Category: Tax TIps

Category: Tax TIps

Have you sent your Q2 estimated tax payment?
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Find out who needs to send a payment and how to calculate the correct amount. If you don’t have a regular W-2 job you need to know this stuff! Join my newsletter for all the instructions Get your copy of the 2015 Writers’ Tax Workshop book Or sign up a class focusing just on Estimated

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5 Last-minute Tax Tips for Writers #taxes #authors
Image April 9, 2015 2015,Blog post,last-minute advice,Tax TIps EM Lynley

  Panicking because you aren’t ready for the April 15 tax deadline? Here are some last-minute tips to make the process a little less painful. To get all the deductions you deserve and plenty of tax planning and prep advice, check out EM Lynley’s book 2015 Writers’ Tax Workshop. If you try to rush through

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4 Last-minute Tax Tips for Writers #taxes #authors @emlynley
Image April 14, 2014 Blog post,last-minute advice,Tax TIps EM Lynley

4 Last-minute tax tips for writers #taxes #author Panicking because you aren’t ready for tomorrow’s tax deadline? Here are some last-minute tips to make the process a little less painful. To get all the deductions you deserve and plenty of tax planning and prep advice, check out EM Lynley’s book Tax Tips for Authors. If

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5 Things Authors Miss on their Tax Returns #taxes #writer
Image April 13, 2014 Blog post,last-minute advice,schedule c,self-employment tax,Tax TIps EM Lynley

  In my real life I’m a tax and finance professional and I’ve been sharing my knowledge with other writers for the past three years. I find many people have problems with the same issues year after year. Are you making these mistakes? If so, you’ll find more ways to solve these problems (and more)

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March Tax Workshop for Authors — still time to register #taxtip #writing
Image March 17, 2014 Blog post,Classes,Tax TIps EM Lynley

The March workshop is the last one before taxes are due on April 15. As some of my readers know, in RL I’m a tax and finance professional, and I’ve been using that knowledge to teach my tax workshops. Whether you like it or not, it’s time to stop procrastinating on your tax return. We

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#Tax Workshop for Authors starts soon #writing #selfpublish @emlynley
Image February 17, 2014 Classes,Tax TIps EM Lynley

As some of my readers know, in RL I’m a tax and finance professional, and I’ve been using that knowledge to teach my tax workshops. Whether you like it or not, it’s time to start thinking about your tax return. We have a lot of new authors here who may be filing Schedule C for

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7 January Tax Tips for Writers #taxtip
Image January 12, 2014 Blog post,Tax TIps,tax tips for authors,tax tips for writers EM Lynley

January means two things in the tax world: time to start thinking about the 2013 tax return, and a new year of records to begin keeping for 2014. If you self-publish, you have even more expenses and obligations, so start the year off on a good footing. I’ll start off with the easy part first:

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#Tax Filing/Planning Courses for Writers start Jan 10!
January 6, 2014 Blog post,Classes,schedule c,self-employment tax,Tax TIps EM Lynley

Writers, are you stymied by Schedule C and self-employment tax? Not sure you’re getting all the deductions you deserve, or uncertain precisely what the IRS allows? You just want to know how to fill in your forms and what you can and can’t deduct. I will answer those questions, as well as provide additional useful and necessary information for tax planning and recordkeeping.

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Tax Tips for Authors ONLINE Class Information
Image December 15, 2013 Classes,schedule c,self-employment tax,Tax TIps,tax tips for authors EM Lynley

Every spring I run my tax tips class and I always have people saying “I wish I knew that during the year.” So this year I am offering a two-part class. I know you’re busy and don’t want to have a full-on tax course during the holidays. (My qualifications) But there are plenty of important

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Last-minute tax advice for writers #taxes #author
April 14, 2013 2012,amended returns,Blog post,business,extension,ira contribution,last-minute advice,Tax TIps,tax tips for authors,tax tips for writers N.S. Smith

Panicking because you aren’t ready for tomorrow’s tax deadline? Here are some last-minute tips to make the process a little less painful. To get all the deductions you deserve and plenty of tax planning and prep advice, check out my … Continue reading

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