this year about $3200 max) annually pre-tax that I used to pay my routine meds needs, and office visit fees, etc.
Now? Well, about 4 years ago, I started off with a "silver" policy...about $450/mo.....increasing yearly till for 2018 they were wanting about $1100-$1200 a month for same thing.
Part of the problem? Well, with fscking Obama care regulations, there isn't ability to get a "major medical" type policy. No....EVERYTHING and the kitchen sink has to be included.
I'm a single male, in between women....I have NO plans to get pregnant, yet I have policy coverage for prenatal, etc. Why the fuck should I pay that?
That's one reason.
Another...WTF don't they allow insurance to be sold across state lines, like car insurance is? That would surely increase competition....and lower prices.
Why can't I pick and choose what coverages I need, a cafeteria type thing, much like we want to do TV ala carte, why can't we all be big boys and big girls and pick and choose what coverage we need?
Let's get the bean counters out of the way, and go back to having insurance be for EMERGENCY care, and all....prices will lower, Dr's then could be independent again and charge reasonable...and let's get some tort reform in there to prevent frivolous lawsuits.
Back before the bean counters, HMO's and all...medical care wan't THAT expensive. I had a relative that was a Dr. back in the 70's-80's....he would charge according to what the patients' means were.
We have medicaid for the truly poor, but for everyone else that is capable of working, lets go back to the older says and things like I've put forth where it won't cost an arm and a leg and people are covered for emergency care, but for routine stuff, they manage themselves.
If nothing else, it would unclog the fucking ER at hospitals...and keep people from using that as their primary physician....
What is the problem with trying to drive bums off and away from your place of business.
Having a bunch of bums begging, drugging drinking and passing out in front of your place of business, is bad for business and often unsafe for your employees and customers.
Perhaps I worded it awkwardly, but I was basically talking about all the other crap you have to put up with women in a relationship....just to get sex.
Err....like what?
What more do you need for good sex?
Because, if she doesn't like you, or isn't interested, this simple approach can now be termed "unwanted" and now, you can be in trouble.
The problem for men is, we don't know we are unwanted until we try. And quite often, women DO play the game of making you try more than once....trouble is, how does the man know she's playing this game, or he's crossing the line into annoyance/stalking.
The trouble is....women say one thing, but STILL often want another.
Trouble is now as a man, you can get into legal trouble for it.
Way to go!!
I lost my '86 Porsche 911 Turbo to Katrina...but when it ran, I was quite often lucky to get 10mpg in city with that thing. But it was the most FUN per gallon I'd ever had!!!
After katrina for awhile, I got a 2005 turbo miata...I seem to always avg about 17-18mpg in that thing in city.
No matter what I drive I tend to do it with the pedal to the floor most of the time.
I'm hoping the days of self driving cars and the complete disappearance of a manual transmission happen long after I'm too old to drive, or taking a dirt nap.
Driving fun sports (and muscle) cars is fun...and all my life I've never owned anything that was a manual transmission, 2 seater sports car (technically the porsche was 4 seats, but you can't fit a person back there, so doesn't count).
Have fun...what are you driving?
And women wonder why men these days don't want to get married....geez, pretty soon with all the guff going on, they'll be wondering why men don't even want to try to approach, talk or meet them.
God save us if they ever get pr0n VR done right. If men can get full on sexual simulation.....the earth population will head dive to 0 quickly.
I mean, if a guy can get full on sex without the hassle of the nagging of women, the catering to their fickle whims, the risks of unwanted children AND most importantly, the very real risk of losing half of everything you own.....guess which venue for sexual release he'll pursue?
Actually, I do....in the US, the government does NOT grant or give you rights, you are born with them. We then make laws saying or limiting rights, but yes my right to do just about anything is inherit unless regulated or made unlawful by laws passed by the lawmaking entities.
Is that with or without the battery'?
Well, the point of worry here is...that this was snuck through attached to another bill, and no one noticed before it was too late.
The time to petition and call legislators to protest over this was BEFORE this new law was snuck through.
The federal govt has no reason to know I have a drone. As long as I fly it legally, they have no need to know of my property.
Yes, I think people should be able to keep as MUCH of their money as possible they earn...and I think they should also be able to hand it down to their children.
The money belongs to the PEOPLE first, not the government.
You've got it backwards, the govt is to be beholden to the people for power and finance, not the other way around.
Why should a family's accumulated wealth suddenly be stripped from them once the parents die?
You seem to act like the money is the governments to give and take, not the other way around....?
It's all good...if they follow up with lots of federal budget cuts. Slash programs, slash federal agencies....
One thing at a time, and starting with taxes isn't a bad thing.
Ok..so that site he listed is the go to one for finding out successful builds?
Have you heard anything about a Mac Pro release?
I have been waiting a LONG time already and really need a better AV system to work on....
Not sure I want to wait another WHOLE year for the Mac Pro that may or may not be coming out in 2018.....
But yes....I like writing off new computers...every little bit helps!!!
I had actually considered doing a DIY build of a thread ripper system, as that I understand I could put together a fairly massive system, for linux that I could run Davinci Resolve on and do 4K video.
The trouble is, I haven't tried building a computer in multiple decades....and I don't have time to spend researching the myriad of material combinations (cpus, vs boards vs power supplies vs....etc).
I would, however, be more interested if there were a build list of a proven system for doing a high end workstation that would run Resolve....do you have a listing or know of site(s) that have parts lists to get to build a good high end system like I'm wanting?
I'm not married to Apple....but I do know that it will run everything I need (in this case would do Resolve, Photoshop, FCPX, LR, AE...basically all my photo and video stuff) right out of the box.
I want to get a system working quick and spend most of my time doing photos and videos....I really am not that interested in tweaking around on the computer itself, but the tools it needs to run....FAST.
Thanks in advance for any links or such you might have....
No, I try to be quite careful.
It does just so happen, I want to monetize something that also is a personal interest (which often start off as a "hobby" ).
But I have made genuine efforts to monetize the results of those equipment and software purchases.
While I have earned some money off them to date, it isn't nearly what I"ve spent so far, but I do show I'm trying. That isn't the only part of the company business, some are more profitable than others, but I can fully show intent and efforts to make money with those purchases and activities.
The majority of my company is related to IT, but that can be a VERY broad thing these days, as the there is a good bit of IT relating to videography and photography....the equipment for processing, generating, websites for promoting, sales...etc.
No, I'd never think to buy golf clubs and try to write those off as one of my expenses. I'd think even if trying to justify for entertaining clients it would be a stretch, but for most anything electronic I buy, it is pretty much justifiable.
And, no one has ever said you can't try to make money off of doing something you enjoy, right?
Hell, isn't that the "dream" most of us have?
I believe that letting the people that earn the money should be able to keep as much of it as possible.
Taxation should be to fund the Federal, State and local governments so they can function and carry on their limited, enumerated roles and responsibilities.
Taxation should not be used to manipulate the peoples' behavior, that's not what it is for....and that leads to abuse and loss of individual freedom.
Well, the US pulling out of the agreement does NOTHING to negate the ability of private US industries from participating and acting upon that "huge economic opportunity".
Business WILL go towards areas that make money.
Err...just because the US govt. isn't obligated by treaty to participate, there is nothing stopping our private industries from participating, which they will if they do indeed see a profit in all this as Macron alluded to.
Err...this is pretty stupid. The US did not enter into a real treaty, as that congress did not vote on it to be a binding treaty.
Trump merely pulled out of an agreement that Obama entered into on his own....live by the executive pen, die by the executive pen.
I happen to agree pulling out...no reason to obligate $$$ from the US treasury that is already quite stretched with domestic needs.
Again, the US pulling out of this agreement, doesn't at all prohibit US industry from participating in it.
You might consider moving into Federal Govt. IT contracting...it can be very profitable.
Well, being that as it may...like you said, it is cleaner to do it if incorporated.
If you're doing ANY type of even remotely significant business, you should incorporate, the sole proprietorship thing is about the worst option you can take. You are open personally to litigation (lose the family house)....etc.
In most states, you can incorporate very easily, fill out a couple forms, pay a small fee (usually under $100)...and voila you have legal and tax protections and capabilities you do not have as an individual.
I went the short extra step and filed for federal Subchapter S incorporation (aka S-Corp), with this I have the added benefit of NOT having to pay employment taxes (SS and medicare) out of my full bill rate.
I am sole owner and employee of my S-corp. It works like this..example: Say I bill out $100K a year. As an employee, I pay myself a "reasonable" salary (according to the IRS)...of about $40K say.
Now...out of the payroll paycheck the company pays me monthly, I take out state, federal, SS and medicare taxes.
So, that leaves the remaining $60K that falls into my personal income taxes at EOY.
Now...after I deduct all expenses, expenditures, etc...what is remaining...is ONLY taxes at my personal rate for state and federal taxes. I don't have to pay SS/Medicare on that income.
. Of course I have a CPA and this requires a bit of extra paperwork and paying taxes on the web mostly to feds and quarterly to state....but I save a significant amount of tax money this way.
If you are a LLC, you pay employment taxes on 100% of what you bill.
Now my example is for basically contract consulting, services...if you're selling stuff, dealing with inventory and sales tax...that's extra efforts.
But anyway, it isn't rocket surgery to incorporate yourself, nor is it $$$. You have SO much to gain and so little to lose vs Sole Prop.