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Life & fun · September 16, 2015

Handle Your Business: a succinct guide for the self-employed

Everything you need to know to build and run your freelancing business.

Handle Your Business: a succinct guide for the self-employed launched on September 16, 2015 with 10 votes, #1,609 of 3,463 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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Handle Your Business is a 57-page guide designed for self-employed consultants and freelancers who want to run their practices like legitimate businesses. It covers business entity types, tax implications, banking setup, and other foundational operational topics. The guide distills research on IRS regulations and business practices into accessible, straightforward advice to help freelancers ask informed questions of accountants and legal advisors without wasting time and money.

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From the sources

Your time is your product. Handle Your Business will show you the basics so you can ask your trusted advisors the right questions without wasting time and money. I've read thousands of blog posts and hundreds of pages of IRS documents to learn how to set up and run my consulting practice. Handle Your Business distills all of that research into a compact, easy to read 57 page guide. Organizing gets you off on the right foot, explaining the different types of business entities you can choose, along with their tax implications. Banking will teach you why you need a separate bank account, what your options are, and guides you into the best choice for you. Contracts shows you what a contract…from petekeen.net

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