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Sunlight Tax — 204 episodes

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Amelia Hruby: How to Build a Successful Business Without Social Media

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Shari Rash on Money Mindset, Debt Strategy, and Building Wealth Without Shame

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Sarah Walton: Growing Up Poor, Undoing Harmful Stories, Empowering Women

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What Makes Your Business “Official?”

5

My Best Tip If You Need to File A Tax Extension

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6 Tax Day Signs That Your Money System Needs a Tune-Up

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3 Tax Day Mistakes That Cost You Money

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How to Handle Your First Estimated Tax Payment (April 15 Guide)

9

The April 15 Cash Crunch: Why It Happens and How To Handle It

10

Big Change: Money Bootcamp Is Now a Guided Year with Co-Working

11

Change is Coming: How I Use the Feedback Loop to Shift My Business

12

Behind The Scenes As I Navigate Change In My Business: We're In This Together

13

My Tax Filing Checklist to Help You Get Your Taxes Done Today

14

The Danger of A Huge Tax Bill, and How Money Bootcamp Protects You

15

Don't Tax Protest—Boycott. Plus, Selling in Dark Times

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1099 Problems (and How to Avoid Them)

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What's New for Your Taxes This Year: Key Tax Changes You Need to Know

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It's 1099 Time: Here's Your Checklist for Stress-Free Filing

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January Tax Setup: Make Your Taxes a Breeze in 20 Minutes

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Where To Put Your Money: First, Next and Last

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How Much Can You Save Using An IRA? I Show You The Math

22

An Interview with Paddy Johnson of the Art Problems Podcast on Clarity, Taxes, and Not Being Boring

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Taxes for Humans Launch Party: Live Interview with Liz Kantner of the Success with Jewelry Podcast

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Taxes Are the Broccoli of Democracy, So Why Should You Care?

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Visuals, Context and Empathy: How I deliver the Best Tax Guide Through a Humanities-Educated Lens

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What Taxes Can Do For You and Why It Matters

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Taxes for Humans: Simplify Your Taxes and Change the World When You're Self-Employed

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Healthcare Changes From the OBBBA: Expert Dr. Matthew Fiedler Explains

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Can You Deduct That Trip? How Business Meals and Travel Deductions Really Work

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The $100K Financial Literacy Reward, and The Hidden Costs of Buy Now, Pay Later

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How OBBBA Changes Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Health Subsidies and Access for Immigrants

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OBBBA Reveals Why Tax Laws for the 1% Happen, and A Solution

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Joe Saul-Sehy of Stacking Benjamins: On Ruining His Credit & Teaching Money Skills with Humor

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The One Habit That Gets You to Financial Security

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The Real Cost of Accounting for Small Businesses and Why I Built Money Bootcamp

36

Student Loan Updates: Borrowing Limits and Repayment Plans Under the New Tax Bill

37

New Tax Bill: No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and New Deduction for Seniors

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Breaking Down Trump's New Tax Law: Cars, New Loan Interest Deduction, and Expiring Energy Credits

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Unpacking Trump's New Tax Law: What You Need to Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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Design Spotlight: The Power of Branding, Human Connection, and Creative Strategy in the Age of AI with Reggie Tidwell & Tim Scroggs of 40 Hearts

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Money Cheat Sheet for the Overwhelmed

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Money Talks: A Conversation with My Gen Alpha Daughter

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My #1 Tip to Make Your Kid a Millionaire

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Mindset Shift: How to Own More in Your Life

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The Shockingly Simple Math of Making Your Taxes Easier

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The Child Care Tax Credit

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How to Have It All

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What Counts As Taxable Income

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The Mental Load of Financial Fear

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When Do You Actually Need an Accountant?

51

Is It Time to Form An S Corp?

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The Right Step at the Right Time (Business Operations: What Comes First?)

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What Small Business Bookkeeping is Actually For

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LLC Myths: The Truth About LLCs and Taxes

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My #1 Tip After Filing Your Taxes

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Understand Your Tax Rate

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Tips on Filing an Extension

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The Key To Less Fear When Doing Your Taxes

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Should You Do A Tax Protest?

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Tax Pain: Don't Waste It, Learn from It

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How to Pay Quarterly Taxes When Your Income Changes

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Avoid a Tax Bill: How to Start Estimated Quarterly Taxes

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Don't Forget These Deductions: Parking and Tolls

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Don't Forget These Deductions: Cell Phone and Internet

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Home Office Expenses on Your Books vs Taxes

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Two Myths About Quarterly Taxes

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How to Fix an Incorrect 1099

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What's Up with the BOI Reporting/Corporate Transparency Act?

69

How to Issue Your 1099s

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Your January Checklist for Easier Taxes

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2025 Tax Changes

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Stress stopper: Plan for your 1099s

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Stress Stopper: Plan for the 4/15 Double Deadline

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Year End Savings: Charitable Deductions

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Year-End Savings: Business Expenses

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Year-End Savings: IRA vs 401k: Fund the 401k First

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Save Money at Year-End: Healthcare

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My Mental Health Checklist for Hard Times

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Tax Relief You Get for Disaster Losses

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Mutual Aid: All the Tax Info You Need

81

Sales Tax vs. Income Tax

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Emergency Preparedness Checklist: My Takeaways for You

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Post Hurricane Helene: Art Problems Podcast with Paddy Johnson

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Emergency Update

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3 Keys to Unlock Your Money Mindset

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What Kamala and I share: Optimism and Patriotism

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Why You Get Stuck in a Tax Pain Cycle

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Corporations: Why You're Feeling so Confused

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The Free Tools on Investor.gov: Test Your Investing IQ

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Owning vs. Earning: Why You Should Invest

91

Real Talk: My Experience Using TaxSlayer

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Mindset for Personal Finance

93

Where to Put your Money: First, Next and Last

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Why You Need a Safety Cushion

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Why I Hate TurboTax Part 3

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Why I Hate TurboTax Part 2

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Why I Hate TurboTax Part 1

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My Tips for Focus, Plus A US Debt Revelation

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A Solution for Fairer Taxes

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Marketplace health insurance PSA: Update your Income

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5 Invisible Things in My Business

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My Hidden Agenda

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The FTC Non-Compete Ban: What It Means for You

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Deliver your Best Work with this Magic Tip

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How to Deduct Business Meals When You're Self-Employed

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How to Deduct Business Travel

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Startup Expenses: A Perk for Your New Business

108

Business vs. Hobby & the IRS 9 Point Test for Profit Motive

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New Rules for LLCs: Update

110

Why It Matters Who You Listen To

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4 Cases Where Done Beats Perfect

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How Taxes Can Unlock Your Financial Health

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Thoughts I've had About Money

114

1099 vs W2 Income and Why it Matters

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Insider Deduction Tips

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How to Deduct Fees, Bandmate Payouts and Gallery Commissions

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Tips to Make Your Taxes Better Right Now

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Can a Massage Therapist Deduct Massages? Education Expenses Explained

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Discomfort Means You're Growing: Estimates and Investments

120

1099s Deep Dive: Listener Questions

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What Are Receipts Actually For?

122

Issuing 1099s

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Open House for Money Bootcamp

124

Respect Your Work, Then Get Organized

125

The De-Stress Your Taxes Checklist

126

Tax Credits and Law Changes Not to Miss

127

Lower your Taxes at Year End, Prevent a Cash Crunch

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New Rules for LLCs: How The Corporate Transparency Act Affects You

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Understand Your Tax Rate

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FU Money for the People

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Donating Your Work isn't a Charitable Deduction

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Set Up Your Calendar for Tax Success

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Your Personal Finance Attitude Adjustment

134

Money Cheat Sheet for the Overwhelmed

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The Right Step at the Right Time

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Your Business Already Started

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How to Reduce Tax Overwhelm

138

How I Got Here: Interview with Kelly Bennett

139

Farnoosh Torabi: When Financial Fear is Good

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My top 4 ROIs (Returns on Investment)

141

Mistakes People Make When Working with an Accountant

142

Your Complete Guide to the New Student Loan Forgiveness

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3 Secrets to Extra Money in Your Tax Deductions

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LLCs & Why You Need to Separate Your Accounts

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The Child Care Tax Credit

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Taxes Should Be Part of Civic Education: a Story of Hope

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10 Minute Tax Fix: Do a Paycheck Checkup

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Oops! How to Fix a Tax Mistake

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What is a schedule? Capital Gains, Self-Employment Tax and Itemized Deductions

150

What I do With My Money

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How to Have it All

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Why I'm Patriotic (Proof of Real Progress)

153

The One Thing You Must Do in Your Business

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Medical Expense Deductions: When it's Worth Tracking & How

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The Business Advantages of Creatives

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BTS: How I Structure My Day for Better Focus

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BTS: Creative Career Advice from Architect John Cole (aka My Dad)

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Tips for Your First Hire

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S Corp Mistakes That will Cost You Thousands

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Tips to Ensure You Pay Yourself

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Re-Framing Finances for Creatives

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What Counts As Taxable Income?

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3 Tips for Easier Taxes

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Bonus: Making your Estimated Quarterly Tax Payment

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Is it Ok to Get a Tax Extension?

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Aggressive Means "High Growth"

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How to Stash More FU Money: The SECURE 2.0 Act Expands Your Retirement-Funding Options.

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The Mental Load of Financial Fear

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Do I Need an LLC?

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The Home Office Deduction

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How to Fund your IRA: Pay Yourself First

172

When do you Actually Need an Accountant?

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Estimated Quarterly Taxes: How to Calculate Your Payments

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Estimated Quarterly Taxes: Breaking it Down

175

1099s: Your Top Questions

176

Tips to Set Up for Easy Taxes

177

How to Issue 1099s

178

10 Reasons Self-Employed People Get Stuck with Money, and How to Fix It

179

What Small Business Bookkeeping is Actually For

180

Taxes, Democracy, and the Largest Climate Bill in US History

181

Taylor Smalls: Taking the Leap from Architecture to Full Time Art

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Phrases to use for Boundaries & Pricing with your Clients

183

Tax and Year-End Planning

184

Pricing and Business Lessons

185

Imagine (Sneha Shrestha): Street Art, Authenticity, and Connecting Savings to Creative Freedom

186

Gretchen Carder: Prestige is Not Payment: Textiles, Covid Pivots + Bookkeeping as Self-Care

187

Waiting Costs you Money: Money School

188

Don't Hustle, Don't compromise, Just Maximize: Money School

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Why Deductions Save More than you Think: Self-Employment Tax: Money School

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Receipts & Bookkeeping Demystified: Money School

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How to Cancel your Student Debt: Money School

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What Accountants Get Wrong About Creative People: Money School

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Vision: Running for Office

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Itemizing vs. Business Deductions: Ending the Confusion

195

Perfectionism as a Creative Entrepreneur

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Roth vs Traditional IRA: Does it Even Matter?

197

What's Going on in the Economy Right Now

198

Paddy Johnson: Real Talk on How to Succeed in the Arts

199

Proof That You're Doing Fine- The Breakeven Point

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Mileage: The Best Tax Deduction You're Missing

201

Erika Hess: Podcasting, Art, Motherhood, Boundaries, and Widening the Circle

202

10 Things I've Learned Doing Creative Entrepreneurs Taxes

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Money is Gas in the Car

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Trailer: Introducing The Sunlight Podcast