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My Biggest Money Mistake

by Alan on February 27, 2010

When I started Freelance Finances, I focused on being as general as possible with posts and advice, because I realized a good portion of my traffic was coming from google searches, and my specific audience (over 60% of which are 13-24 yr olds) don’t typically search “personal finance tips” on google.
I realize now that was [...]

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Two of the expenses that surprised me a bit when I decided to go freelance were quarterly estimated taxes and self-employment taxes. Because taxes aren’t withheld when you’re self-employed, you have to pay quarterly estimated taxes.
Estimated taxes are a percentage of your income paid to the government based on what you think your tax liability [...]

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Budgeting on a Variable Income

by Alan on November 23, 2009

Now that we’ve covered some of the basics, I’d like to start focusing these posts on personal finance hurdles specific to freelancers. Don’t worry, if you work a “regular job” you’ll still get a lot out of this site, but my goal here is to help those who own their own business or freelance online.
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