NEW ONLINE BOOTCAMP!
Join Ilise Benun for a two week online workshop and learn how to position your creative services to attract the right interactive clients! Learn more & see Dates!FREE DESIGN TUTORIAL
FREELANCERS SPEAK ON THEIR BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES
As a creative professional, the key to running a successful business is to learn not only from “experts” in the industry, but also to hear from your peers about how they run their businesses and solve some of the same problems you have. So please join us for a free online preview of one session at the Creative Freelancer Conference to hear just that – a “from the trenches” session featuring 4 successful creatives who’ve been there, done that. PLUS - you'll get an $50 coupon towards registration at this year's Creative Freelancer Conference just for registering!
Date: Thursday, June 6
Time: 2 p.m. ET
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The Tools for Smart Pricing
From how to determine a client's budget, to how to control the money conversation, from how real creatives price projects and determine hourly rates, to how to handle retainers, this bundle has it all.Pricing Bundle: The Tools for Smart Pricing
Author Archives: June Walker
Should You Be A Sole Proprietor?
Our dear friend (and partner and speaker again at this year's CFC), June Walker, has generously shared excerpts from her new book, The Confident Indie: A Simple Guide to Deductions, Income and Taxes for The Creatively Self-employed. She's also offering a … Continue reading
Only suckers pay taxes!
Remember, for the IRS to consider your activity a business you must have a profit motive not a tax reduction motive! Continue reading
Treat what you do as a business
Can I deduct my losses (the $10,000 I was supposed to get paid) against the taxes owed on the $8000 in earned income. Continue reading
Posted in Freelance Money, Freelancing, Pricing, Speakers Tagged boundaries, contracts, finances, getting paid, June Walker Leave a comment
Is your Halloween costume deductible?
It's almost time for Halloween and trick-or-treating. Are you wondering whether you can deduct the cost of your Halloween costume as a business expense? Well, no, if you bought it to go trick-or-treating with your kids. Yes, if you bought … Continue reading
You must have a profit in 3 out of 5 years: Hogwash!!
The IRS reg says that you are a business if you make a profit in three out of five years. It does not say that you are not a business if you don't make a profit in three out of five years. Continue reading
Introducing: June Walker, tax advisor to "indies" like you!
Hello Creative Freelancers. This is my first post for the Creative Freelancer Blog and so I’d like to introduce myself -- after I point out the tax dilemma that confronts you, the self-employed creative. According to IRS stats, there are … Continue reading
