Comments on: Boomers Retiring to “Fun” Businesses: Is birdwatching a business?

By: Don Simkovich

Don Simkovich — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:59:18 +0000

What a creative way to view a business. I guess a business is anything that meets some type of need. Certainly, bird watching could be expanded in to offering bird watching tours in certain areas.
Good to see the ingenuity at work.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:35:12 +0000

Enjoyed your article, I think whenever people work from a home office they find it hard to be taken seriously. I remember in the past people ringing the doorbell for a coffee when I was in the middle of financial trading online, People looking puzzled when I said I worked 14 hour days. Writing online, it’s certainly hard to make people appreciate the sweat you put in. Recently my partner said “why don’t you go and play downstairs while I look at this vista problem with the software”.when I responded that I’m working on my laptop when downstairs not playing, he said it was just an expression. So I can see why the IRS has the same idea.

By: Does the IRS Consider Your Quilting a Hobby or Business?

Does the IRS Consider Your Quilting a Hobby or Business? — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:23:29 +0000

[...] Jean Murray, at Small Business Boomers, has a great post with information about what the IRS (Internal Revenue Service in the US) considers a true business. You might like to check out her, Boomers Retiring to “Fun” Businesses: Is birdwatching a business? [...]

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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:19:24 +0000