It never ceases to amaze me how much money there seems to be in doing taxes so much so that if the tax code were actually simplified, a whole new class of people would be unemployed.
I realized I was onto another one of these little tax goldmines when an informant started spilling the beans.
For years I’d noticed this run down little office next to a storage building. I don’t think the office is even more than 100 square feet.
It’s on a major local road, but it’s this town’s equivalent of the “warehouse district”.
The little sign proclaims his name but it’s no national franchise. He can still do the refund anticipation loans like anyone else.
And people tend to have loyalty for their tax preparers.
But what really let me know what was going on was when a neighbor of his started talking.
The fellow running this little operation lives in the next county.
In a rural area, that’s a pretty big commute.
Yet his business is such that - out of this little shack - he can afford to work a few months per year and take it easy the rest of the year.
In the early days, he has to work other jobs in the summer, but now it’s a business that let’s him work hard a few months and play hard the rest of the time.
The software to start such a business is available from Drake software, the sponsors of 1040.com
At this stage of the game, if you can run software and afford the initial investment, you might have found a business that lets you balance work and play.
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