Mama Carol

Hmmmmm. Automobile carry: Without a GA or Reciprocal License – fully open to view (such as uncovered in passenger seat, partially sticking out below or beside seat is not allowed). If you are not prohibited from obtaining a firearm carry license, it can be in a closeable compartment like the glove box or center console (map pockets that are not closeable are not acceptable) ith a GA or Reciprocal License – Anywhere in the car.

Definitely! Since she is responsible for her own taxes, she is responsible for her own accounting for income and expenses. This is a great idea!! Another good idea would be for her to pick up a Dome accounting book. I think they still sell them, anyway. It's just a paper method of accounting for income and expenses. Ah yes, Amazon has them: http://www.amazon.com/Dome-Publishing-Company-Inc-Products/dp/B004E3NKGU Most office supply stores should have them as well. If she can't find one at the big box office supply stores, try the little place in downtown Dallas--W&W. If Phyl

As a general rule, cosmetologists are deemed independent contractors. If she only received the 50%, that is the amount that should appear on her 1099. She can take as business expenses anything she spent--if she paid for hair color, curling irons, scissors, scissors sharpening, or even anything as simple as a wash cap--she can take that as an expense EVEN IF SHE PAID THE SALON FOR IT if she paid for it out of her 50%. Nope, she is not screwed. She needs to have a tax preparer who is familiar with the hair salon industry do her tax return. I'd be glad to recommend someone. She really d

That's why it would be really helpful to know what she does. I'd really like for Bunky's Dad to post that. I did a tax return last year for a young lady who is a dog groomer. She gets half of the cost of the grooming. Her half of the cost of the groomings was reported to her on a 1099. She was able to take expenses but it did NOT include the other half of the cost of the groomings since that was not hers. However, if she had gotten the entire amount and had to give half to the "employer" that would be an ordinary business expense. NC, you're correct if the young lady only gets h

I disagree. Commissions or booth rentals (for hair stylists for instance) ARE business expenses. Royalties are business expenses. If she pays the "employer" 50% of her income for the privilege of earning that income, that 50% is most certainly a business expense. It really would be helpful if the OP posted her type of job.

The employer is responsible. Period. These are trust fund accounts and as such, the businesses are "trustees". You don't get any money withheld given back. You're not required to pay them AGAIN, as you have already had them withheld by the employer. not the withheld and payroll taxes. I've even seen these outlive the taxpayer/employer.

Not necessarily. It's perfectly legal to give a person a 1099 if they are not an employee. In fact, you're REQUIRED to give them a 1099 if they earn more than $600 in a calendar year and they aren't an employee and they aren't incorporated. As I said in my reply to Bunky's Dad, this isn't a Department of Revenue issue. They deal with sales tax and withholding tax. Since these are not involved, it isn't their department that would handle it.

What kind of "sales"? She should have known from day one that she was not having tax withheld. Even being paid in cash, she should have gotten something showing the amounts earned, withheld, etc. If she received, for example $1000 and paid her "employer" (which is the wrong term here) $500, then the $500 is a business expense and her "income" would be $1000. Income is not what you take home. That's profit. What should she do? Gather together as many deductible expenses as she legitimately can claim. Does she use a cell phone in her job? If so, she can claim at least a p

I guess it differs in Tennessee. The person who told me you still had to go through the background check lives in TN.

employment taxes are trust fund taxes. They live on and on and on and whether or not the employer pays them or not, the employee is NOT liable. BTW, it happens all the time that employers don't pay the taxes they withheld from the employee. Most of the time, the employee never knows as it does not directly impact them.

they just have to run the background check. 15 minutes maybe. At least that is what I've been told. I have not yet tested this out.

Unfortunately, you may be out of luck. The best thing to do, if you can afford financially to do it, is to file a claim in small claims court. At least if you were to get a judgment, you would likely be listed as a creditor when and if he files bankruptcy. Since you were apparently told you could not get unemployment, if at all possible go back and file again under your previous employer. Of course, if you quit that job, you might not qualify there either. A very similar thing happened to my son in law. He went to pick up his check and found the doors locked, the lights off and a n

Hmmmmm. Not a clue. Did I just miss seeing them when I was up that way about an hour ago???

No, we do not disagree on that. They are not the same. My point is that a parent has to agree to having a child's ears pierced if they are under 18. I never said it was the same. Merely that ear piercing and tattooing are not equal to hair coloring and getting your nails done.

My middle daughter took the MA course, became a CMA, works in a doctors office, is in school to become an RN and plans to take a CNA class so she can work and finish her RN course work full time (she's current taking classes part-time toward her RN). She is 38. BTW, in my MA class we had a woman who was old enough to be some of the girls grandmother! She worked in a doctor's office up until she was well into her 70s. You're never too old!! I am so excited for you!!

Howdy neighbor! I'm a mile from there and only went a handful of times back in the 1990s.

But yet a parent does not have to give consent for a person under 18 to have their hair or nails done. A parent DOES have to give consent for a person under 18 to have a piercing done. Ya' ever heard of tattoo removal?

I agree with everything you said! My youngest was about 5 when she got her ears pierced, the older ones were probably closer to 10 when they got theirs pierced. The youngest one has multiple ear piercings. She said when she was 16 or 17 that she wanted a tattoo. We told her that she could get one when she turned 18 but she had to earn the money to pay for it (i.e., couldn't use birthday or Christmas money to do it). She 31 and tattoo free. And yes, infants can't consent to having their ears pierced but yet it's done all the time.

I hope they do re-open. They are legendary in these parts.

I believe I heard they had closed permanently.

You don't see the difference between girls getting their nails done and getting a tattoo??????????

My grandmother had her ears pierced when she was quite young. She stopped wearing earrings. The holes never did completely close up. Neither did mine. But we commonly think of piercings as being permanent.

Having your nails down or coloring your hair is NOT PERMANENT either. Piercings & tattoos = permanent. False nails & highlights = temporary. Comparing apples to walnuts here.

and yet you see little babies with pierced ears.

Apparently. I sure thought that was your daughter. I know she and her husband were both Pcommers and I thought her mom was as well.