Mileage Deduction for Self-Employed: 2026 Guide
Gas prices keep going up. Tax refunds keep shrinking. If you're self-employed, that combination stings — unless you're claiming the mileage deduction. Most freelancers aren&
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Freelance Quarterly Taxes: Stop Overpaying the IRS
The average American tax refund is $3,275. That sounds like good news — until you realize what it actually means: you overpaid the IRS by $3,275 and
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Overlooked Tax Deductions for Freelancers 2026
The average American spends $3,940 on summer — vacations, childcare, events, and all the other costs that quietly stack up between May and August. For freelancers and solopreneurs,
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LLC vs Sole Proprietor: Freelancer Tax Guide 2026
One of the first questions every new freelancer asks: should I form an LLC? Or just keep doing business as myself? The honest answer: the sole proprietor vs
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Side Hustle Tax Deductions: The Complete 2026 Guide
A construction worker in his spare 20 hours a month earns $10,000 from Amazon's affiliate program. Stories like his are everywhere right now — Amazon influencers,
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AI Bookkeeping Tools for Freelancers: What Works
55% of Americans now use AI for financial advice — up from just 10% last year. MIT professor Andrew Lo has a warning: most of them are doing it
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Are Business Credit Card Fees Tax Deductible?
American Express just raised the Platinum card annual fee to $895. Chase Sapphire Reserve is now $795. Both cards are justifying the increases with bundled perks — but if
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Newly Self-Employed? Your Tax Checklist for 2026
Goldman Sachs reports that AI eliminated roughly 16,000 net jobs from the US economy every single month over the past year. Entry-level white-collar roles — customer service, data
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Digital Receipt Storage for Small Business 2026
In March 2026, drone strikes hit two of Amazon's data centers. The damage: $150 million in losses. Insurance paid nothing — war exclusions. Even Amazon, with its
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How Much to Save for Taxes (Self-Employed 2026)
Most freelancers and solopreneurs get this wrong: they spend what they earn, then panic in April when a tax bill arrives that they didn't see coming.
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Freelancer Bookkeeping Without an Accountant in 2026
The Big Four accounting firms — Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY — just spent over $9 billion on AI. They cut graduate hiring by up to 29%. KPMG laid off 10%
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Freelancer Tax Deductions 2026: What You're Missing
Most freelancers overpay their taxes every year. Not because they're doing anything wrong — but because their receipts are scattered across a shoebox, a Gmail folder, and
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