Being Self-employed: Tax Guide 101 (Series 100: Individuals Families)

Designed for navigating through the tax code, this guide helps the self-employed keep a greater percentage of their income. The importance of keeping up-to-date records, measuring net profits and losses, and handling the "SE tax"—a flat tax which every self-employed person is subject to—is discussed. Particular attention is paid to preparing for audits, changing tax status after marriage or divorce, and becoming financially confident through better knowledge of the tax code.