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Ask the taxgirl: Paid Campaigns for Bloggers

17 February 2010

Taxpayer asks:
Can food bloggers write off ingredients from paid campaigns where advertisers paid them to create a recipe?
Taxgirl says:
As promised, this is the answer to the second part of a previous question.
The world of paid reviews can be tricky. In this post, I’m going to focus solely on the question that’s been asked. In a [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: When Is Blogging Income Earned?

12 February 2010

Taxpayer asks:
Thanks taxgirl for helping me out on this one! I have a couple of different ad and affiliate accounts for my blog. When I earn money, they bank it until I hit a certain dollar amount and then they make a deposit into my PayPal account. A few of them accumulated earnings in late [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Blogging Related Deductions

11 February 2010

Taxpayer asks:
Hi Kelly, I saw you speak at BlogHer in San Francisco and was hoping I’d see you again this year in Chicago. Since I didn’t see you, I thought I’d email you a question. I just wanted to know if you had any updates to your handout from the BlogHer seminar about [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Defending My Blog

10 February 2010

Taxpayer asks:
Hi taxgirl, I have a strange question. I write a food blog. I create and cook all of my own recipes and post them online. Two years ago, I found out that someone was stealing my recipes and some of my photos and using them on another site. I ended up hiring a lawyer [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Am I Blogging as a Business or a Hobbyist?

10 February 2010

Taxpayer asks:
I read your post about Mary Kay and I am still confused about hobbies. I own a bunch of blogs. I make money on some of them and I lose money on some of them. Does this make me a hobby?
Taxgirl says:
You’re right to be a little confused because this is not an [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Blogging for Fun (but not for profit)

10 February 2010

Taxpayer asks:
Thanks for taking my question! I wanted to say that I appreciate your blog, I find it easy to read and understand. I also like how you talk about your children as though they’re a real part of your life instead of accessories. That’s very refreshing to see online.
That brings me to my question. [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Sleep and More

27 September 2009

Taxpayer asks:
I love your blog!
I’m a practicing attorney and also a mom, like you. I’ve been thinking about starting my own blog. After reading through your posts, I have two questions:
1) Do you sleep?
2) Do you write your own posts?
Thanks, and keep up the good work.
Taxgirl says:
*blushing* Thanks so much!
So, for your [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Deductions for Guest Blogging

20 July 2009

Taxpayer asks:
While putting together a new group of guest posters for my site, a tax question hit me! Is the time I spend guest posting on other blogs for promotional purposes tax deductible? i.e. I don’t get paid for the post – my only compensation is the link back. But I could be getting paid [...]

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Looking for Something?

22 December 2008

Are you looking for something? I’m tweaking the site a bit – more changes coming over the holidays – to make your taxgirl experience even better!
Here’s the quick rundown on the navigation tabs (for now)… There are seven of them in addition to the home tab (that one will always bring you back [...]

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I Can Bring Home the Bacon and Fry It Up In the (Virtual) Pan

7 August 2008

I was very flattered to see that I had been included in a list of “Top Personal Finance Blogs by Women” from the lovely folks at Wise Bread. And I had been meaning to blog it – but my fabulously talented colleague scooped me (although on her site, it sounds like we’re doing a [...]

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