Check with https://grellas.com/contact-us/ if they can refer you to a tax professional they work with. They are skilled practitioners in the startup/venture space.
I am terribly sorry that you are having this experience, and hope you can find some relief.
Backend Ruby on Rails developer and "Virtual CTO" of sorts for early-stage startups. I can do it all from backend Ruby on Rails apps/APIs, frontend UI (though limited SPA experience), deployment / devOps, etc. At my last engagement, I was the 5th hire. I played a pivotal role in growing that healthcare startup to a $1.2 billion valuation in ~2 years. Looking for a small team of either just founders or 3-5 employees, where I can have a major impact in the development and growth of the company.
I'll accept that it might be "dumb" to you, but it's definitely not a joke.
More than 1.3 billion people live on less than $1.25 per day. Sure most of them will not have computers/Internet access. But $200 USD could mean a lot to some poor community college kid in India, for example.
Or even a struggling, aspiring (or down on their luck) coder in America who doesn't have a cushy software gig.
I've always been passionate about startups and working with founders. Wanting to get involved but not having "Angel VC" type of money has been my issue lately, so, I decided to start The Shanti Fund.
I know $200 isn't much (to you and I). But it IS to some people. They may be down on their luck, or they may just live in a part of the world where $200 goes a long way.
I know some might criticize my efforts here, so I'm 100% open to feedback. Please tell mw how I can improve The Shanti Fund. Thanks.
Indeed. I once spent several hours debugging a desktop client application that relied on a correct system time.
Finally, we noticed the user's system time was set to several weeks in the future. "Oh yeah, that?" He showed us how he uses the system calendar to check dates in the future. When he was done, he'd click the "Ok" button, thereby setting the current date in Windows to some future day.
I could see something like Pinry being useful for creating communities that respect freedom of speech / information / image posting, so long as the content is not illegal.
A search for "thinsperation" shows they're not doing a very good job of it.
I know (many) people with anorexia. They are amazing at hiding stuff. (Fishing weight shot sewed into bras; heavier weight sewed into hair scrunchies. This made the weekly weigh-in easier to pass while still starving.)
I'm glad Pinterest has made the gesture, but they'll never win.
I am on an installment plan. Have been paying this down for a bit now, but it is becoming an increasingly difficult financial burden to bear.
I have hired the one guy who said he might be able to do something to help for $295 for him to do some "research." I'm probably just screwed.