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I'm actually a big advocate of the social media thing.  My son has a little business selling t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, etc.  He made up his own brand and then markets it on Tik Tok, Instagram, etc.  Sells stuff all over the world.  Again, its not a big business but not bad for a high school kid.  He can now take that system he's developed and use it with any other business he gets involved in.  Easy to switch gears once you know what to do.  I wish I had the inclination to get into it.  With its constantly changing landscape, its definitely a young person's game.

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2 hours ago, gmpirate said:

I come to that dilemma every year end.  Hard to swallow forking out those taxes right after December.  Still have to talk to my accountant about writing off inventory . . . 

I would bet that's going to be a dead end.  Allowing businesses to write off inventory in the year it is purchased would be horrible fiscal policy that would incentivize businesses to increase their debt each year in order to purchase enough inventory to reduce their tax liability to zero.  That opinion or whatever it was that was posted recently was ridiculous...as soon as they got to the point of saying "it's not actually written in the rule," I stopped reading...if it's not written in the rule, you should assume that whatever clever analysis they used to reach that conclusion is unlikely to be accepted by the IRS.

And paying a stupid amount of taxes on Lego sales is the best kind of problem to have because it means your profits were high enough to justify a stupid tax bill.  If you've planned for it throughout the year, it's not painful at all.

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3 hours ago, gmpirate said:

I come to that dilemma every year end.  Hard to swallow forking out those taxes right after December.  Still have to talk to my accountant about writing off inventory . . . 

You don’t write off inventory until you sell. Buy a LEGO set for $50. Sell for $100. Let’s pretend fees and shipping are $20. You just made $30. You claim a capital gain of $30 and pay taxes on the $30 (about 30% tax on average = about $10 in taxes). Take home profit after taxes is $20. I’m no accountant. But that’s about how it works. 
 

And yes, paying taxes is a great problem to have. People that complain about taxes don’t get it. Paying taxes is a great thing. It means you’re fortunate enough to have income…as Redcell stated above. 

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6 minutes ago, Gonkalin said:

You don’t write off inventory until you sell. Buy a LEGO set for $50. Sell for $100. Let’s pretend fees and shipping are $20. You just made $30. You claim a capital gain of $30 and pay taxes on the $30 (about 30% tax on average = about $10 in taxes). Take home profit after taxes is $20. I’m no accountant. But that’s about how it works. 

Amazing . . .

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42 minutes ago, Gonkalin said:

I answered what I thought was an honest question. I was not rude or condescending in my answer. For all I know you’re a young Brickpicker that really doesn’t know how taxes work. Sorry for trying to be helpful. 

no worries.  my post relates to another discussion that had been going on here.  "dilemma" was probably a poor choice of words.

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1 hour ago, Gonkalin said:

You don’t write off inventory until you sell. Buy a LEGO set for $50. Sell for $100. Let’s pretend fees and shipping are $20. You just made $30. You claim a capital gain of $30 and pay taxes on the $30 (about 30% tax on average = about $10 in taxes). Take home profit after taxes is $20. I’m no accountant. But that’s about how it works. 
 

And yes, paying taxes is a great problem to have. People that complain about taxes don’t get it. Paying taxes is a great thing. It means you’re fortunate enough to have income…as Redcell stated above. 

you forgot all the extras write-offs that are legit

travel and storage are obvious...home office can cause a red flag unless done carefully...there's also losses.  Probably a ton more that are more on the creative side but potentially legit as well.

how the heck are we talkin taxes on THIS thread?

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On 8/17/2021 at 1:48 PM, Shortbus311 said:

Btw, I know that this is probably the wrong thread, but I do have a new favorite Lego YouTuber, I love this persons energy and her quirkiness. I would much rather watch her videos than MandR or Jang...

https://youtube.com/c/Emmasaurus

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saw a couple vids...but I don't see what useful info she provides?

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this definitely falls into the "grain of salt" category,

but of the handful of sets on sale at my local LEGO store; HP Burrows set was actually discounted (10%🙄)....Hmmm.  The clerk said it was because it's retiring...but but Stonewars AND Brickfanatics clearly have it retiring late 2022. 

Obviously if it actually goes it will catch a lot of folks by surprise.  That and it's a pretty special set to have as a HP LEGO fan...the prior version went for $250+; it's special because of the MFs, but also iconic house which is buoyed by not being connected to other HP Building systems...the "system" is turning into more of a liability as HP modulars keep getting updated.  It's a stand alone and will fit any past, current or future iterations of HP buildings.  Doing current scarcity research is challenging as it's a Target "exclusive".

Anyway, I have my doubts (but in for 2...the sole one I got last year was one of the few quick flips that was a success for me which is another reason this set sticks on my mind)...but wanted to throw that out there.

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7 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

tossing a coin on what to do with these tree houses. if it is indeed 2023 thats a long time to be soaking up space & funds. do not like taking any type of loss but might take my medicne on this lot...

If purchased here at the often seen 20% off, it shouldn't be too hard to offload some locally at minimal gains.

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10 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

tossing a coin on what to do with these tree houses. if it is indeed 2023 thats a long time to be soaking up space & funds. do not like taking any type of loss but might take my medicne on this lot...

bought 30 last year regretted it so much when retirment got delayed but turned out had plenty o ftime to flip q4 last year for a profit. as it consistently goes in and out of stock, i anticipate similair opportunity this year.

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1 hour ago, Bricklectic said:

bought 30 last year regretted it so much when retirment got delayed but turned out had plenty o ftime to flip q4 last year for a profit. as it consistently goes in and out of stock, i anticipate similair opportunity this year.

This.  Unloaded all my during the holidays.  I only bought a few this year and will likely just unload them again.  In any case, its better to sell at a loss than tie up your money.

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8 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

tossing a coin on what to do with these tree houses. if it is indeed 2023 thats a long time to be soaking up space & funds. do not like taking any type of loss but might take my medicne on this lot...

You have two options:

1 - Unload now locally for breakeven (assuming you bought at RRP), as unlikely these will sell for above RRP on eBay UK after you take into account fees / taxes. This isn't the US where sets are sold out for ages. You really only have 2 occasions in UK to sell current sets, at release or Xmas sold out period, but it really is a case of hot potato, and you don't want to be left holding them...

2 - Wait until end of the year to see if it retires (low probability).

I've personally dumped all sets above the £200+ mark due to box size and just focusing on smaller sets, as alot easier to store / pack etc. 

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