jimidalliance
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- Feb 21, 2007
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Hey
I'm a member of a band, at the moment we have to small vans for transporting us and the gear, but we want to get a crew cab so we can fit everything in the one van!
Before buying anything I decided to do some research, and it seems that it is not so easy to tax the van.
I rang my local tax office for advice today. The lady just kind of spouted out a lot of stuff I had read already, that you have to have at least 3 employees and only use it within the hours that the employees are paid. However, the second I mentioned that it was for a band, I was met with a stern NO!!
She said it has to be a proper business, and I explained that we are a registered business and we are registered with revenue to file our income tax. She then said that we don't have any employees, to which I replied that it was a four way partnership, surely that would count!! She through quite a few more excuses at me, but I was able to honestly answer them, and could not see what the issue was, but she basically kept saying that No, a band will not qualify for commercial tax!!
So my question is, is she right or is there a way for me to tax a crew cab commercially?
To tax it privately would be far too expensive!!!
Cheers!!
I'm a member of a band, at the moment we have to small vans for transporting us and the gear, but we want to get a crew cab so we can fit everything in the one van!
Before buying anything I decided to do some research, and it seems that it is not so easy to tax the van.
I rang my local tax office for advice today. The lady just kind of spouted out a lot of stuff I had read already, that you have to have at least 3 employees and only use it within the hours that the employees are paid. However, the second I mentioned that it was for a band, I was met with a stern NO!!
She said it has to be a proper business, and I explained that we are a registered business and we are registered with revenue to file our income tax. She then said that we don't have any employees, to which I replied that it was a four way partnership, surely that would count!! She through quite a few more excuses at me, but I was able to honestly answer them, and could not see what the issue was, but she basically kept saying that No, a band will not qualify for commercial tax!!
So my question is, is she right or is there a way for me to tax a crew cab commercially?
To tax it privately would be far too expensive!!!
Cheers!!