Now I do not have ads on any of my blogs but I am not in favor of antics like this one. I do think that the blogger needs to claim that $11 as income.. I guess.. do the advertisers report the costs? Anywho.. I think that the overwhelming (99%) percentage of bloggers are not small business owners and should not be subject to Philly-like fees.The weekly Philadelphia City Paper kicked off the kerfuffle with an article spotlighting several small-scale bloggers who were startled to receive letters from the city demanding that they shell out up to $300 for a license allowing them to operate a local business. One of the recipients had raked in a whopping profit of $11 over two years from his blog. ... That's how the Philly bloggers landed on the city's radar: Those who followed the law and reported their blog's revenue to the IRS triggered tripwires set up to find local businesses operating without licenses.
What is your perspective on blog ads and Philly fees? Do you have them on your blog?
I don't have ads. I figure I don't have enough readers to make them worth it. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't have any ads and won't sel out to any. But to me this is unbeleivable how far government will reach to try to make or steal a buck to fund all their pork barrel projects.
ReplyDeleteI, am not surprised.