serverman Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 ok im working on a website with aguy and we are going to split the in come from ads in half (i get 100% and split it 50 50) do i have to have some sorta w2 or w4 or some paper like that sence im paying him for helping me or just writeing a check is good enough ? also what are some legal issues that you can run into hosting your own website... like say you are hacked some one puts a virus on it and then someone vists the site and gets the virus ... am i liable? what are other legal issues with running a website like on a forum if someone was to threatent or harrasment some other user ??? ??? i just want to besure i got my stuff covered lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 what are other legal issues with running a website like on a forum if someone was to threatent or harrasment some other user Include in your Terms of Service that you cannot be held responsible for content posted by the users and the responsibility lies with the author of the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xanza Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Basically all legal issues dealing with hosting a website are circumstantial. So you'll have to post a specific example for an answer to be posted... As for claiming income - yes, if you live in the United States and you make more than 32$ a year from a supplementary income then you MUST report it to the IRS when you do your taxes, failure to do so will result in tax evasion indictment! I've seen this happen many times before, but it is very hard to spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serverman Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 thanks for the help but do i have to make any claims to the irs for the money i am paying the other guy? or is that all up to him the site is going to allow users to submit scripts for php and javascript and all that good stuff... if someone was to submit a script that somehow damaged or was a seruity hole to i just claim to not be liable and the author is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If you are not a dependent: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/ch01.html If you are a dependent: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ar02.html#d0e536 Basically it depends on your filing status and your income. But it's quite a bit more than $32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xanza Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 but do i have to make any claims to the irs for the money i am paying the other guy? or is that all up to him Nope, that would be his responsibility, but since you're only getting half of what your website is generating, make sure that you only claim 50% of your earnings! Example: Total Yearly Income (from site): $1,000 You claim: $500 He claims: $500 As for the discrepancy of the claimed income requirement being $32 I'm almost 90% positive... But deffinately look into it, you don't want to make a mistake on my behalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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