The Confident Indie: A Simple Guide to Deductions, Income and Taxes for the Creatively Self-Employed (in English)
Synopsis "The Confident Indie: A Simple Guide to Deductions, Income and Taxes for the Creatively Self-Employed (in English)"
SAVE TIME, ANXIETY, STRESS -- AND MONEY! Whether you call yourself a sole proprietor, freelancer, subcontractor or free agent you are self-employed. June calls you an indie and regards all indies as creative. Whether already in business or planning to start your own business, you need this book. Accountant and author June Walker, in straightforward language and with concrete examples, tackles the most vexing problem facing the self-employed -- the intimidation that results from lack of knowledge about taxes and recordkeeping. The Confident Indie is written for you -- bright, talented entrepreneurs who don't understand the tax implications of your solo ventures. This indispensable book will help you survive and succeed in a business environment where the tax laws and regulations are structured not for indies but for the corporate world. Informed by the author's long experience with the self-employed, you'll develop the indie-business savvy to move forward with confidence toward success. You'll learn . . . How to prove to the IRS that your endeavor is a business, not a hobby How a home office, no matter how small, can mean big tax savings How to deduct travel expenses When a gift to Mom can be a legitimate business deduction How to make estimated tax payments The advantages of sole proprietorship Why you should not incorporate How start-up costs differ from other business expenses ABOUT THE AUTHOR While working for an industrial design company June Walker became aware that the skilled technical consultants with whom she dealt were at a loss about tax matters. As an artists' representative she came to realize that artists were equally in need of sound tax advice. The whole self-employed sector of the economy, she eventually saw, was not being properly served. With enormous respect for the talents and imagination of the independent professional, June Walker called upon her education and experience in math, science, art, business, and accounting to develop an accounting practice that would educate the self-employed about the business side of their endeavors. Today her clientele is composed exclusively of the self-employed, or, as she calls them, "indies." In her thirty years of business she has expanded her reach to writing books, writing for magazines, presenting seminars and workshops, and using her website and blog at junewalkeronline.com to provide accurate, easy-to-understand, simply-written tax and recordkeeping advice to an ever-growing indie workforce. After many printings and editions, June bought back the rights to her earlier book, Self-employed Tax Solutions, from her publisher The Globe Pequot Press. On January 1, 2013 THE CONFIDENT INDIE was published by Indie Power Media. It includes much of the material from her earlier book -- revised and updated -- with additional 21st Century content on income, expense and taxes.
