Urban Camping: Barter Tax

Urban Camping

In a foreign country at the end of my marriage, I traveled nomadically for 11 months staying in 24 places throughout Holland, Portugal, Canada, USA, Brazil and Argentina before buying a home.

It made such an impression on me that I intentionally set out on a second nomadic trip to further explore the concepts of mobility, simplicity, and perspective. While doing my graduate degree, I camped in 30 places in 55 weeks. Now I host urban nomads through the Couchsurfing Project.

20 February 2006

Barter Tax

The IRS acknowledges the growing use of barter:

"The Internet has provided a medium for new growth in the bartering exchange industry.

This growth prompts the following reminder: Barter exchanges are required to file Form 1099–B for all transactions unless certain exceptions are met.

Refer to Barter Exchanges for additional information on this subject."

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2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Jen -
the chicken-for-airtime barter is a great story.
Meanwhile, I wonder how your concept for developing an awareness in other 'reasoners' that vertical reasoning may be limiting (Vertical Limit?)- sorry, I've forgotten the more chaos-oriented method you'd like to introduce - is going?
Sadly when you were at the house, it was late and I wasn't in nearly the energetic mood for discourse that you were!
Let me know....and teh name of the guy you kept referencing...
lesa; Monday, 20 February, 2006
Jennifer Metz said...: Hi Lesa,

Edward de Bono was the guy/author I kept referencing. He writes about 'lateral thinking'.

My 'plan' for getting others to consider alternative viewpoints is still unfocused :) at the moment ...; Sunday, 26 March, 2006

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About Me

Name: Jennifer Metz

Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Thinking outside the box
by getting out of my box.

I want mobility:
Get-up-and-go in the global village. Navigation to other vantage points. What does the world look like from there? Is there room to move? Or am I tied down to my stuff?

I want simplicity:
Real needs and wants are fewer than they sometimes seem. 'Accumulation' is as inevitable as death and taxes. Can I prune back the attention-stealing stuff to give space to the useful and meaningful things?

I want perspective:
Understanding of how multi-faceted life is. Consideration of options. Is the world getting smaller? Or is MY WORLD getting smaller? How many viewpoints have I seen so far? Is there a 'road less traveled' or a million billion different roads? Can I 'get out of the woods' and look for multiple angles?