# Windfall from Work ー What would you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637 "2011-02-08T08:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637/81 "2011-02-10T06:40:07Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Your scenario screams ‘potential audit’ to me. My wife is a writer so knows this stuff, and you are only allowed a small number of loss years before your business gets either classed as a hobby or gets audited. She’s never lost money, so we don’t have actual experience, but the tax rules do mention losses. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637/82 "2011-02-10T06:41:41Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Well my laws are different to those in the US but if I was the owner, I could claim a portion of the house dedicated to the office for the business as a tax deduction, I would be able to claim the expenses involved in going to view the house as a tax deduction, need a car to get there? Can claim the sales tax (12.5% of purchase price) as an outright deduction. > > So its a pretty good gig…just don’t get greedy about it and you are fine… One little gotcha about claiming a portion of your house as an office - when you sell, that portion is no longer covered by the homeowner exemption for capital gains, so you may wind up owing a bunch of money. My wife has an office here that would pass any test, but we don’t claim it for this very reason. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637/83 "2011-02-10T14:15:11Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I recommend investing in a ball pit room. If there’s a room in your house that you can set aside, buy thousands of balls and install a fun rubbery floor (like that recycled rubber playground material). Optionally with a tall slide down into the pit. Shouldn’t set you back more than a few grand, I wouldn’t think. Just remember: No one wants to pull diapers out of a ball pit… :eek: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637/84 "2011-02-10T14:24:40Z")
**Ono** buddy, I’ve been reluctant to post any sort of links to the NEW! and IMPROVED! Haneda airport, now with overseas flights, because you know it’ll just be a rabbit hole, you’ll start surfing, wanna come back, and start crying like a schoolgirl bc you miss it so much here. So I’ll just mention: right now, it is mostly Asia-based flights, but when I was looking for a trip to CA last year, they had some direct flights that left Haneda at midnight, for example. And…we’re supposed to get snow tonight in Tokyo. OOoh, I thought of something! Right now Mr. Yen is 82 to the dollar. You can have 10 to 20 percent more fun if you wait for it to bounce back up a bit. Yeah, you don’t really want to come_HANAMI_to Japan _ONSEN_anyway. It’s entirely\*TASTYBEER!\*over-rated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637/85 "2011-02-10T15:01:42Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Just remember: No one wants to pull diapers out of a ball pit… :eek: ☹ Hence the need for one’s _own_ ballpit. All the fun, none of the poop. Er, I hope not, at least. Then again, as long as it’s private, he can do what he likes there! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637/86 "2011-02-10T15:22:02Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Hence the need for one’s _own_ ballpit. All the fun, none of the poop. > > Er, I hope not, at least. Then again, as long as it’s private, he can do what he likes there! :eek: Ripped from Tomorrow’s CareerBuilder: Wanted: Degreed Professional with experience in absorbent materials transport. Must be familiar with SQL, C++, JAVA, L.U.V.S Software, Crystal Reports, and SAP. Must have 5 years direct experience & a 10-year uninterrupted employment history… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-from-work-what-would-you-do/570637.md?page=4)