How much did I lose on RTTP in 2009[views:3525][posts:38][poll! to vote:click here] to view:click here] _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:01pm - the_reverend ""] Unlike other years, I didn't claim any gas mileage as expenses. take a guess. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:04pm - RichHorror ""] Why didn't you? Are you retarded? |
| _______________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:04pm - ark ""] you bought a new server yeah? that + gas + road food + i figure you offset maintenance/bandwidth with ads = 5029? |
| _______________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:05pm - ark ""] RichHorror said:Why didn't you? Are you retarded? seriusly. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:05pm - the_reverend ""] cause I couldn't and keep rttp as a business. 2008 I claimed the shows that I specifically paid to go shoot. I can this year though and a new lens and a laptop. The first year that I claimed my mileage, I lost 24.4K on rttp. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:08pm - the_reverend ""] you can only claim a loss for 3 of 5 years or it becomes a hobby. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:10pm - arilliusbm ""] Stop taking pictures or you're a pussy. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:10pm - the_reverend ""] I should also say that I put my WUNH engineering on the RTTP books so that off-sets some money. I made more last year from doing contract engineering work than I did from rttp ads, magazines and guitar companies combined. this year it's going to be even worse. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:11pm - the_reverend ""] oh and I also need to have 7 banner ads a month to pay for just the server costs. |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:14pm - josh_hates_you ""] even if you spent 20k.......you didn't lose. you sir, win just about everyday. |
| ________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:15pm - sever ""] what are you rates for banner ads? out of curiosity |
| __________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:17pm - Conservationist ""] Are there any limitations on content for those banner ads? |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:20pm - hauptpflucker ""] josh_hates_you said:even if you spent 20k.......you didn't lose. you sir, win just about everyday. agreed, it's not the size of the hole in your wallet that counts, it's the satisfaction granted to all of us who have access to the most enlightening website on the planet... yep... |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:23pm - josh_hates_you ""] Conservationist said:Are there any limitations on content for those banner ads? imagine the possibilities. |
| __________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:35pm - Conservationist ""] josh_hates_you said: Conservationist said:Are there any limitations on content for those banner ads? imagine the possibilities. Indeed! |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 12:55pm - s.axl.beckett ""] I listed band expenses in the same way on a schedule C for a while but they told me the same thing: "you have to actually make money eventually to have it be a business." So is RTTP in danger of complete financial insolvency? |
| _______________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:00pm - timma ""] I'm going with $32,436.27 |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:01pm - the_reverend ""] I just didn't claim everything. On a year-to-date without the gas mileage or the appreciation of equipment I bought before, I made certain the books said I was +$240. When you run it through all my deductions on my taxes, it comes out to a loss. When I did put in gas mileage charges, it was about $8K-$14K more (as in additional off what I already lost) debt which would then make rttp a hobby and I would have to just pay taxes on every penny of income that came in from this site. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:08pm - arilliusbm ""] What's Carina's thoughts on all of this? |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:08pm - Conservationist ""] Time for the gay porn ads. That's sizeable. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:19pm - the_reverend ""] I hope that carina doesn't read this thread. Her thoughts are probably "you are an idiot." |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:28pm - s.axl.beckett ""] yeah just do shitty "facebook of porn" ads that they have on every other website in the world at this point if you have to. |
| _______________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:31pm - sever ""] yeah, this site is relatively untouched by ads. you could do more without making it really annoying. |
| __________________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:36pm - largefreakatzero ""] Make it really annoying or you are a broke pussy. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 13,2010 1:53pm - ark ""] i wouldn't care if RTTP had more ads. text mode! |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 4:18pm - deathchick ""] make more rttp hoodies. i will buy one. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 4:22pm - DreadKill ""] the_reverend said:you can only claim a loss for 3 of 5 years or it becomes a hobby.hobby rocker! |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 4:25pm - DreadKill ""] largefreakatzero said:Make it really annoying or you are a broke pussy. this |
| _______________________________ [Apr 13,2010 8:05pm - Pires ""] deathchick said:make more rttp hoodies. i will buy one. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 8:07pm - boblovesmusic ""] Pires said: deathchick said:make more rttp hoodies. i will buy one. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 13,2010 8:08pm - boblovesmusic ""] sever said:yeah, this site is relatively untouched by ads. you could do more without making it really annoying. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 15,2010 1:29pm - the_reverend ""] it was the 2 grand one. though if you take out the WUNH engineering and put in gas, it's around -$11K. |
| _____________________________ [Apr 15,2010 1:34pm - pam ""] boblovesmusic said: Pires said: deathchick said:make more rttp hoodies. i will buy one. t-shirts, too. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 15,2010 1:43pm - Doomkid nli ""] s.axl.beckett said:I listed band expenses in the same way on a schedule C for a while but they told me the same thing: "you have to actually make money eventually to have it be a business." That is fucking un-American. |
| ________________________________ [Apr 15,2010 1:50pm - xmikex ""] ITT: "Sorry Rev Jr. I can't finance your 4 years at Vassar, but I've got some really sweet shots of Opeth at the palladium." |
| _____________________________ [Apr 15,2010 3:51pm - GUY ""] Hahahaha |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 15,2010 3:56pm - xanonymousx ""] you work hard for what you love. good job. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 15,2010 3:57pm - Lich_King ""] I'll be buying some ad space soon so look forward to lobster dinners and fancy cars. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 15,2010 6:44pm - the_reverend ""] I got a thing for them big-bodied Benzes. it dulls my senses. |