11 yr olds cupcake "business" shut down by local government agency....

[AGDee]

Now that this has had national attention, I hope she realizes the IRS is going to want their share of the business too...

[badgeguy]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Now that this has had national attention, I hope she realizes the IRS is going to want their share of the business too...

My guess is that this was the original impetus of the health dept stepping in, in the first place. They saw that someone hadn't paid their $$ to the govt so they stepped in.

There are I'm sure hundreds of kids and people who are doing the same thing all over the country and making sometimes a little money but once it's known to the govt they want their share of any profits.....

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by badgeguy

My guess is that this was the original impetus of the health dept stepping in, in the first place. They saw that someone hadn't paid their $$ to the govt so they stepped in.

There are I'm sure hundreds of kids and people who are doing the same thing all over the country and making sometimes a little money but once it's known to the govt they want their share of any profits.....

That's right. The health department stepped in because tax laws were being violated.

As for the bolded, this 11-year-old isn't running the occasional weekend lemonade stand. She is trying to run a real business. That's great, as long as she does it right—and doing it right means complying with all relevant laws and regulations, especially those designed to protect the public. Seems to me like a great lesson to learn at an early age.