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Q: I have passed my real estate salesperson test and will be become an "active" agent with a local brokerage in January. I am unsure of how I am supposed to report my future income. I currently work at a "normal" job where I receive a weekly paycheck where federal tax, state tax, and social security are withheld for me.As a real estate agent, I will have my own business expenses and (hopefully!) large commission checks with no taxes withheld. How do I handle this? When and how do I report? --AnonymousAll rights reserved. This article may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News. Use of this article without permission is a violation of federalcopyright law.Q: I have passed my real estate salesperson test and will be become an "active" agent with a local brokerage in January. I am unsure of how I am supposed to report my future income. [Read the full article] Inman News has launched a 2011 Inman News Reader Survey to gather your input on how to improve our daily news. Please take some time to share your thoughts. Survey participants are eligible to take part in a drawing for a $250 Amazon.com gift card.Your responses will help Inman News to deliver the right combination of news, market trends, advice, analysis, statistics, research and insight to empower you in your daily work. The survey participation deadline is Dec. 20, 2011.Thank you for your taking an active role in improving our news coverage. --Glenn Roberts Jr., managing editor, Inman NewsAll rights reserved. This content may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News.Use of this content without permission is a violation of federal copyright law.Inman News has launched a 2011 Inman News Reader Survey to gather your input on how to improve our daily news. [Read the full article] Nearly three-quarters of U.S. smartphone owners have devices that run on either Google's Android platform or Apple's iPhone platform, according to the latest monthly report from metrics company comScore Inc.Overall smartphone ownership among U.S. mobile subscribers 13 and up rose 10 percent in the three months ending in October, to 90 million people. That's 38.5 percent of all U.S. mobile subscribers.The Android platform increased its lead inmarket shareto 46.3 percent in the three months ending in October, a 4.4-percentage-point rise from the three months ending in July. TheiPhone platform increased its market share by 1 percentage point, to 28.1 percent. Combined, the two had a market share of 74.4 percent.As inlast month's report, every other platform saw its market share drop. Research In Motion's BlackBerry saw its market share decline by 4.5 percentage points, to 17.2 percent. [Read the full article] 
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