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Keeping Track Of Your Freelance Expenses - Keeping track of your expenses all throughout the year can make it easier when it comes to be tax time – and it can help you to get some money back on that freelance income that you’ve worked so hard to earn. But how do you do it?

How to Set up a Business Bank Account for Your Freelance Business - There are numerous benefits to setting up a bank account for your business. Find out more with this article.

Tax Question: Is Your Freelance Work A Business Or A Hobby? - So how do you know if the government considers your freelance work a hobby or a business?

Taxes for Freelancers - Ugh, it’s that dreaded time of year again. April 15th is closing in, taxes must be done, and you (along with most other freelancers in the country) are trying to figure out just where to start.

Deductions and Taxes for Self-Employed Freelancers - If it’s that time of year for you and you want to know where to start with your freelance business tax deductions, go through the following checklist to get many of those deductible expenses easily organized.

 

Making Sure That You Get Paid For Your Freelance Work - One of the most frustrating experiences as a freelancer can be when the work already done is not taken seriously enough by the client to be paid out regularly and in a timely manner.

How to Find Out From the IRS What Expenses You Can Use as Deductions for Taxes - An Article About How to Find Out More Information About What You Are Allowed to Deduct for Taxes

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Tips for Home Office Expenses and Taxing Issues - As a self-employed professional, knowing the rules of taxation and deductions available for freelancers, small businesses and the self-employed is very important. This article discusses how to keep track of your expenses and how to take the proper deductions.

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Business Insurance – And What You Need To Know - In getting your business up and running, have you taken care of the “What ifs”? Like – “What if I get sick, how do I pay my bills” or “What if I have a fire, how do I keep my business running”. Simply put, the one thing you do not want is to have the business that you have labored so tirelessly on, hit a financial snag.

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7 Steps to Setting Up a Home Business Budget - Every Home Business entrepreneur has the same goal - to earn money, it can be as little as $20 a month or as much a $1,000,000 a year. That being said, as with any business keeping track of incoming and outgoing cash is vital to the success or failure of your business.

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7 Things to Consider Before Buying Small Business Accounting Software - The world of small business accounting software can be a minefield for any business owner. However choosing the right package is one of the most critical business decisions you will make.
Here are the seven things you must consider before making a purchase that will help you achieve your businesses goals.

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Setting a Realistic Budget - Setting up a budget for your business (any business) seems like a simple thing but my hunch is most people do not ever get around to it. I know that I went several months without actually drawing one up on paper although I think I had something in my head.

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Pricing Your Projects Determining how much to charge for your services is often one of the biggest challenges for a new freelancer. If you charge too much you won't get hired and if you charge too little you'll starve.

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Track those billable hours! Keeping track of your hours in a time sheet is the best way to go if you need these reports. But even if it is not required by your customer it can be very useful to track your hours for multiple reasons

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Collect Your Money - On Time! Most SOHO and small business owners don't have the financial resources to wait for their customers to pay them. The inability to collect money in a timely manner is a leading reason for small business failures.

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Risky Business: Get the Money You Need to Finance Your Biz Here are some unconventional ways to get the money you need. However, realize that you may lose everything and have to start over (this can't be stressed enough).

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How to Master the Financial Side of Your Business 8 out of every 10 business owners are trying to manage their business without having the financial side of their business under control.

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Basic Guidelines To Keeping Your Work-At-Home Business Legal Your home business is subject to the same laws and regulations that govern any business, no matter what the size.

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Cracking the Billable Hours Ceiling While you could certainly name the economy or inadequate marketing as the culprit, I'd like to suggest a third alternative. It may be the constraints of the billable hours model that keep you from your financial goals.

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How To Avoid Paying Too Much Estimated Tax Now that we're past the year's half-way point, this is a good time to take a look at how much you've paid in so far, and whether you need to make any adjustments to this year's remaining two quarterly estimated tax payments.

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Keeping Your Business's Finances on Track The only drawback to having a lack of experience and/or business education is that it can make tracking your company's finances difficult. Even accountants who spend their lives working with numbers often find bookkeeping a tedious chore.

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HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ENTREPRENEURS Health insurance is consistently cited as a major concern for those who leave their corporate job to venture into their own business.

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THE TAXMAN COMETH Thanks to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, small businesses - whose only employee is the owner or the owner and spouse - can open and contribute to a Self-Employed 401(k) plan.

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THE SELF-EMPLOYED 401(K) FOR FREELANCE WORKERS Want to make great money from your writing skills? Become a copywriter (a writer for business).

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WHEN CLIENTS DON'T PAY, PAY LATE ... AND OTHER ANOMALIES OF FREELANCING It's something that freelance writers don't like to talk about or hear about, but it happens more often than we like to admit.

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TAX TIPS FOR HOME-BASED BUSINESS OWNERS As tax time approaches, many home-based business owners begin completing their forms or paying their accountants with trepidation.

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LOCATING AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE Finding health insurance, as a business owner, can be difficult and is usually expensive. But it doesn't have to "break the bank".

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PRICING YOUR SERVICES OR PRODUCT: Things to Ponder Part 2 - Life is all about making choices and growing. The same hold true with pricing your product or service.

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The Health Insurance Mystique .. .Exposed - There is a perception that free agents are unable to get health insurance, let alone affordable health insurance. If this perception were true, why are so many people becoming self-employed?

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RESEARCHING CAR INSURANCE RATES - As freelancers, our income is sometimes uncertain, so it may be good to know how to save money for those tight times. Car insurance is one area where you may be able to economize.

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HOBBY OR HOME BUSINESS Another telecommuting option is to create your own home business. The happiest people are the ones that are doing what they enjoy! What about you? Do you have a hobby that could be expanded into a small home business?

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REDUCE YOUR UNSECURED DEBTS AND WEATHER THE STORM. Panic! Stress to find stability or another job FAST! Bankruptcy! It doesn't have to be like that if you use a money management tool known as settlement negotiations to trim just a few of your debts off.. If the truth were known you can actually use this method at any stage of your financial situation if you don't mind a slight blemish to your rating.

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NINE SITES FOR FINDING CHEAPER AIRLINES FARES As freelancers, there come times when we all want to get away, if only for a few days. One way to do that is to fly. Although the costs of flying include crowded airports and planes, flying usually works great if you have to be somewhere in a hurry.

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TIPS
Finding the capital you need to finance your business can be a confusing and complicated process. Many great ideas stumble at this stage of business building. FULL STORY

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FINANCING YOUR BUSINESS
Finding the capital you need to finance your business can be a confusing and complicated process. Many great ideas stumble at this stage of business building. FULL STORY

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FINANCING YOUR HOME BIZ

You have a great idea for a home business? The only thing you're missing is the cold hard cash to get started. What are your options? FULL STORY

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BUSINESS OR HOBBY?

For many of us it's tax time again.  For others, tax time is just around the corner.  So, how was business this year?  Did you make a profit?  If your business is very new, most likely you made a loss.  Oh well, at least you can write it off, right? Well ... maybe.  Whether you can write off your business losses depends on whether your business really is a business or a hobby.  FULL STORY

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GET YOUR MONEY

Getting paid is the single most important aspect of being a freelancer, so make sure that you take your time and do things right. There are many strategies to deal with delinquent clients, but there are also many precautionary measures that you should take when initiating a relationship with your client. FULL STORY

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FREELANCERS - AVOID THAT AUDIT!

You probably aren't too concerned about being selected for an audit. Well, if you are a freelancer, avoiding an audit should always be on your mind as you are filing your taxes. Why? Because, no matter how straight you play it, freelancers get audited much more than salaried employees do. No - the IRS doesn't have it in for independents, but the numerous deductions that we file set us apart from other taxpayers. FULL STORY

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HOME OFFICE DEDUCTIONS FOR FREELANCERS

Home office deductions are one of the perks of working from home, however, there are clear drawbacks too. If you meet the IRS guidelines for deducting your home office, you can expect to get a hefty tax break. On the other hand, deducting your home office can increase your chances of getting audited. FULL STORY

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FREELANCERS NEED A BUDGET

When you leave your full-time job for a freelance career, you also leave behind your stable paycheck. So how do you make sure that you have enough money to pay your rent? You need to learn how to create a budget. This article will explain to you the basics of budgeting for your freelance business. FULL STORY

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