yes the business started in the same year as startup costs incurred. started means operational and open to clients but there was no revenue. this is a software business that was fully operational and incurring operational and advertising expenses but the software was free for a while to attract customers and not have any walls to gets free customers that can later be charged. the customers started to pay 1-2years later.
so the question is, can this sole-proprietor business be added to schedule-c in the first year of operations, with deductible expenses only, or not until 1-2 years later when first purchase was made by a customer that created the first revenue item?
