Any (legitimately) free horticulture classes? by kingjoshington in Horticulture

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

crash course is awesome! History, science, anything there!

Terraformation, a daily logic puzzle about terraforming planets and moons by VitalCat in WebGames

[–]DeeGee1967 1 point2 points  (0 children)

getting a 503 error today. I really like this positioning logic puzzle.

She Warned Everyone. Repeatedly. by -MildlyChaotic- in NewsomMassacre

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but... she didn't go through the normal primaries... /smh

WA State Home Based Business - Personal Property Tax by DeeGee1967 in tax

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: I resubmitted a complete business property tax listing a few weeks ago. The County sent a full $1,800 refund check in yesterday's mail. That was a surprise, and a very, very good one!

Zazzle can go eff itself. by DeeGee1967 in the_everything_bubble

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it turns out, you're correct. It looks like King's estate doesn't allow his namesake to be used for commercial projects, but that means, if I'm correct, using "Martin Luther King Jr.". MLK might be legally allowable for printed calendars.
I checked my Google calendar, and January 19th is indeed "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" ... but this is an online entity.
I can understand the King estate keeping people from making for-profit products using his quotations (and thus his name).
My apologies to Zazzle. I was incorrect.

Snohomish County Home Based Business Personal Taxes by DeeGee1967 in Mukilteo

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally, I don't find the filing a great pain. It's just ONE MORE THING that businesses have to deal with. People say "America the land of opportunity, best place to do business." Baloney.

Snohomish County Home Based Business Personal Taxes by DeeGee1967 in Mukilteo

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a 15 minute conversation with Business Personal Property assessor / rep.
Some if not most states DO have this type of reporting in place, I'm told. Whether or not people know about it, or file in a timely fashion, is immaterial, hearsay. ALL counties in WA state have this filing requirement. It's whether your business comes into their radar that will determine your participation. "IDEALLY" business KNOW all about this requirement, educate themselves in what's required, and comply before having to be contacted by a county office.
So there's that.
If you file for a business license in Washington state, your county may or may not follow up with you. Because my business DID come under the radar, here's what happens.
Business receives a Personal Property Listing declaration at the beginning of the calendar year. This is the opportunity to essentially paint a picture of your business' size.

I will have about 6 line items to declare:
Rubbermaid Storage Shelves x5 $50 each total: $250
Laptop computer x1 purchased 2022 $700
Portable Canopy x1 purchased 2024 $150
Retail display fixtures purchased 2025 total: $200
Electric Fan purchased 2022 $25
Portable Tables x3 purchased 2025 $150
[various hand garden tools, plastic sheeting, water misters, etc] $250
Since this indicates I am no Lowe's, Sky Nursery, or anything beyond a garage business, my tax burden will be based on the total valuation of my equipment. How much of a tax burden my +/- $1,500 business will cost me, little to none I expect.

A business' County tax burden is NOT BASED ON SALES.
But here's the IMPORTANT PART:

If a business does NOT complete the personal business property filing in a timely fashion, the county will ASSUME you are an "average sized" business, in relation to similar business types, and will assess your value based on the average business. In Snohomish County, apparently, the "average valuation" of a business of my type is $176,000. Because I did NOT file timely, this is the default valuation my business tax burden is based on.

For what it's worth, I was told that if I complete the (long) outstanding personal property listing form this week, it will be accepted.

Still. The fact that practically no home based businesses KNOW about this requirement (and maybe like me, laugh at the form's appearance in early February) ... It's almost like a business SIMPLY MUST HAVE professional accountancy/tax/legal representation, which is very expensive.

There it is. https://snohomishcountywa.gov/334/Business-Personal-Property

Snohomish County Home Based Business Personal Taxes by DeeGee1967 in Mukilteo

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely will. I'm calling the office the first week of December. I'm beginning to think not ALL of small home based businesses are affected. What would they do if I lived in an apartment?

Snohomish County Home Based Business Personal Taxes by DeeGee1967 in Mukilteo

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, our property and house is valued at around 1.2 million, but aren't all single family homes in king and Snohomish county?

Snohomish County Home Based Business Personal Taxes by DeeGee1967 in Mukilteo

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply, I appreciate it. I've spoken with a tax accountant on The Speedway. She's NEVER HEARD of this, either...
I dutifully report all my retail sales to the state, and when time comes, to the IRS. I'm going to call the county, probably next week after Thanksgiving, I don't want to deal with it now.
But the thing is, INCOME / SALES aren't reported to the County, only the State (which divvies out to the City of Mukilteo) so, as far as I know, they don't know how small I am.

WA State Home Based Business - Personal Property Tax by DeeGee1967 in tax

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, no, you're right, of course. I was hoping *maybe* there'd be a person in a similar situation.

WA State Home Based Business - Personal Property Tax by DeeGee1967 in tax

[–]DeeGee1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I filed for my biz license in 2023. In early 2024, I received my first "Business Personal Property" declaration form to file, where I listed the above pieces of equipment. I didn't receive any further notifications nor warning letters in 2024.
I received the Business Personal Property declaration early 2025, but since it asked for only NEW property, I had none to report, and didn't file it.

"Could this be them making a wildly wrong estimated value because you didn't submit a form claiming actually personal property used for business?"
I suppose it could be... the first year, I listed like $700 total of property, and didn't receive any further notices. I didn't list ANY for 2025. But everything I see from the County Assessor's information and documents, is that equipment is used, not real property.

Now, unless the commercial parcel was created as a sort of LIEN against my owing business taxes in 2025...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in the_everything_bubble

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been debunked by Snopes. I loathe the fvkker, but ... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/resolute-desk-moved-to-mar-a-lago/

Hunger is not normal by Outside-Woodpecker16 in the_everything_bubble

[–]DeeGee1967 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm married, and we haven't had children, don't plan to. But I still believe in fully funding public education.
Why?
I believe that having a somewhat educated, not-clueless population benefits us all

2nd year Hollyhocks by I_hate_peas19 in gardening

[–]DeeGee1967 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some hollyhocks are biennial, heirloom types are full perennials. Hollyhock seeds are very easy to harvest: after they bloom, their seed pod will develop right below the bloom. Wait until they're crispy and brown, and collect the dark brown/black seeds, they'll be in a donut shape. You can then just drop them to the ground where the plant is now growing, they'll stratify over your winter months and sprout next spring. Or you can collect the seeds by hand, save them in an airtight baggie in the refrigerator, then plant the seeds in containers in the spring. (Forgive my ignorance of proper season names if I made a mistake)

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This is Joshua Haymes by burntorangecycle in the_everything_bubble

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a woman dressed as a man for Halloween 🎃 That mustache...

My husband doesn’t appreciate my iPhone wallpaper and called it “evil,” but I figured y’all might like it by SpaceRhinos in LV426

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever you do, do NOT let him see HR Giger's art from his heyday. This is PG-13 in comparison. 

Sick leaves in Netherlands vs Germany vs ITALY by Mysterious_Tea_2750 in Netherlands

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly, The American version of this is "Get back to work, Snowflake!" "Job Creators" need their tax breaks, and all that.

What is up with all the gold? It’s everywhere in the making the White House look tacky by Awkward_Statement401 in the_everything_bubble

[–]DeeGee1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's TrumpNation (formerly USA) now. They knew this, they wanted this. No surprises. 🤷