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Managing Freelance Tax



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ccording to business            tax, business tax, and other      
analysts, the home-based        independent taxes. She suggests   
business trend is on the        filing appointment books, daily   
rise and a lot of people are          planners, or calendars with       
jumping onto self-employment. The     finance materials like taxes and  
news is not surprising since          banking records. Zobel tips that  
there are many advantages in          there is money in keeping time.   
being self-employed and owning        Your schedule can be used as      
your own business. Aside from the     proofs to verify and clarify      
fact that you can actually call       business expenditures like travel 
something your own, there is also     mileage, phone bills, and hotel   
the sense of achievement brought      receipts. Presto, instant tax     
by personal success. On the           deductions. She advises to log in 
practical side, you get to be         your travel time and miles driven 
your own boss, which means that       in business trips in your         
you decide your hours and how         appointment book. Aside from      
much effort you'll put into a         this, Zobel also warns to take    
project. Plus, there are certain      note of financial details. Often, 
advantages exclusive to dealing       these are the causes of tax       
with self employed tax, sole          troubles. Record those bank       
proprietor tax, business tax, and     account deposits, regardless      
other monetary matters.               whether they are loans, gifts or  
                                      business-related. It is also      
Managing your taxes is easy, says     helpful if you note deposit       
Jan Zobel, a freelance tax            sources. Keep these notes in a    
specialist. Drawing from over 2       checkbook or a separate file.     
decades of tax management             This way, you can separate        
experience, she has the following     business income from loans and    
suggestions on how to manage self     gifts which aren't covered by     
employed tax, sole proprietor         tax. The IRS usually assumes      



undeclared income if audits           furniture". This tip minimizes    
reported an income excess even if     mix-up of your personal and       
these came as gifts. Proofs or        business finances. Following this 
records of these gifts prevent        tip, keeping credit cards for     
tax problems from the IRS. Zobel      personal and business use         
asserts that insisting you can        separately is also preferred. She 
remember everything related to        also reminds that interest in     
your finances come tax time is        credit cards for business         
unrealistic.                          purposes is a hundred percent     
                                      deductible. Zobel advises keeping 
Self employed tax, sole               credit card and sales receipts.   
proprietor tax, business tax, and     These are especially handy during 
independent taxes benefit greatly     audits for reference. Consulting  
from separating business accounts     tax specialists, professional tax 
from personal accounts. Zobel         managers, and the internet for    
advises to keep business money in     tax managing tips are also        
a separate account and your own       advised.                          
money in your own account. Be                                           
reminded to write checks for          Lastly, whether you pay self      
business purposes from the            employed tax, sole proprietor     
assigned account and vice versa.      tax, business tax or freelance    
For those who don't want separate     taxes, keep your records clean    
accounts, Zobel suggests to note      and straight. Remember also to    
each check with remarks such as       settle your taxes on time. Racing 
"business" or "personal" each         after deadlines can make you      
time you write one. Identifying       forget key documents which might  
the purpose of the check won't        cause tax problems.               
hurt either such as "for office       

                              




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