Quote Originally Posted by kc261 View Post
If you get a job and go to work and do whatever it is you do, and then get a paycheck... you have to pay the IRS money. In the US we have income tax and you are supposed to pay it on any and all income, regardless of where/how you get that income. There are a few things that are exempt, but I still believe you are supposed to report the income, and then explain why it is exempt.

So, yes, you should be reporting and paying income tax on any snake sales.
I agree. Even if this business is less profitable than others, a business is a business and income is income and no one should be able to get out of that.

My mother gets exempt income that comes directly from the government, because that's obviously something you can't tax.

If you don't like where your taxes are, donate things to the needy or do various other things that allow for tax deductions. That's what we do.