Business Tip #3 for Writers: When Does a Business Start?
July 2nd, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Carol
It is key to know when your writing business officially starts. I can help with that! Read this passage from my book, Business Tips and Taxes for Writers: “For many writers and authors, it may not be easy to tell when your business started. A shop owner can name the date he opened his store for […]
Business Tip #2 for Writers: Start-Up Expenses
June 25th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Carol
Unclear as to what expenses you will have as an author with a new writing business? You’re in luck! Take a look at this passage from my book, Business Tips and Taxes for Writers, and discover a few unexpected expenses to your writing business: “Long before you have your book published, you will have incurred some […]
A Word on Plagiarism
June 21st, 2012 → 8:45 am @ Carol
There are strides we can take to protect ourselves from plagiarism.
7 tips to create a book from your blog
June 19th, 2012 → 8:44 am @ Carol
Here’s some great tips from Nina Amir via Writers Digest on how to create a book from your blog:
Business Tip #1 for Writers: Planning
June 18th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Carol
Two resource for planning for your writing business
How much does it cost to self-publish?
June 14th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Carol
To self-publish or not to self-publish? A tough question for authors. If you decide to take the route of self-publishing, what does that all entail? What’s the bottom line for your writing business? We welcome back publisher and marketer Carol White who is eager to share her knowledge about self-publishing, specifically its costs: “While it […]
Business Tip:Bookkeeping help
June 7th, 2012 → 3:36 pm @ Carol
I love TaxMama, Eva Rosenberg. She’s so helpful, practical and smart! Here’s her advice on bookkeeping for business owners (it applies to writers as well!) All business owners really should understand how to do bookkeeping, if they are handling their own records. Most just pick up some software and hope it will do things […]
Reasonable salary for a S corp
May 15th, 2012 → 8:57 am @ Carol
The Journal of Accountancy (what we CPA’s love to read!) has a very helpful article on “Reasonable salary for S corporation owners” Here’s a few excerpts (for the full article click here) and my plain-English summaries. …an advantage of an S corporation over a C corporation is that a shareholder’s share of the corporation’s net […]
Warning to S corporations!
May 11th, 2012 → 8:53 am @ Carol
I read an interesting story in the Journal of Accountancy (well interesting to me, a CPA!) about an owner of an S corporation that serves as a warning to all of you considering S corporation status for your business. (Here’s a link to the article “Eighth Circuit agrees that CPA was underpaid” if you care […]
Taxes Filed? Now Improve Your Records
May 8th, 2012 → 9:40 am @ Carol
I preach the importance of record keeping all the time to tax clients, writers, and business owners! Record keeping is the life-blood of a successful business Forbes has a get article on Tax Return Filed? Now Consider Your Records Here’s an excerpt: No one likes organizing records. If you just finished your tax return […]
