The IRS classifies an activity as a business when it is conducted with the intent to generate profit, requiring individuals to maintain documentation demonstrating active efforts toward earning money, especially when activities originate from personal passions.
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Hobby or Business? How the IRS DecidesAdded:
So, what does the IRS even like consider a business? So, especially a lot of things in film are born out of our passions. So, that's where sometimes it gets a little bit gray. The IRS says a business is something that you do to generate a profit.
>> Okay.
>> You just have to be a little bit more aggressive in your documentation that show that you're actually working towards something and you want to make sure you're doing something to earn money.
>> Okay. I like it.
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