Do you own a small business? Perhaps you’re a blogger, like me. Or perhaps you’re a WAHM who makes crafts or diapers or soaps (if you are…email me! We need to talk). Maybe you own an in-home daycare. Maybe you tutor on the side.
Whatever it is, it’s a business. And if you earn money on it, then you have to pay taxes on it. Argh. Nobody likes taxes!
This is primarily because no one likes to part with their hard-earned money. But it’s also because taxes are so darn confusing. I remember looking at all the tax forms the first year I was teaching private music lessons and seeing terms like “schedule C,” “golden parachute” and a lot of other weird things. I can figure out a 1040 EZ (barely) but anything more than that and I’m lost.
To remedy the problem, I’ve hired a CPA the last few years to do my taxes for me. He does the work, and just in case there’s a problem (read: I get audited), he handles it. But, it’s not cheap. Not everyone can afford to do it, and probably not everyone wants to do it, especially if your business is making $500 a year. Do you want to pay someone most or all of that money to do your taxes? No way.
That’s where this new book comes in.
Your Blogging Business: Tax Talk and Tips from a Bookkeeper Turned Blogger, by Nikki Hughes, is a new tax guide for small businesses. It explains what the tax forms are, how to fill them out, the nuances of bookkeeping (keeping all your records straight) so that you can do your own taxes, and do them right.
If you’re confused, Nikki’s practical guide and experience as a tax professional will help you figure out all the “boring” parts of the business so that everything is streamlined, under control, and no big deal!
Would you like to win a copy? I have TWO to give away!
- Visit Your Blogging Business site and tell me which part of the book would be most helpful to you. (REQUIRED)
- Subscribe via email or RSS or tell me that you already do.
- “Like” me on Facebook (and if you don’t mind, share about this giveaway!)
- Follow me on Twitter and tweet “I’m going to make my taxes easy when I win Your Blogging Business @ModernAMama!”
- Subscribe to Christian Mommy Blogger
- “Like” Christian Mommy Blogger on Facebook
- Follow CMB on Twitter
Only the first entry is required; all others are optional. Please leave each entry in a separate comment. This giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere, and is for one (1) ebook per winner, Your Blogging Business. Giveaway will close on Friday, March 2nd, and the winners will be announced on Monday, March 5th. Winners will be selected via WP plugin “…and the winner is.”
If you prefer not to wait, you can buy the book now for $4.99 — quite a steal for all this information!
Good luck!
Do taxes confuse you? What are you most looking forward to in this book?
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I think it looks like a great book! I think “Section II: The bookkeeping side of things” would be most helpful to me – I need to read these parts: “Introduction to bookkeeping” and “You know what you need to track so how do you track it?”
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Great book, not relevant at all to me, but if you were to ever put out an e-book on how to make money on your blog, I’d buy it!
Hi Liz, I’ve thought about it.
It might come, at some point!
I guess just the whole thing, as I have thought about blogging & if I would have to claim taxes, etc. So this would be a very good resource to have!
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Oh, I think the Tax Side of Things is going to be the most helpful for me. Dealing with doing taxes correctly is the biggest thing making me nervous about opening my handmade diaper business!
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I think the income and deductions section will be most helpful. I think it will help keep things organized from the start.
All of it… I feel swamped by everything.
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I think Expense vs Asset would be helpful for me!
All of it would be very useful but, I’d have to say the “Income and deductions” section would probably be the most helpful.
I think the Bookkeeping section would be the most helpful for me!
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The info on determining when a blog goes from a hobby to a business.
All of it! It all looks like a great introduction to what would be involved. Blogging is something I’d considered for some time, but hadn’t done because all those business details seem a bit daunting!
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Section 1 would be the best for me since I am just beginning my own business and have no idea how the tax side works.
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