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Help Maya pay rent and cover basic expenses

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Hi! My business owes the IRS $13,000, so I set up a payment plan with them for the amount I would usually be able to pay myself ($2k/month). This jeopardizes my financial security, as I don't know how much (if any) money I'll be able to take home until that debt is paid off.

I'm Maya Crowley, a mixed Vietnamese person, and I own Uncommon Coffee in Essex, Vermont. I love working in coffee, and I volunteer a lot of my time to build community locally and throughout the US. Opening a business in September 2020, though rewarding, has also come with many challenges. My family has supported me financially a lot throughout our first couple of years operating. I can't continue to burden them, especially as my mom & step-dad are looking to move when my mom retires in the fall. My spouse and I are trying to buy their house before they move, which will reduce our monthly housing expense (our rent is increasing this month to $1650/month). This may be our only opportunity to buy a house, so it's a really bad time for me to lose my income.

If I were able to raise $12-13k, we would be able to cover our basic living expenses (car, rent, food, insurance, utilities, and internet) until the business's debt with the IRS is paid off.
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Maya Crowley
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Williston, VT

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