This Year's Adventure in Taxes

This Year’s Adventure in Taxes

**The links in this post are referral links, which means if you click them, I get a small financial reward at no cost to you.** So for many years, I sang the praises of TurboTax. During the pandemic, they even sent me a fairly crazy thank you box with a blanket, water bottle and candle…

Tips For Lowering Your Property Tax Bill

If you ask just about any homeowner about property taxes, they will tell you that they pay too much. Property taxes are real estate taxes that are calculated by local governments and paid by homeowners. They are assessed according to the value of your property.  Image – free for commercial use Revenue generated from property…

A Quick Guide to Income Tax Deductions

With incomes on the rise, the average American now pays $15,322 in federal income taxes. That’s a huge chunk of change that could otherwise be spent on healthcare, housing, or debt reduction. Thankfully, the U.S. tax code allows taxpayers to take advantage of deductions to reduce their taxable income, and ultimately, their tax bill. Here’s…

Taxable Mistakes Artists and Freelancers Make

Taxable Mistakes Artists and Freelancers Make

The American tax system makes my blood boil when I think of it too much. Not only the fairly insane tax laws, with ridiculous loopholes for the wealthy, but the sheer complication of filing it. As someone who has toured for years, I particularly enjoy the times I’ve had to file with 20-30 states of…

TrupointTax App Review

**This is a sponsored post – I received a 50% discount on my filing fee in exchange for reviewing this app. All opinions though are entirely my own. And I will happily pay freaking full price for this next year.** It’s like the tax gods heard my plea last week and sent me an awesome…

Tax Rant 2020

So one of the nice things about blogging is that once in a while (or… whenever you want really), you can use your blog as a venting soapbox. Today’s topic is taxes. Actually, you could probably scroll back and there are one to two venting posts every single year. I don’t mind paying taxes. Actually,…

Self-Employed Stage Management & Deductions

*This post may contain affiliate links.* This is the first year that I’ve had to file quarterly taxes. To deal with that headache, I decided to just subscribe to Quick Books self-employed and I now have a fun little game I like to play. I enter in expenses and watch the amount of taxes I…