self-employment Archives

A 10-step Guide to Turning Your Trade into $100K a Year

This is an excerpt from "Six Figure Tradesman: 10 Steps to Making $100,000 in Your First Year as a Professional Tradesman" by Elysia and Andrew Gloudeman. The book describes life as a self-employed tradesman (or...

byElysia and Andrew Gloudeman

March 19, 2024

10 Best Financial Planning Habits for Freelancers and Entrepreneurs

While 48% of new freelancers view freelancing as a long-term career choice, this is only realistic if you have a long-term financial plan. While freelancing comes with advantages, such as flexibility and independence, there are...

byBrian Greenberg

June 7, 2021

The Benefits of Keeping Tax Records All Year Round

Although we think of tax season as that period between January 1 and mid-April, it’s an ongoing event. If you shift your perspective when it comes to tax records, you may find that not only...

byAnn Logue

March 14, 2020

Navigating Self-Employment Taxes and Income

There are many differences between being self-employed and working for someone else. However, the taxes you owe the federal government aren’t one of them. If you’re self-employed, you’ll still pay the same income tax as...

byNav

January 24, 2020

3 Ways to Boost Your Word-of-Mouth Reputation to Hit Your Growth Goals

Self-employment doesn’t have to mean going it all alone. Customers and friends who support your business might be the most valuable marketing resource you have. And word-of-mouth marketing only gets more powerful when you look...

byKim Harris

May 29, 2019

How to Successfully Juggle Freelance Gigs as a Full-Time Employee

According to a recent study from TSheets by QuickBooks, 21 million individuals in the United States already have side hustles that they plan to keep going in 2018 and beyond. Data collected by Intuit and...

byDeborah Sweeney

May 7, 2018

8 Things I Learned in My First Year as a Freelancer

Last year I had to unexpectedly kickstart my career as a freelance website designer. I took like a duck to water with some things, while others took a lot more figuring out, as I’d previously been...

byLiam Pedley

March 19, 2018

Managing the Challenges of Estimated Taxes as an Entrepreneur

The hardest part of self-employment may well be dealing with estimated taxes. Nothing about the system is straightforward, starting with the fact that payments are not due quarterly. They are due on the 15th of...

byAnn Logue

September 12, 2017

How to Convert Your Side Hustle Into a Full-Time Business

Turning your side hustle into a full-time business often seems like a dream rather than reality. Ultimately, it takes a combination of luck, strategy and motivation to succeed. The average American works for dozens of...

byJohn Surdakowski

September 7, 2017

Preparing for the Unglamorous Side of Being an Entrepreneur

Despite what the media portrays, being an entrepreneur isn’t all glitz and glam. Actually, very little of it is. For every one grand scheme that takes off and flourishes, there are another dozen that will...

bySara Sugar

November 3, 2016

How to Save Money as a Freelancer

Whether you’re working full time or part time as a freelancer, it is more essential than ever to keep track of your finances. Freelancing presents complex tax issues, and in all likelihood, you will be...

byVeronica Pembleton

June 16, 2016