David Crabill
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There probably isn’t a written rule about that. I’d say a contractor would be fine. The important point is that it’s only one person.
You need to pay annual taxes on all income you make, even if your business is operating at a loss. There is no limit — technically, your first order should have been reported. If you want to bypass income tax requirements, you would need to give away your products (not collect money). Once you start making a certain amount of money, you need to pay estimated taxes every quarter.
It should be okay, but you still need to check with your county’s environmental health dept. If they choose to disallow it, there’s not much you can do about it.
Unlike Etsy, GrubMarket allows CFOs to fulfill their orders via personal delivery, rather than shipping. CFOs can also choose to use the shipping functionality on GrubMarket, but it’s optional. The majority of sellers on GrubMarket are not CFOs.
Products must be hand-delivered, but since you can have one employee, you can hire someone to deliver for you. You can’t use a delivery service, like UPS.
I’m pretty sure kombucha isn’t allowed, but you should check with your environmental health dept to make sure. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
As a CFO, you are allowed one employee. It is possible to consider a delivery driver to be your one employee.
The intent of the direct sales limitation is to provide accountability by having the producer and consumer meet in-person. Online sales and shipping bypasses that personal interaction, and I think that’s why it isn’t allowed. However, since Class B CFOs are held accountable through a kitchen inspection, and are thereby allowed indirect sales, I don’t understand why they can’t ship. I don’t know of any upcoming changes to the law.
No, it does not fall under the cottage food law. You need to use a commercial kitchen to produce it. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Sorry, I’m only familiar with the cottage food laws, which pertain to items which are intended for consumption. Have you tried contacting the market organizer?
Cut or processed fruits aren’t on the list, but unprocessed fruits are okay to sell. I don’t think there’s any way to operate a home business that sells chocolate-covered fresh fruit. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
