Taxes for Artists and Creatives: Play the Game, Minimize the Stress

It has come time for everyone’s favorite part of the year: tax season.

Do you find the process stressful and unnecessarily confusing? We promise it’s not just you. Want someone who actually understands what it’s like to be in the arts to walk you through it in a clear, even humorous way?

This workshop will cover the fundamentals. You’ll walk away with a concrete understanding of the things you can and should be responsible for (they’re not as complicated as you think), as well as the confidence to know when you’ve done enough and can give yourself permission to relax.

 We’ll tackle common questions for artists and creatives, such as:

• What exactly is taxable income?
• What kinds of creative business expenses can I write off, and how?
• How can I make sure the IRS views my artistic practice as a business, not a hobby? 
• When does it make sense to get help, and why?

Developed in partnership with Brass Taxes, this session is designed to make your tax season as easy as possible. While you play this perplexing game once a year, they play it hundreds of times a year, and are here to help

While there will be time for participant questions, in the event you have an inquiry hyper-specific to your situation, the team will refer you to ways you can tackle these questions on an individual basis.

RSVPs will receive a complimentary takeaway worksheet, Making Taxes Suck Less: for Artists and Freelancers!

Where: Online via Zoom
Recording: This session will be recorded, and all RSVPs will have access to the recording for 30 days following the event.
Questions: Email learning@nyfa.org

Please Note: This workshop will not be utilized as an advertisement, or promote any products or services from Brass Taxes. Rather, its purpose and intent is solely to serve and support NYFA’s artist community.

About the Presenter

Rus Garofalo, Founder, Brass Taxes

Rus Garofalo founded Brass Taxes in 2008, with the focus on working with creative people, the self-employed, and people that just want to understand what’s going on. His background before starting a tax company was as a video editor, comedy writer, and performer. Brass Taxes is a completely online company with 32 employees and over 6000 clients all over the U.S. Brass Taxes' goal is to offer a highly personalized tax experience and make doing taxes suck less.