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Re:The 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Bubble Is About to Burst by ivanche on Friday January 13, 2023 @07:24AM (#34366788)
Moral aside of shooting mates' wedding and charging for it(!), but as soon as you use equipment to earn it's a business/side gig. You may not like it but I'm sure tax authorities of any sane country will disagree with you.

For the rest I actually agree with you and think credit system is predatory and that if one can, one should take advantage of it. Just that buying something on credit because want, and using that something to earn money are two fundamentally different cases.

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Re:The 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Bubble Is About to Burst by foldr on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:36AM (#34370155)
Why is it a problem if it’s a business or side gig? In the UK at least that just means that you need to report the income on your tax return if it’s above a certain amount. It’s not difficult. I’m not sure I’d describe countries that make you do more than this as ‘sane’.
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Re:The 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Bubble Is About to Burst by Ultimatt on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:17PM (#34384686)
Dude what world (or country) do you live in? Im in the UK and everyone has a £1k self employment allowance, that gets you quite a nice camera! Filling out the return is trivial.
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