[extropy-chat] change of topic

[MB]

Yes, this is so. But the "reasonably capable" is not necessarily what
you might think.

As for having the kids working at the family business, been there,
done that. :)

Regards,
MB


On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Kevin Freels wrote:

> >
> > Putting little ones to work with us ASAP is fine, however our friendly
> > government is kinda frowning on that nowadays. It is, IMO, part of
> > parenting, training the young to work, to be contributing parts of the
> > family, to be personally responsible.
>
> Did you know that a self-employed person may employ their own children as
> long as they are at any age where thay can be reasonably be bapable of
> performing the tasks? They are exempt from minimum wage laws as well. You
> still get to write off their pay as payroll and they have to file taxes on
> that income as with any other employer. This gives a nice little tax
> advantage if you are self-employed and have many children. :-)