Monthly Archives: October 2012

Eating crow – not so tasty!

Well, Mr. BFTROU certainly handed me a wake-up call this morning.  You see, I never, ever ask his permission to post anything, nor would he expect me to.  I don’t send a post to him for editing in advance either.  But after I’ve posted, he generally gets around to reading what I’ve written and commenting on it. So, this morning I was somewhat surprised when he greeted me with “that post needs to be entirely rewritten from beginning to end.”  […]

Choosing Your Entity Type

Choosing Your Entity Type

Self-Employment can be complicated! One of the best things you can do for yourself, if you have any sort of side gigs, blogging for money – any type of self-employment income, is to formalize the relationship of your work, by choosing your entity type. As an individual, you can easily file a Schedule C, using your regular 1099 income, deducting the direct expenses, and being done with it. If, however, you want a better tax environment, you might want to […]

Joining the unemployed

Joining the Unemployed – On Purpose!

I took that big step, and now I’m joining the unemployed. Not that that’s a bad thing, but I am not entirely sure whether it’s a great thing yet. I don’t think we’ll starve. First of all, neither of us is underweight. Secondly, we have quite a bit of reserve in the bank – else I’d never have taken this step. Still, it’s scary. REALLY scary. Because, despite the fact I’ve not used my health insurance in so long I […]