Epassporte worth the hassle?

domweb · 2009-07-24, 12:45 AM

Yeah, but if I pay for the content with a personal account, tracking my expenses gets screwy. I want to pay for content from my business checking, not my personal. How the heck am I supposed to write off content on corporate taxes while I am paying for it from my personal checking?

Lousy bookkeeping and a large pain in my ass.

Obviously I am too impatient and too small. When my cash flow is larger I will bother with the paperwork. I had an easier time and less paperwork getting a merchant account and a portable radio dialing credit card machine for a different business.

Thanks for the shout backs. I am not knocking ePassporte, but they are obviously for bigger players than me. When I need an account from them, I'll count it as a milestone.

Meanwhile, wire transfer it is.

Bill · 2009-07-24, 01:04 AM

Well, when i started mine, as i recall I loaded it with my business credit card. The card treated it as a cash advance, and charged me the cash advance fee, which i then wrote off as a necessary cost of establishing the account.

For me the business credit card is the equivalent of a business checking account.

The few times I have to write checks for things, I do write them from my personal account, making notes for the business record of check numbers & amounts & purposes etc for the taxman.

I don't have the same philosophy for organizing this kind of business as you, so my experiences presumably dont apply.

2009-07-24, 12:45 AM	#1
domweb I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: May 2004 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 85	Yeah, but if I pay for the content with a personal account, tracking my expenses gets screwy. I want to pay for content from my business checking, not my personal. How the heck am I supposed to write off content on corporate taxes while I am paying for it from my personal checking? Lousy bookkeeping and a large pain in my ass. Obviously I am too impatient and too small. When my cash flow is larger I will bother with the paperwork. I had an easier time and less paperwork getting a merchant account and a portable radio dialing credit card machine for a different business. Thanks for the shout backs. I am not knocking ePassporte, but they are obviously for bigger players than me. When I need an account from them, I'll count it as a milestone. Meanwhile, wire transfer it is. __________________ gender enigma relaunching July 17. 2009...ish

2009-07-24, 01:04 AM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well, when i started mine, as i recall I loaded it with my business credit card. The card treated it as a cash advance, and charged me the cash advance fee, which i then wrote off as a necessary cost of establishing the account. For me the business credit card is the equivalent of a business checking account. The few times I have to write checks for things, I do write them from my personal account, making notes for the business record of check numbers & amounts & purposes etc for the taxman. I don't have the same philosophy for organizing this kind of business as you, so my experiences presumably dont apply.