Working for yourself can be both financially and emotionally satisfying and give you freedom employees rarely get to experience in their professional careers. However you label yourself—consultant, freelancer, or independent contractor—you have a unique opportunity to choose how you’ll do business, where you’ll do business, and how you’ll handle all the day-to-day details of running your business. This book will help you successfully start and run your operations in a business-like manner. Working for Yourself is intended for those self-employed people who provide personal services, such as writers, health care consultants, artists, photographers, household movers, lawyers, doctors, Web designers, accountants, quality assurance (QA) testing, and drivers. It includes those who work in the gig economy and sell their services through online hiring platforms like Uber, Upwork, Freelancer, and many others. Working for Yourself covers all the current legal and tax basics self-employed people need to know, including how to: •choose the type of business entity that’s right for you (sole proprietor, corporation, or LLC) •obtain business licenses and permits •insure your business (and yourself) •price your services and get paid on time •pay estimated taxes •keep track of tax-deductible business expenses, including special breaks for home-based businesses •prepare and sign written client agreements (including special issues with online hiring platforms) •take steps to ensure that the IRS doesn’t view you as an employee if you (or your client) are audited •set up a good record-keeping and bookkeeping system •manage employees (if any), and •deal with any special IP issues that may come up, such as regards ownership of a copyright or patent. This twelfth edition has been completely updated to reflect all the tax changes Congress enacted in response @Huutruongespritgames