Blogging in Philadelphia
Looks like running a blog in Philadelphia just got expensive.
From the
Philadelphia City Paper:
Pay Up
For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that features occasional posts about green living, out of her Manayunk home. Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says she's made about $50. To Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, it's a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut.
In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license.
"The real kick in the pants is that I don't even have a full-time job, so for the city to tell me to pony up $300 for a business privilege license, pay wage tax, business privilege tax, net profits tax on a handful of money is outrageous," Bess says.
I can see requiring a business license if you are actually in business but this is extreme to say the least. Why not have a $10K minimum -- make below this each year and you don't owe anything.
This is going to generate a lot of publicity for the City. Heh...
Posted by DaveH at August 23, 2010 7:47 PM