I believe he's talking about issues with the DOT on vehicles over 10,000gvwr.
The DOT (in many states, PA & IN included) are pulling over trucks and trailers and busting them for not having licenses for over the road profit...Yes, karting IS included. It's totally ridiculous, I know.
With the IRS, a hobby is one that you cannot write off more than you make (easy enough in most forms of racing.)
For the DOT, however, if you, or what you are hauling, has "increased value," whether that's in winnings or by receiving a blue ribbon on show cattle, you must have their new credentials. From what I understand, PA started a non-professional CDL designed for just this case -- RV'ers, fishermen, horse farmers, racers, etc are all falling into this new category. In Indiana, we don't have the separate cdl required, but ANY vehicle over 10,000 gvwr, (most serious kart racers are,) is subject to new regulations that went into effect last year. No motorhome, "not for hire," non-cdl, "rv use only exemptions" if you are pulling a trailer with anything in it that makes money or has increased value due to you taking it someplace.
The DOT could care less what the IRS classifies your racing as.
It's goofy, I know -- what do you expect when we allow government to continue to grow and have more power?
How's that for random and off topic?
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