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Costs of running a macOS app studio business

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Re: Costs of running a macOS app studio business

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The net revenue he gets is actually reasonable.

Yeah. Was surprised to see him complain about a 15% business / income tax.

As a person from a country similar to Romania, I can empathize with him. When you lose trust in the state and how they spend your money, even a 1% tax is too much.

Re: Costs of running a macOS app studio business

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The net revenue he gets is actually reasonable.

Yeah. Was surprised to see him complain about a 15% business / income tax.

The problem for me is not having to pay that tax. The problem is that we as Romanian citizens never see anything good done with them. And that's why I feel the need to complain.

We're out of communism for more than 30 years but the mentality of officials has barely changed. People are dying in dirty hospitals of infections that they didn't have before getting there (see Colectiv 2015). Analphabetism is higher than in previous years. You will choke and get lung pain if you want to take a walk on the street in most villages because of the coal being burned by poor people.

Education and healthcare are in dire need of money, and we're always on a tight budget and raising taxes.

Re: Costs of running a macOS app studio business

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Congrats for knowing what's important to you (time and peace of mind, from what I read), and acting on it. I work as a consultant, but for the same reasons: I choose to work only a few days a week, take the salary loss, and spend more time with my young kids. A time will come where I'll start working more, which will also unlock more meaningful work – but for now that's a choice I'm happy to make.

Thanks! And happy to hear you're doing that!

I also asked for a 3-day work week from my last company when I wanted to try and make Lunar paid. It's incredible how much your life changes when you're not defined by your job anymore.

Because you spend more time (4 days) doing some other thing than your job (3 days), you really start seeing what's actually important, and the question "what's your job" no longer has a straightforward answer.

Re: Costs of running a macOS app studio business

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The Apple app store is a disaster for making a living as an indie. People can't find the apps so sales are low, market rate prices are also low. The only way to make a living is to rip-off users with misleading subscriptions, which I won't do. I made much more money writing $20 shareware in the 90s.

That's why I write apps for a corporation now.

Re: Costs of running a macOS app studio business

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Wait, why are expenses deducted from profits, as opposed to before profits? Is OP doing something wrong, or is Romanian corporation tax different from normal?

That's a confusion on my part, sorry about that. You are right, the expenses are deducted before profits.

In my case, the expenses are so small (<$1k) that they would not significantly affect the final tax to be paid, so I just left it at the end as an aside.

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