Comments on: The FTC Shtuff: a real-life pretend example.

By: annieology

annieology — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:26:29 +0000

Luckily Nyquil and Coca-Cola want nothing to do with me and haven’t given me anything. I wouldn’t take it either, because if you CVS correctly, which I learned from a blog, you don’t have to spend actual cash money obtaining said items.

loved it. Now I’m off to mow my neighbor’s yard for free, must I declare that as income I would have made had I not been nice?

By: Mary Jean Taylor

Mary Jean Taylor — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:51:23 +0000

oh great, one more thing to jumble my all ready full brain with….thanks for the clarification!

By: Life with Kaishon

Life with Kaishon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:21:57 +0000

Wow. Very interesting : ) Too bad notashobe or any other companies are banging down my door to tote their products : )! Thanks for the lesson!

By: LCGreen @ sparkedlife.blogspot.com

LCGreen @ sparkedlife.blogspot.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:13:26 +0000

Such a great explanation, Darcy. Something about this FTC foolishness doesn’t feel right. Why suppress (sp?) moms who blog? I don’t think anyone is raking in the millions over this stuff…
Why are they making it so complicated? I wonder if anyone is trying to fight this or have it repealed? Geez. What a buzz-kill! lol

By: julie

julie — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:37:39 +0000

you crack me up! and this just makes me wonder about anything I say on my blog… so weird and not right!!!

By: shruti

shruti — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:58:38 +0000

this is just so depressing…
all i am doing is reading all possible articles on it now…

i was wondering about doctors who get free vacations in name of conferences and all those cool goodies….wow!this is crazy…

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:56:56 +0000

Actually, I think you probably did a downright good job of explaining it. I think the concept of the new rule is good, but it sure is causing a stir.

By: Sharlene

Sharlene — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:32:42 +0000

Thank goodness I just follow you for your family updates…and your quirky sense of humor!!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:57:08 +0000

“DISCLAIMER: No CPAs or tax attorneys were injured in the making of this post.”

….maybe they should have been!

By: BlueCastle

BlueCastle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:03:08 +0000

My head suddenly hurts. Seriously. This is beyond me. Now I get to go back and re-evaluate my blog and changes I was going to make to it. Ugh.

By: Angie @ Many Little Blessings

Angie @ Many Little Blessings — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:56:16 +0000

Kris — You are actually correct though. You can write off a certain percentage of things like Internet service, laptop, etc if you are filling out your taxes with your blog as a business. They are all perfectly legitimate expenses. I’m big into what are really legitimate expenses and whatnot (especially after giving someone I am very close with a very hard time the other day when finding out the things she writes off that she so totally should not). Anyway, I am sure you can balance your “income made” with some of the expenses. For instance, the amount you would have paid Darcy for your header would be a deductible expense.

By: TidyMom

TidyMom — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:24:32 +0000

Darcy you are always too funny! Thanks for the explanation!! I like what Kris had to say, and agree!
Didn’t they try and do this with celebs and their swag they get at award shows and such? what ever came of that?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:51:58 +0000

Well done Darcy. I’d buy NotAshobe based on this post alone.

~smile~

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:37:14 +0000

You ARE hawt! Fo’ shizzle. Your anniversary picture is proof.

And NotAshobe and Ashobephotosmop are fightin’ over you because of it. You know that’s the real reason. Don’t be shy about it.

I wish Nokin and Nonac would fight over me.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:10:34 +0000

I really liked that you added some funny/witty stuff in there. It helps balance out the meltdown I had about it over at my blog. haha! Seriously though, this FTC stuf IS killing me!

Hannah

By: Brandi

Brandi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:07:31 +0000

Girl, you are funny! I certainly see why it isn’t worth the bother. Thanks for explaining (in English).

By: Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers

Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:35:54 +0000

My extended family and I were talking about all this garbage at dinner tonight. Here’s my take: fine, if I get $600 worth of stuff, I’ll declare it and, since I’m doing blog reviews for a certain homeschool magazine and am considered an independent contractor, I’m guessing they’ll be needing to send me a 1099 (or whatever it is) for any product values totaling over $600 that I review for them.

Oh, but wait! I’m a small business now, as far as the FTC is concerned, so they’ll be needing to let me claim my laptop as a business expense, since that’s where my business is done. And, oh, yeah, I have a desk chair sitting at my dining room table now that was bought because I sit here and do all my blogging — you know, my small business. And, let’s not forget that the only reason I have cable Internet is so I can blog, so I’ll need to write that off, too. Oh, and the light that hangs over my head so that I can see to write said reviews…

It’s ridiculous! I don’t see how this is ever going to fly or how it’s going to be enforced.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:34:42 +0000

I’ll have to look more into this. This is rather frightening, but I appreciated your humerous approach to it – - -especially your final disclaimers. I’m thinking it may be more worth Uncle Sam’s time to investigate the major corporations aka Enron types and not worry about the free give aways that bloggers may receive.

By: Melanie @ Whimsical Creations

Melanie @ Whimsical Creations — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:54:06 +0000

I am LOVING all of your disclaimers!

By: shayne

shayne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:44:14 +0000

my blogging group and I have been following this FTC law and we all think it really suck and you put it into words I just love. thanks

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:13:33 +0000

I don’t care a whittle about the FTC or what their rules are since I STILL haven’t joined the blogging world. I ‘m still training for Olympic lurking, I come out of hiding twice on Green Cheese Moons.

BUT… you are so stinking funny that I”m reading the post again and still laughing. thanks I needed that! HUUUUGGGEE smiles coming your way.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:14:28 +0000

lol You crack me up! So I’m thinking no accepting products to review. Advertising seems easy enough as it’s just like any other income. Just gotta keep track of it.

I’m confused about giveaways though? Do those matter? Ok well of course they do, but I mean does the silly, money stealing government care about them?

By: melissa stover

melissa stover — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:15:44 +0000

love this. thanks for clearing it up.

By: The Nester

The Nester — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:00:22 +0000

fantastic post! It is all so clear now…