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Taxes and the Freelance Writer

January 29, 2011 By

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Taxes and the Freelance Writer or Editor

I’ll be discussing taxes for writers on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 with Janice Campbell in a teleclass for the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors

Congress was very busy in 2010 creating new tax laws. Are there any tax breaks for writers?

I’m happy to report some good news.

All workers and self-employed business owners, such as freelance writers, will get a 2% raise thanks to our Uncle Sam for 2011.

Congress decided to stimulate the economy by getting Americans to spend more money. They have done it before with checks in the mail, but this year they will do it by reducing the Social Security tax from 6.2% to 4.2%, but only for 2011.

I’ll discuss the new tax bills, how they may affect freelance writers, authors and publishers.

Tune in live on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 3:30 pm EST

Members will find call-in information for the classes in the member area of the NAIWE.com website. You’ll find it by logging in on any page of the site, then going to the Library link, then to the Expert Teleclasses link. NAIWE teleclasses are totally free for members ($27 each for non-members).
If you’re not a member and you’d like to join in time for the teleclass, you may click on the “Join NAIWE” link below to do so. If you would like to register for the teleclass only, you may do so by visiting the Teleclass page. We hope you’ll join us!

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Hop on over to TaxesForWriters.com to receive that handout from the show. Look in the bottom right corner for my report: New Tax Laws in 2010. Anything for Writers?


Carol Topp, CPA

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