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WCDT Strips 3311 - 3315 (Sept 19th - 24th)
cesium133:
I guess this is technically the 21st century. The management at my apartment are stuck in the 20th century, and it's checks only there, no direct deposit.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 20 Sep 2016, 15:01 ---If any substantial portion of Faye's income is from a single source, that source will be expected to file a form 1099 declaring the income. Faye will need to file Schedules C and SE declaring her freelance business income, and paying a pretty large portion as self-employment tax (in lieu of Social Security tax). She'll also be expected to file quarterly estimated taxes including enough to cover most of her upcoming tax liability for both state and local taxes.
If there's no matching 1099's from the skate park, it'll raise red flags with both the IRS and the Drug Enforcement Administration. But I can't imagine the skate park filing the 1099 given the income is from illegal activity. So no, I don't think Faye is paying taxes.
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My main work is as a marketing consultant for a company out of Japan (as in 2/3rds of my income each year at least). Being in Japan, they don't care about filling out US tax forms. I just fill out the income on my self-employment forms and go on my way. Never had any problems at all with the IRS.
Sullivan:
Whoa. Has Jeph never before revealed that the QC universe is in a "post-scarcity" economy?
Or was that a sarcastic statement by Marten?
Doesn't seem very "post-scarcity" given all the concern in the comic for jobs, money, etc.
BenRG:
I think that you misread, Sullivan. Marten is saying that, by the nature of the world, we are all implicated in some way in someone's crimes (even only if an unknowing accessory, long after the fact) until society becomes post-scarcity.
Sullivan:
That makes sense.
Speaking of which, I now want pie. Jeph and all posters in this thread are complicit.
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