LWGLIN's Journal: Run "ads by Google"? Get taxed for more than you earned

Antwerp Calling writes (about me): Bruno Lowagie, a Belgian non-profit blogger writing free open-source software [iText], got this year's most unusual Christmas gift: a letter from the Belgian tax authority informing him that putting "ads by Google" on his local blog turned him into an overnight "independent entrepreneur", having to pay taxes as an independent businessman. [...] The Belgian tax authorities feel that not only does he have to pay taxes (on the few $ he made through 'ads by Google'), he's also forced - and this is a major nightmare - to apply for a legal "independent" social status, involving paying much of his own social security and registering as "an enterprise". As he holds a regular job and his personal blog is only a hobby, the financial consequences of being seen as "an independent entrepreneur" are a social disaster. A major Belgian newspaper ran the absurd story in Dutch.

Note that I've already paid taxes on the Google revenues; now the Belgian Government forces me to register as an enterprise because of my affiliation with Google and Amazon.