[pianotech] Accounting question

[Paul Williams]

I think it is the state, city county or whatever in which you do the work.
 When I lived in Washington State, is was a nightmare to register in
different cities and even counties where I did business.  Those were
multiple. 

One reason I got out of there. The paperwork (in those days) was
overwhelming!  Now on line not so much.  I love driving 6 miles to work,
work all day, get a paycheck, and drive home at the end of the day. I miss
a lot of full weekends (thank God for home football games!)  Ahhh! Of
course, I could make more $$, but go back to driving 50,000 miles a year,
replacing a car every 4 years, omit the huge paper pile, but no thanks!

I know exactly what pianos I'm going to deal with each day, no surprises,
meet huge names in the business, etc.  There are draw backs, like right
now, I'm waiting around for the Vienna Choir Boys to practice and then am
supposed to "touch up" the tuning at 7 when the doors open for the
concert.  I guess we can't have everything!

Paul


On 11/13/12 4:07 PM, "Paul Mulik" <paulmulik at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I live in Missouri but many of my customers are in Kansas, and a few are
>in Oklahoma, so I have to file separate income tax forms for each state.
>Today I actually worked in all three.
>
>Suppose a guy in Missouri wants me to tune, let's say, his mother's
>piano, which is in Kansas.  So I tune it, and when I get back to
>Missouri, he pays me. Does this count as income earned in Missouri, or
>Kansas?
>
>Paul Mulik
>