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You may not have noticed it, but at the Town Hall debate on October 16th, Governor Romney torpedoed his own claim that he would give small businesses a break.

What is a small business?

The IRS uses Schedule C to define small business owners as “sole proprietors” of a small business. This is the definition of small business the presidential candidates are using.

Governor Romney defined the small business owner as one who pays personal income taxes on their business income. Not so fast Governor!  Before they even fill out their personal income tax forms, all small business owners pay a tax called the Self Employment (SE) tax. Continue reading →

If you did well in school, love books, have a computer and can attend to details as well as see the big picture, here is a brand-new kind of work that might be just the a self-employment opportunity for you.

Today, January 27th, is Author’s Assistants Day.

What is an author’s assistant? Basically it is the equivalent of a production editor in the traditional world of publishing.

In the old world of publishing, the editors who decide to turn manuscripts into books and work out the costs are called “acquisitions editors“. The editors who actually work with authors are called “production editors“. These editors make sure books meet the high-standards of content and design of the traditional publishing world. Continue reading →

Do you think about becoming self-employed? Do the thoughts in your head go something like this, “I hate working because….”

You know those reasons:

“I detest office politics.”
“I don’t get enough money to do this,”
“No one recognizes how special I am.”
“I can’t stand my lazy co-workers one more minute.”
“This is the fifth time I’ve been laid off. I don’t want to go out and job hunt again!”

Have you ever thought, “I should become self-employed!” Is that how self-employment happened, or might happen, to you?
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