{"id":6,"date":"2013-04-06T00:06:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T00:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taxtipsforauthors.wordpress.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2013-04-06T00:06:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T00:06:45","slug":"still-procrastinating-on-your-2012-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/taxtips\/2013\/04\/06\/still-procrastinating-on-your-2012-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Still procrastinating on your 2012 return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers, if you&#8217;re still holding off filing your taxes because you don&#8217;t know whether something is deductible, or you&#8217;re worried about self-employment tax, breathe a sigh of relief. It&#8217;s too late to sign up for one of my online courses before you need to file (or at least file an extension) but you can get a copy of my book, Tax Tips for Authors, which is a compilation of the 10-lecture series with additional details, plus a FAQ section of questions other authors have asked in the past.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/amz-taxtips\">available at Amazon<\/a> for just $4.99. The online course runs $20-40, so it&#8217;s really a bargain! It&#8217;s $4.99 you can&#8217;t afford not to spend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/amz-taxtips\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51MBej1x51L._BO2%2C204%2C203%2C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%2CTopRight%2C35%2C-76_AA278_PIkin4%2CBottomRight%2C-64%2C22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?w=835\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/taxtipsforauthors.wordpress.com\/22\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/taxtipsforauthors.wordpress.com\/22\/\" \/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?resize=1%2C1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers, if you&rsquo;re still holding off filing your taxes because you don&rsquo;t know whether something is deductible, or you&rsquo;re worried about self-employment tax, breathe a sigh of relief. It&rsquo;s too late to sign up for one of my online courses &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/taxtipsforauthors.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/05\/still-procrastinating-on-your-2012-return\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=taxtipsforauthors.wordpress.com&amp;blog=44920708&amp;post=22&amp;subd=taxtipsforauthors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<a class=\"btn_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/taxtips\/2013\/04\/06\/still-procrastinating-on-your-2012-return\/\"><span><i class=\"in_left fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><span>Details<\/span><i class=\"in_right fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,13,3,15,16,17,4,11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","category-amazon","category-blog-post","category-kindle","category-schedule-c","category-self-employment-tax","category-tax-tips","category-tax-tips-for-authors","category-tax-tips-for-writers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3TDjA-6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65,"url":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/taxtips\/2014\/01\/06\/tax-planning-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":6,"position":0},"title":"#Tax Filing\/Planning Courses for Writers start Jan 10!","author":"EM Lynley","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Writers, are you stymied by Schedule C and self-employment tax? 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