Blogging and Taxes

by John Sullivan on November 20, 2009 · 16 comments

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When New York State smacked a $638.oo lien on my bank account and my payment for my hosting got jammed up and my blog was down I was upset for about 5 minutes. I learned in this day and age that you can often be doing the best you can only to get smacked down, by the government, some business or a so called friend.

I used the time as a BRAKE and was able to see what I need to do to move forward. I learned alot and it was a good experience for me. I was able to make enough to pay of my various tabs so now things for Christmas are looking better
I did for a minute think about quitting. Or at least using a different blog as my main blog but I’m not a quitter in fact I’m going to be whipping out so many ideas and cool stuff I hope you can keep UP
Thanks to my few friends that showed some concern while I was down to the rest DO YOU

I know a blogger can only get so far on their own

Have you come close to just Quitting ? Not me I don’t quit until I won thanks

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1 Karen from Blazing Minds Twitter: RemBeatZ (8 comments) November 20, 2009 at 1:05 pm

When I first started blogging I used to find it so hard and there was many times when I thought “To Hell With It”, but, I kept going and love to blog now, I’m so glad I never quit, imagine all the interesting useful and useless information I wouldn’t of found out
Karen @ Blazing Minds´s last blog ..Powermat Wireless Charging!

2 John Sullivan Twitter: jsinkeywest (440 comments) November 20, 2009 at 1:56 pm: @Karen I heard you mention on Facebook you weren’t feeling well .Well your still out here kicking ass Thanks and I hope your feeling better

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3 Keith from Norman Rockwell Art (46 comments) November 20, 2009 at 3:26 pm

John, I am glad you are back. I was worried something had happened to you. Glad to hear it was only money and not something physical.

As for your bank account, you should never hold that in your own name. You should do business as an entity such as an LLC or Trust. That way, they need a court order to steal your money. If a bank turns over that entities funds without a court order, you will have a claim against that bank. A big claim! Don’t take my word, do some research on how to protect your funds.
Keith@Norman Rockwell Art´s last blog ..Nov 17, The Museum of American Illustration is home to Norman Rockwell paintings

4 Extreme John from Blogging CEO Twitter: extremejohn (86 comments) November 20, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Sorry your going through some shit bro, it’s just awesome to see you back in action. You have so much to offer you can’t quit, this is where your at your best f the rest.
Extreme John@Blogging CEO´s last blog ..Pictures of Girls in Limos

5 Hesham from FamousBloggers Twitter: FamousBloggers (2 comments) November 20, 2009 at 9:10 pm

So sorry to hear that John, I am so happy you are ack to your blog!
Your post makes me think! you showed me that bloggers can be down even for a simple reason! danger is all around!
Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..2009 Open Source CMS Awards: Another Approve that Wordpress is the Best CMS Platform Ever Exist!

6 madhollywood from Sketch of the Day Twitter: madhollywood (41 comments) November 20, 2009 at 11:36 pm

I knew there had to be a story. I was starting to worry about you pal. I missed your ferocious friendship and the sickest blogger I know. Death and taxes bro… death and taxes.
madhollywood@Sketch of the Day´s last blog ..Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Movie Poster

7 chandan Twitter: moonheart (13 comments) November 21, 2009 at 1:41 am

When I first start blogging I only think for make money, but now I am enjoying my blogging life, blogging help us for grow our creativity,
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8 Alan from Glass Pipes (13 comments) November 21, 2009 at 6:13 am

Very excited to have you back bro. It sucks how the gov’t is trying to squeeze everything they can out of people while they are going mental spending their way to death. Never give up bro – everyday is a struggle, just learn from it and move on.

9 do follow blogs Twitter: jsinkeywest (53 comments) November 21, 2009 at 10:09 am

thanks everyone for the cool nice comments
do follow blogs´s last blog ..Barack’s Vietnam

10 Mathdelane Twitter: SoftwareCritics (8 comments) November 21, 2009 at 11:29 am

It’s nice to be back here. I hope everything’s going well for you, John.
I’ve been blogging for a while though not as long as you do, I may have encountered a lot of downturns especially when trying to maintain my blog while at the same time monetize it.

This blogging thing still baffles me…I hope I can last long like you do. Cheers to your success!
Mathdelane´s last blog ..Mippin-ize Your Site for Mobile Browsers

11 Matt from Sacramento Weddings (128 comments) November 21, 2009 at 1:55 pm

I was actually starting to worry about you, then realized you were probably just kicking back and smoking some chronic — and had FORGOTTEN to pay your domain or hosting tab!

12 Roy from Hostgator Discount Coupons (4 comments) November 23, 2009 at 3:07 am

This is something I’ve been meaning to ask other bloggers about. I haven’t paid any tax on my earnings yet because they are below the threshold in the country I live in.

I guess the best advice would be to get yourself a decent accountant and let them make sure you never get fined or lose money down to poor financial management.

I feel for you though $600+ is quite a bit to lose!
Roy@Hostgator Discount Coupons´s last blog ..Hostgator 20% Autumn Discount Now Available

13 music scene kid Twitter: musicjudge (68 comments) November 23, 2009 at 3:55 am

I’d wondered where you’d gone to.. Glad that you’re back and not letting the world get you down
music scene kid´s last undefined ..If you register your site for free at

14 George Serradinho Twitter: gfserradinho (33 comments) November 24, 2009 at 4:32 am

Glad to hear that you never quit, that would of been the easy way out and I can’t say I know you like that

Things happen for a reason and we need to always be positive and look a head to a brighter future.
George Serradinho´s last blog ..Enhance Your Featured Posts using Smooth Slider WordPress Plugin

15 Kurt Avish Twitter: kurtavish (23 comments) November 25, 2009 at 4:24 am

Never quit until you win ~ That’s the spirit Glad to see you back.
Kurt Avish´s last blog ..Compulsory Voting in Mauritius

16 Adam (21 comments) November 25, 2009 at 5:45 pm

Glad you got your blog back up John. Yea, paying taxes does bite, but I believe it is a necessary evil.

I have had periods of downtime when I just didn’t feel like writing, and I also have periodic thoughts of selling(100,000 to first buyer).
Adam´s last blog ..Whats on Your Christmas List?