Re: business license

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

I wouldn't think that you'd have to have a business license to enter 
as a business. Each state is different on what the requirements are. 
The IRS allows sole proprietorship w/o any additional anything.
jems

>It's been suggested - in an offlist email in relation to the entry rules for
>awards - that people with a business license are eligible to enter in
>category 6 of the awards but not those without. Dawn's case highlights how
>impractical that is - she has had a license in the past but does so no
>longer - yet (presumably) she continues to work and trade in exactly the
>same way. So her eligibility would depend on whether or not she retains her
>license.
>
>Don't think that'll work.
>
>Graham
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>On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:42 PM, dawn hummel 
><beedazzledgardens@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>  Marty -
>>  Measure 66 and 67 are being voted on in Oregon this month. This will affect
>>  small businesses that are registered with the State of Oregon. If both
>>  measures pass, that may affect who has one or not moving forward due to
>>  extra costs and retroactive taxes.
>>
>>  I did have one for years, but let it expire last year due to this measure
>>  just in case.
>>
>>  Dawn
>>
>>
>>
>>  ________________________________
>>  From: Marty Wingate <martywin@earthlink.net>
>>  To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
>>  Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 11:50:00 AM
>>  Subject: [GWL] business license
>>
>>  Do any of the freelance writers on this list have a business license?
>>  I realize that many of you own nurseries or have other business
>>  enterprises where you are required to have a license, but my question
>>  is for those who are freelance writers only.
>>
>>  Thanks.
>>
>>  Marty Wingate
>>
>>  Author:
>>  The Bellevue Botanical Garden: Celebrating the First 15 Years (2007)
>>  The Big Book of Northwest Perennials
>>  (Sasquatch Books, 2005)
>>  Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens
>>  (Sasquatch Books, 2003)
>>
>>
>>  martywingate.com
>>
>>
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