So back to the original issue: I have attended two Delorean gatherings lately where DMCH customers from the NJ area had NO idea there was a local club. It appears from past experiences and conversations this is common to most clubs where the vendors don't seem to promote them to their local clubs. In the past I have even encountered customers from P.J. Grady who didn't know about a club in their area. (So its not just one vendor we are picking on...its all of them). ;) It would only seem obvious to me that Vendors profit from members being involved in a club. Yes, yes, yes... I know not everyone wants to BE in a club, but it appears many people don't even KNOW about them. Shannon, Josh and I have been working on a project to help alleviate this issue. Details coming soon. In the meantime: Vendors: Tell your customers about clubs in their local area! ;) Kevin Abato Vin# 16680 www.grenexmedia.com -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hank Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:24 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] Re: A question about our vendors, with my DMA hat on. Claude was referring to all business expenses, be they advertising or donations of goods and services, as a tax write-off, which they technically are. These charges are simply written off the top of the gross revenue before taxes. What you're describing sounds more specifically like a tax shelter, just one type of write-off. I've run several small businesses, and pretty much anything we can charge against the business can be classified generically as a "write-off". As this relates to the D vendors, I don't know how Claude can possibly speak for them all. When they visit the tech-sessions (usually on weekends and their personal time), sure, they can write-off all their travel expenses and even the goods donated to the raffles. But their personal time spent? I seriously doubt it. -Hank On 9/6/07, drhdmc1 <drhaney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A tax write off is often an investment of funds in hopes of making a > profit but if it doesn't pan out the loss of said funds can be offset > against gains in other assets to reduce tax liablity. Or you can even > have a writeoff on a personal level if you or your family suffers a > casualty loss as an example your car is totaled and you were > underinsured you could writeoff the loss on taxes and a portion of > said loss could reduce your tax liablity. > > Dan Haney > vin 3254 > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/