I’m in Florida and I’d guess the penalty of having an employee isn’t as bad as there. But if I fail to file a form each week, even if I didn’t pay them, the penalty can run into the thousands. That’s because I didn’t have any work that week, so I didn’t pay them. But I must file the form anyway. This happened to a friend, and it cost him a year’s profit.
One reason the British Empire did so well in the early days is the government viewed its job as making it easier for businesses to succeed. That was an actual stated goal. Here the goal isn’t so much to make sure business fails, but if it were what would they do differently?
Excellent post.
People who do not run small businesses have no idea how cruel the local, state and federal government can be.
Compliance can be difficult to achieve—and the punishment for non-compliance can be draconian.
It seems to be getting worse decade after decade, year after year.