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<font face="Arial">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!<br>
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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!<br>
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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?<br>
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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? <br>
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Wim must surely be right, about asking for some official rulings.
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Best regards,<br>
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David.<br>
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<div>I would suggest you ask the city for some official
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