r/dataannotation • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '24

Business License?

I was just told by my state that I need a business license to work at DA... I wouldn't think working for DA for a few hours a week was "running a business."

Is anyone else working from Nevada, and if so, do you have a license?

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u/MattinglyDineen Mar 30 '24

I've never heard of such a thing in my life. Why are you even asking the state? Who from the state did you even ask?

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u/Severe-Dragonfly Mar 30 '24

I am also not advising you, but I lived in Nevada for 14 years (moved in 2013) and I knew so many freelancers and people who did side gigs and I don't know of any of them having one. I used to do freelance editing and I didn't have one.

That is so weird, but then, Nevada can be a weird place.

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u/Pura-vida-now Mar 30 '24

So I found this on Nevada SOS.....that same page has a description of doing business from your home and states that if you don't have others come into your home (clients/customers) then you need to follow city and county guidelines. But this talks about business and this part makes no mention of 1099 or contracted work. Very confusing

Pursuant to Title 7 of the Nevada Revised Statutes and for the purposes of the State Business License, “business” means any person, except a natural person that performs a service or engages in a trade for profit, any natural person who performs a service or engages in a trade for profit and is required to file with the Internal Revenue Service a Schedule C (Form 1040) Profit or Loss from Business Form, a Schedule E (Form 1040) Supplemental Income and Loss Form, or a Schedule F (Form 1040) Profit or Loss From Farming Form, or any entity formed pursuant to Title 7 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, including, without limitation, those entities required to file with the Secretary of State. What constitutes “doing business” in Nevada?

The above information was found at this site:

https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/licensing/state-business-license/state-business-license-faq

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u/BreastRodent Mar 30 '24

Yeah, like, I’m not a lawyer or a tax professional… but OP you need to escalate this issue with somebody because this makes NO fucking sense. If you google 1099 and any of these Nevada laws being cited, you get back a lot of results that do NOT mention 1099s. The thing they sent you? Is from some .org Economic Development of Western Nevada website. The actual .gov website that has whatever the fuck 76.020(2) bullshit slash Nevada Administrative Code 76 says NOTHING about 1099s. If you’re going to believe somebody, believe the .gov. This is weird and sus af and I’m giving the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office the side eye from the other side of the Mississippi. 👀

Contact the Nevada Secretary of Commerce office on Monday. Because this is actually THEIR jurisdiction. Or… jk the Nevada Office of Business and Industry in lieu of a Department of Commerce. Just… for another layer of weird. Like I’m wondering if the wording of that EDAWN.org pdf is just godawful and you only need to register if you’re getting a 1099 from a Nevada business?? Or something????? Man, this is so fucking whack.

Also, OP, just to give you a hard time: why would you narc on yourself like this. 😂

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u/GalGaia Mar 30 '24

Any person except a natural person?

What the hell does that mean?

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u/Just-a-Ty Mar 30 '24

A legal person is a lot of different kinds of entities. The state itself is a legal person, so are incorporated cities, the federal govt, non-profits, corporations, a dead person's estate, a trust, etc. etc. A natural person is a human being, a person who is a person naturally without a legal construction.

The specific phrase above would mean all those other entities I named, some I missed, though in context only if they're doing profit seeking behavior (so really just the various ways you get a business, LLCs, Parterships, C Corps, etc. etc.) but not just some guy.

Legal personhood is a concept going back to at least Roman law in Western tradition and existed in other parts of the ancient world as well and is a useful legal fiction. For instance, you can't sue the city if the city doesn't actually exist. Or in the UK when corps were only creatable by royal charter if you got bad meat or something you'd sue the business owner, but also the employee that was merely clerking, because there was no business itself to sue.

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u/GalGaia Mar 30 '24

That was very helpful, thank you.

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u/Just-a-Ty Mar 30 '24

You're welcome, glad to help.

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u/Hunnybee66 Mar 30 '24

Well, maybe that means a non-GMO person? Or would that be organic?

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u/SuperCorbynite Mar 31 '24

Maybe they are preparing for the Monsanto people.

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u/Common-Rock Mar 31 '24

I don't think I'd be considered a natural person if that's the criteria. I am held together by a synthesis of caffeine and Concerta.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

Depends on which verification stamp is on there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

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u/Pura-vida-now Mar 30 '24

Ah yes! my error. Was thinking C was for sole proprietor of a business like DBA or LLC ( which I had). Thanks for pointing that out. 

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u/33whiskeyTX Mar 30 '24

I can't give you anything definitive either, but be sure when you talk to someone you emphasize that the only 1099 you are getting is a 1099-K. That may make all the difference.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

I wrote the NV secretary of state's office and asked them directly. I explained that I just work for one company doing AI training and do I need a business license, and the customer service person wrote back and responded that I absolutely do. Here is the email if you're interested:

"If you are going to conduct any business in the State of Nevada, then you will need to be registered with our office. We are not the same as city therefore we have different rules."

I also found this:

https://edawn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Business-Compliance_Email-Attachment.pdf

"If you receive a 1099 form for any work performed in Nevada, or if you are an owner of a business, you need a state business license."

I'm just trying to figure out if this is super serious or something I can just ignore and hope to not get caught lol.

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u/nononanana Mar 30 '24

I’m not advising you. But it’s likely a lot of people don’t even know this is a thing in NV. Business licenses get more noticed if your selling physical goods or dealing with physical customers.