Quotehow many of all those pages actually apply to the situation of an individual person?
1. You don't know what you don't know.
The reality is that you can find information very easely at several places. Especially with internet. And you could just buy a book about the subject. How is that for an idea? A couple of years ago I wanted to understand more about setting up a 'limited' company so I simply bought a book about it and read it.
The reality is that you can find information very easely at several places. Especially with internet. And you could just buy a book about the subject. How is that for an idea? A couple of years ago I wanted to understand more about setting up a 'limited' company so I simply bought a book about it and read it.
If your assertion was correct, then nobody should hire university graduates either, because everything a worker needs to know is already on the internet.
The thing about a good accountant is twofold: 1) detail-oriented precision and accuracy, and 2) experience.
I'm telling you that whenever the business accounting work exceeds your personal accounting, it is time to get a dedicated expert to do it. They are experienced, and don't make mistakes like someone new to accounting might; they have the routines down pat. They have contacts they can use when a detail is unclear. It's just like with lawyers, especially copyright and patent law: you don't pay them for the time they spend with you, you pay for their expertise.
Hopefully Fran has an accountant. The fee for such a professional who knows the ins-and-outs of the tax system is rapidly paid back when they find a good way to save you a few percent here or there.That is only true if you are illiterate or totally uninterested in tax matters. Most of this stuff is pretty simple to deal with if you put your mind to it. Accountants love to boast about how much money they save but if they save a lot, it is likely shady and could possibly land you in trouble later on.
Quotehow many of all those pages actually apply to the situation of an individual person?
1. You don't know what you don't know.If you go that route, you can also question how reliable the accountant is that you hire to do the work for you. It wouldn't be the first time an expert is wrong.
The reality is that you can find information very easely at several places. Especially with internet.
Seems like a catch-22. The only way to break it is to go get a well-paying job, fix her personal finances, buy real estate (with a YT business in mind), do this a few years. THEN, armed with savings, real estate, a good credit rating, and a career to fall back on if things aren't working out, move on to YT.
Frankly, the whole thing has that smell of "I'm going to do whatever I want and if I can't it's the world's fault." But the reality is no one owes me or anyone else squat.
Seems like a catch-22. The only way to break it is to go get a well-paying job, fix her personal finances, buy real estate (with a YT business in mind), do this a few years. THEN, armed with savings, real estate, a good credit rating, and a career to fall back on if things aren't working out, move on to YT.
Frankly, the whole thing has that smell of "I'm going to do whatever I want and if I can't it's the world's fault." But the reality is no one owes me or anyone else squat.
She said in the recent Patreon video (which doesn't seem like she is going to release) that she is unemployable. Every employer will google her and put her in the "not dealing with that" bin. She used the example that because she has a large audience, no business if going to risk hiring her in case she "outs" them if there is some sort of grievence. And she's probably right.
Seems like a catch-22. The only way to break it is to go get a well-paying job, fix her personal finances, buy real estate (with a YT business in mind), do this a few years. THEN, armed with savings, real estate, a good credit rating, and a career to fall back on if things aren't working out, move on to YT.
Frankly, the whole thing has that smell of "I'm going to do whatever I want and if I can't it's the world's fault." But the reality is no one owes me or anyone else squat.
She said in the recent Patreon video (which doesn't seem like she is going to release) that she is unemployable. Every employer will google her and put her in the "not dealing with that" bin. She used the example that because she has a large audience, no business if going to risk hiring her in case she "outs" them if there is some sort of grievence. And she's probably right.For that reason they have NDAs so I don't see it as a particulary valid reason.
Seems like a catch-22. The only way to break it is to go get a well-paying job, fix her personal finances, buy real estate (with a YT business in mind), do this a few years. THEN, armed with savings, real estate, a good credit rating, and a career to fall back on if things aren't working out, move on to YT.
Frankly, the whole thing has that smell of "I'm going to do whatever I want and if I can't it's the world's fault." But the reality is no one owes me or anyone else squat.
She said in the recent Patreon video (which doesn't seem like she is going to release) that she is unemployable. Every employer will google her and put her in the "not dealing with that" bin. She used the example that because she has a large audience, no business if going to risk hiring her in case she "outs" them if there is some sort of grievence. And she's probably right.For that reason they have NDAs so I don't see it as a particulary valid reason.
Nothign to do with releasing private company info that an NDA covers, it's about the bad press that could result from simply bad mouthing the company to a large audience. An NDA doesn't cover saying the company sucks and treated you poorly etc.
Thickness of a tax return paper pile is not an indicator of how difficult it is to produce. Most of it gets generated by the computer based on a few dozen entries on the entry form.
Perhaps NDA is the wrong term but I guess there are some legal constructs to prevent people from talking bad about a company. Also, there is something like slander as well. Besides that, bad mouthing a former employer you left recently, reflects bad on yourself in the first place.
Edit: it looks like the proper term is anti-defamation and anti-slander clauses in an employment contract.
Seems like a catch-22. The only way to break it is to go get a well-paying job, fix her personal finances, buy real estate (with a YT business in mind), do this a few years. THEN, armed with savings, real estate, a good credit rating, and a career to fall back on if things aren't working out, move on to YT.
Frankly, the whole thing has that smell of "I'm going to do whatever I want and if I can't it's the world's fault." But the reality is no one owes me or anyone else squat.
She said in the recent Patreon video (which doesn't seem like she is going to release) that she is unemployable. Every employer will google her and put her in the "not dealing with that" bin. She used the example that because she has a large audience, no business if going to risk hiring her in case she "outs" them if there is some sort of grievence. And she's probably right.For that reason they have NDAs so I don't see it as a particulary valid reason.
Nothign to do with releasing private company info that an NDA covers, it's about the bad press that could result from simply bad mouthing the company to a large audience. An NDA doesn't cover saying the company sucks and treated you poorly etc.
But bad mouthing is usually covered by a loyalty clause that should be in most employees contract. I don't really see someone having a large audience as being an obstacle to being employed really.
I don't buy that. It could even benefit some companies/positions.
And if the loyalty clause is not enough, the company can always add a clause in the contract to prevent you from saying anything negative about the company or any of its products for as long as the contract holds. As long as both parties agree.
BTW, mine business is a bit complex and requires more time and effort than an ordinary small business. You could probably get a simple business done for a couple of grand a year. Absolute no-brainer business decision.
BTW, mine business is a bit complex and requires more time and effort than an ordinary small business. You could probably get a simple business done for a couple of grand a year. Absolute no-brainer business decision.
Ours is a complex business with multiple entities and several sub-consultants. We use Xero to do our own coding and GST, but the total cost per year including the Accountant to do _all_ the official stuff is less than $4k, and that includes all the business registrations.
I used to pay someone to do the whole lot, and it was 3 times that. I then paid our current accountant to teach me how to do the 2 hours per month work it takes, and we're _way_ ahead.
Why would they bother going to any extra legal effort for an average job they can give to anyone?
You likely won't even get past the HR department background check, and that's the point.
I've been turned down for jobs because I had a public website, even before Youtube.
Why would they bother going to any extra legal effort for an average job they can give to anyone?
Yep but that's true for pretty much anyone for an "average job" anyway. They'll sure select the "easiest" profile. But shouldn't she (or people in her shoes) go for less average jobs if they want to get an employed position anyway? Now of course, the fact that she doesn't want to move is here too a major block. Severly limits her options, not just for housing, but for jobs too.
I don't know if it's really because the person has public exposure per se and they fear badmouthing, or rather just because the person has an independent mindset - HR people often don't like that. People showing the mindset of an independent worker, even if it's just because they have a website (about their field of expertise of course, not just a random blog about cooking), make them uncomfortable. They think they'll never know if you'll be a loyal employee and won't just quit at any time just because you want to run your own business.
State sales tax nexus is fairly straightforward to figure out. Fran wouldn't be obligated to collect and remit sales tax in most cases, unless her sales were so strong that her financial worries would be over:
https://www.avalara.com/us/en/learn/guides/state-by-state-guide-economic-nexus-laws.html
Very few places have local sales taxes. Those that do tend to be in states with high economic nexus threshold.