TAXES and Bodybuilding... My message to the IRS... and... the government.

[The Big Sexy]

what are the other things you do to save cash?

Few things. I workout deals with local supermarkets and have been pretty successful with it over the last 10 or so years. I provide "free" education courses at the grocery store for shoppers on nutrition and what is good to eat. I bring my own people (that I sign up from various outlets and marketing) and also people who sign up through the grocery store (very few do this though) - I take them through and show them how to read the labels correctly - and explain the subtle differences in food that many Americans do not know.

The people, in turn, buy a whole bunch of food. For my payment on these fairs, I get a certain dollar amount of food from the grocery store in return, or a percentage off - depending on how much people purchased. My longest streak without having to actually PAY for food was 4 months. However, my food bill is always greatly reduced.

I got a similar thing from Costco - but I did the seminars for the people who worked there. I shopped there for a while (because I liked their chicken and fish) and I got question after question from the employees. I talked to the manger about working out a trade deal, and I went from there. It wasn't a HUGE savings... but considering Chicken was 3.29 a pound, getting 30% off was a nifty savings... and I try to save all I can... without living like a miser.

I have also become good friends with buyers at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales. I can get the previous years fashions at over %50 off. I can get True Religion Jeans that cost $300 in the store for $110 - I can't wear them, but I can sell them on Ebay for $220 or so. For clothes i can wear, it's pretty cool. I know people think it is gay - but I like Affliction shit - So, an $80 top I can get for just over $30... I can get 3 of them - and sell the other two for $60 and pay for mine.

I don't know - I guess I'm just a hustler... I always have been.

[GameofInches]

TBS,

I have cut my own hair now for 2 years (since I was 22). I do a #1 buzz cut, so it is very easy. But I use to pay $20 every 2 weeks and it cost me $50 for the razor. So I have saved $990in 2 yrs by doing this. One of the best investments I have ever made.

I like your way of thinking TBS. Unlike most people, to me, being called cheap and a freak are compliments.

[John Romano]

Cut my own hair since I was 19... I have figured out that I have saved around $34,000 since then... as I have averaged cutting my hair once every 3 weeks, and I paid around $45 + tip for each hair cut before I was 19.

I do about 10 different things like this - and I have saved/made an additional $340K that most people blow on random shit.

I can deal with bad hair, I have a full head of it, I can also deal with the taxes... I just like to bitch about it because it seems like our country doesn't use the money for anything ... it just keeps "needing more taxes"

if you have that much money you should open a C corp and pay yourself a salary. Let the business get the tax breaks.

["Rodz"]

if you have that much money you should open a C corp and pay yourself a salary. Let the business get the tax breaks.

Thats what i was thinking, the write off alone , ie- food, travel, gym expenses would be great.

As for cutting my own hair to save money, i found a better way, i sleep with my hairstylist, that way i get a great haircut and get laid, and i always give her a big tip lololol

[Steve_Colescott]

I was asked to pass on the following message to TBS: "The IRS apologizes for the delay due to the holiday, but they will begin your audit on Monday. Enjoy (and do not mock us again)."

[The Big Sexy]

I was asked to pass on the following message to TBS: "The IRS apologizes for the delay due to the holiday, but they will begin your audit on Monday. Enjoy (and do not mock us again)."

That's fine. Audits are nothing. Just have to make sure you have all your receipts and documentation in order. Then, when they ask for something, take about 2 hours to find it in your files. Then, when they ask for something else, take another 2 hours to find it. It will be the last time they audit you... trust me.

[The Big Sexy]

if you have that much money you should open a C corp and pay yourself a salary. Let the business get the tax breaks.

Yeah - I have something set up. Like I said in a previous post above, it is a complex situation.

[American Outlaw]

Few things. I workout deals with local supermarkets and have been pretty successful with it over the last 10 or so years. I provide "free" education courses at the grocery store for shoppers on nutrition and what is good to eat. I bring my own people (that I sign up from various outlets and marketing) and also people who sign up through the grocery store (very few do this though) - I take them through and show them how to read the labels correctly - and explain the subtle differences in food that many Americans do not know.

The people, in turn, buy a whole bunch of food. For my payment on these fairs, I get a certain dollar amount of food from the grocery store in return, or a percentage off - depending on how much people purchased. My longest streak without having to actually PAY for food was 4 months. However, my food bill is always greatly reduced.

I got a similar thing from Costco - but I did the seminars for the people who worked there. I shopped there for a while (because I liked their chicken and fish) and I got question after question from the employees. I talked to the manger about working out a trade deal, and I went from there. It wasn't a HUGE savings... but considering Chicken was 3.29 a pound, getting 30% off was a nifty savings... and I try to save all I can... without living like a miser.

I have also become good friends with buyers at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales. I can get the previous years fashions at over %50 off. I can get True Religion Jeans that cost $300 in the store for $110 - I can't wear them, but I can sell them on Ebay for $220 or so. For clothes i can wear, it's pretty cool. I know people think it is gay - but I like Affliction shit - So, an $80 top I can get for just over $30... I can get 3 of them - and sell the other two for $60 and pay for mine.

I don't know - I guess I'm just a hustler... I always have been.

Pffffffffffffffffffffffffff

I once started out with 3 plain envelopes and hustled myself to 148 honeybuns, 80 packs of coffee and a TV set.

[rainjack]

if you have that much money you should open a C corp and pay yourself a salary. Let the business get the tax breaks.

Change the "C" to an "S", and you would be dead on correct. Why put with double taxation owning a "C" Corp?