Carol Price4 said:You can file online, but you can't actually do the full calculations there—it's just for the filing part. Since you mentioned not wanting to "deal" with an accountant, I'm assuming you're comfortable handling all your own tax forms, deadlines, and the specific regulations that apply to you—otherwise, you'll run into trouble if the IRS ever comes knocking. 😉
Good luck!
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure yet, but I enjoy picking up new skills and I tend to catch on quickly. 😉I'm not dismissing anything outright; I'm just gathering enough info to figure out exactly what the deal is.🙂
Thanks for clearing that up... since I'm looking at providing intellectual services—let's just call it that—rather than dealing with retail or manufacturing, being able to handle all the sales tax filings online would be a huge relief. It saves me from having to deal with an accountant on top of everything else 👍
If anyone has the inside scoop on how the shutdown process actually works, I’d appreciate the heads-up. If I opt into the sales tax system voluntarily, I'm locked in for three years, and I'm wondering if that commitment changes anything regarding closing things down.
Alright, the bit about the checking account makes sense... but what about the corporate tax? Wasn't that scrapped at the start of the year? And those $130 for Goldman Sachs, is that some kind of annual fee?
I've got a few questions about setting up a sole proprietorship just to make sure I haven't missed anything important:
1. So, if I launch the business and immediately apply for sales tax registration, that should be fine, right? I’m looking at some pretty significant upfront costs for the workspace—buying furniture, setting up restrooms, all that—so I want to be able to claim those tax credits back.
2. If I opt into the sales tax system voluntarily, am I stuck in that system for three years? What happens if things don't go as planned and I need to shut down the business—can I just walk away, or am I locked in? Also, since sales tax is filed quarterly, can I handle the paperwork myself or am I going to be forced to hire an accountant? And if I have a quarter where I pull in zero revenue, what does the filing process look like then?
3. If I'm running this as my primary self-employment gig, my monthly contributions will be around $633, but if I'm already employed somewhere else, the rates are lower and they just settle everything at the end of the year, right?
4. Besides the membership fees for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, what other expenses am I looking at? If I run the business out of my own house or a family member's place, do I still have to deal with rent or similar overhead? I've noticed with larger corporations that they always seem to "rent" space from themselves and move money around even if they own the building, so I'm wondering if there's any requirement like that for me. 🙄
If you take $249, convert it at the best possible exchange rate, and then tack on sales tax, you end up looking at roughly $726. And that’s assuming you don't account for shipping, currency conversion fees, or the fact that with new inventory, they'll probably demand payment upfront. The absolute floor for this would be somewhere around $767
Fair enough. If we could actually snag it for $300 in Austria, that would be a win. At current rates, $249 is about €225, and once you add the 20% Austrian sales tax, you're sitting at €270 before you even consider their local fees, margins, and whatever other nonsense they throw in. Of course, I'm ignoring the cost of gas and the drive up there, but honestly, looking at the circus we deal with here at home, I'd much rather hand that extra 20% over to the government in Austria than to ours.
The MSRP for the GTX 1060 is $249, which—once you factor in the exchange rate around $567, plus all the dealer margins, sales tax, local fees, and whatever other nonsense they tack on—means we can probably call $667 a somewhat realistic price. But honestly, this whole thing is ridiculous. Where are you actually going to find graphics cards at decent prices, maybe over in Mexico or something?
Thanks for the input. I was planning on picking up something in the $1500-$$667 range, because from what I can gather, that’s plenty to run just about anything on high settings and should keep me happy for the next few years. In my opinion, buying high-end GPUs is almost never worth the money; with how fast things move and new models dropping every single year just for a tiny percentage of extra performance, you might as well save your cash.
I don't know, this whole "AMD has really improved their drivers" argument doesn't sound convincing enough for me to jump ship 😁 even though I get that both sides make top-tier hardware and the difference is mostly down to minor nuances. Since I've spent years being more than satisfied with Nvidia and never ran into a single headache, I'm leaning toward sticking with them.
Looking at the specs for the GeForce 9 series compared to the newer 10 series, specifically when you look at the processing power (GFLOPS), it turns out today's mid-range GTX 1060 is basically performing on par with the old high-end GeForce 9 series—like the GTX 970.
As far as manufacturers go, does it even matter much anymore, or is everything pretty much the same—you know, Gainward, Sapphire, Gigabyte, MSI... I remember back in the day Gainward used to put out some absolutely fantastic Golden Sample cards, but does anyone even make stuff like that anymore?
I’m looking for a quick rundown on the current state of GPUs, mostly because I haven't really kept up with any hardware news since the days of the GeForce 6800 and I've drifted pretty far away from the tech world in general. From what I can gather here, there seems to be a lot of talk about AMD—does that mean they’ve actually overtaken Nvidia and are making better cards now? Back in the day, more than a decade ago, ATI had a pretty lousy reputation for drivers that would crash constantly and cause all sorts of headaches, so I always just stuck with Nvidia since they were reliable for me.
A couple of years back, I put together a new rig featuring an Intel i5-4440, 8 GB of RAM, and an XFX 480W power supply, but I never actually popped a graphics card in because I simply didn't have the time to game, though that might finally change soon. I'm assuming something in the mid-range would be the sweet spot, something that could handle modern titles at Full HD on high settings for the next few years without breaking a sweat...
I'm also a bit lost regarding DirectX 12 cards, their price points, and the fact that everyone seems to be pushing toward 4K resolution these days... so, if anyone could provide a brief little guideline, I'd appreciate it. It's not like I need to run out and buy something tomorrow; if there's a potential "best buy" coming later this year or next, I'll just hang tight. 🙂
It’s pretty funny how nobody seems to be calling out the elephant in the room: the moment Merkel went to Istanbul this past Sunday, October 18, 2015, and basically knelt before the Turkish leader, the European Union effectively ceased to exist in any meaningful sense—and we'll likely see it vanish legally quite soon, too. Britain will probably be the first to show us how it's done. ☕
Honestly, I’d go with sociology; it just makes the most sense to me. While ethnology focuses on the specific cultures of different groups, sociology feels like the right fit for this context. Unless this is some kind of trick question designed to trip us up, that’s my gut feeling on it.