[Leica] Question about photography business

[Mark Rabiner]

Setting up my books my first year in my photo studio I learned about income and expenses. And Taxes.
There is so much stuff you need to get at the end of the year it's easy to get some more gear or that money just goes to Uncle Sam.
It makes sense they tell you can only do that so many years in a row. So you have to respect that. And half the time it's not like I had tons of money anyway to start spending so my expenses equals my income. Paying taxes is kind of like paying bills it makes you feel like a successful person. Puts me in a good mood!

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 9/21/18, 7:29 PM, "LUG on behalf of Tina Manley via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    I'm not Doug or Bob but since nobody else has answered, here is my
    experience with setting up a photography business in South Carolina.  It is
    not complicated in SC.  You don't even have to register except to register
    your name to keep anyone else from using it.  A sole proprietorship is the
    way to go.  You can set up an LLC or S corporation but that would depend on
    the laws in California which might be wacky.
    
    The best thing to do would be to pay a CPA who knows the laws in California
    and can advise you.  It would be worth the fee to get it right!
    
    Good luck,
    
    Tina
    
    On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
    wrote:
    
    > Hi Brian,
    >
    > Doug Herr or Bob Adler might be folks to talk with.
    >
    > My late father-in-law was in the business in  the 40s and 50s, but that
    > was in Mississippi, a long way from California laws.
    >
    > Jim Nichols
    > Tullahoma, TN USA
    >
    >
    > On 9/21/2018 2:40 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
    >
    >> I've been taking pictures for money (mostly weddings and portraits) for
    >> 40 years. I've always had a day job; I'm not good enough to try to make a
    >> living at it. The money I make has paid for lenses and printers but has
    >> never paid the mortgage or bought food.
    >>
    >> Recent circumstances require that I become a registered business.
    >> Obviously it would be a sole proprietorship. I know lots about cameras and
    >> computers but nothing about business licensing.
    >>
    >> Does anybody have any suggestions as to where I should start, to make my
    >> little "Brian Reid Photography" venture be a registered business? Since I
    >> live in California I assume that I would register in California, but I am
    >> baffled by what I find with search engines.
    >>
    >>
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