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INFORMATION ON TAX LAWS AND TAXES FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS & DESKTOP PUBLISHERS

Freelance Graphic Design Taxes Information - Huge number of freelance tax articles to read up on, including estimated quarterly taxes, IRS audits, deductions, home office deducations, 1099s, and more.

Taxes for Freelance Desktop Publishing Businesses - Isn't there a saying about death and taxes? Well, whatever the adage it is true that if you own your own business you must deal with taxes.

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Tax stuff for graphic design - Just wondering how much and what sort of stuff you can claim at tax time for design studios/freelance designers?

Information Guide Graphic Design Services Self-Audit Fact Sheet - The taxability of purchases of tangible personal property and labor services by Graphic Design service providers

C&C of Denver Tax Guide - Graphic Design & Composition - The trade of typesetting has evolved from setting metal type to creating graphics using computer equipment. Today’s services may include a wide range of graphic production such as halftones, typesetting, desktop publishing products and other labor-intensive products manufactured by graphic designers. When tangible personal property is produced for sale, the taxable price includes the entire cost of labor or services...find out more with this article.

Creative Business Online - New regulations are included in Regs 1540, 1542, and 1543 and include laws regarding what design services are taxable, depending on the format(s) the client receives the final art and if the work is done under a lump-sum billling/contract, and more. Find out in this article about taxes for graphic designers.

Web and Taxes - If you work on the Web, or your work is posted directly to the Web, or you transmit your work over the Web, it’s entirely possible that some or all of these actions will create a tax liability. What will you do? Absorb the cost or pass it on to your clients? In short, these taxes will raise the cost of doing business on the Web.

Sales Taxes on Goods and Services - Taxes for freelance desktop publishing businesses

Tax tips for Graphic Designers and Visual Artists - "If seeing the visual art of others is vital to your own creativity, keeps you abreast of current design trends, or clues you in to the latest fashion, then consider the costs [of going to the movies or renting DVDs] a tax deduction." (thx, shane).

Graphic Designers: Tax Facts for Canadians (PDF) - Are you in the graphic design industry? You need to know how British Columbia taxes apply to your business and where to find this information.

Web Designer Tax Tips - These tips apply to your Federal Taxes in the US, and are general in nature. Your individual situation will dictate what deductions you are eligible for.

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