05 August 2005

Is it legal to solicit donations for yourself?

I read a book called “Save Karyn” about a girl who created a website and asked strangers for money. She had loads of debt and needed help and people gave it to her. She paid off an incredible sum, like $30,000 or something from donations.

Today I discovered that I have $4.00 until next Friday. Then I have 2 ½ weeks until I am unemployed. At this point, I too am considering asking people I don’t know for money. I wonder what the tax issues are with that. Do solicited donations count as gifts or do you have to list them as taxable income? It’s not like I would be going out to buy 100$ jean jackets but still, technically it would be for profit.

Anyway, I am looking for a clever way to ask strangers for money. So give me your thoughts.

7 comments:

caprice said...

StMaryan: Just do one for school debt
StMaryan: post your school bill or something
rachelegs: that isn't interesting
rachelegs: everyone has one of those
StMaryan: jeez!!!!
rachelegs: ?
StMaryan: I DON"T KNOW
rachelegs: FINE
StMaryan: i've never seen anyones school bill on the internet
rachelegs: YOU DON"T HAVE TO CAPITALIZE ABOUT IT
rachelegs:
StMaryan: I CAN IF I WANT
StMaryan: capitalist sheep
rachelegs: FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rachelegs: communist cat
StMaryan: lol
StMaryan: DORK
StMaryan: begger!
rachelegs: do you even know wha that means?
StMaryan: or is it beggar
rachelegs: beggar
StMaryan: what does it mean?
rachelegs: dork is part of a whale penis
StMaryan: ya
StMaryan: so there
rachelegs: it doesn't sound as cool to capitalize YOU PART OF A WHALE PENIS
StMaryan: lol
StMaryan: no! It sounds cooler!

Cressy said...

you should hook people up. You seem to enjoy that! why not make money!

faircity tales said...

babe i am so sorry
is there anything i can do?
trying to get better at this blog thing
thinking of you

Cressy said...

Aoife, since you ask, yes, there is something you can do. You can send Caprice a check for about $150,000. That should cover it, right Caprice? And she wants some mini flakes from Dublin too. Since you're at it.

caprice said...

Don't forget the mini flakes. and i don't like the whit chocolate ones!!

caprice said...

white. white chocolate

Cressy said...

it is illegal to solicit your body though. So don't do that if you can help it.