[pianotech] Business Definition

[David Boyce]

Yes indeed. I know I'm in a different country with different laws, so 
maybe I shouldn't comment, but it seems crazy to me and I am sure it 
would not stand up to proper legal scrutiny. If it does, the 
implications are huge!

The actual provision of the service (and the small amound of selling of 
product, like Dampp Chasers and Cory products) does not take place in 
the Technician's home.  All that happens in his home is an agreement 
made by telephone to provide a service or sell a product in the HOME OF 
THE CLIENT.  Technically then, the home of every client must be 
appropriately registered as a place of business, since that is where the 
service is provided, and payment received!

Could a County official even prove that telephone agreements to provide 
a service take place in a Technician's home? Supposing the Technician 
said "I only give out my cellphone number, and calls only ever come when 
I am out and about, never when I am at home".  Where then is the place 
where the agreement is made to provide the service?

Consider also the case of a peripatetic music teacher who does no 
teaching in his own home, but always travels to the homes of his 
pupils.  Is his home also his place of business?

Wim must surely be right, about asking for some official rulings.

Best regards,

David.

>
>     What actually constitutes a commercial business ?
>
> Where income is made from providing a service or selling a product.
> I would suggest you ask the city for some official rulings on the 
> zoning they claim you're violating.
> Wim
>

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