167: Reduce Your Tax Bill By Claiming These 6 Expenses
JFDI — The Show for Freelance Social Media ManagersShow Notes
Expenses – they don’t have to be complicated! You’re probably already spending money on the 6 things we’re discussing in today’s episode, but haven’t realised they count as business expenses, so it’s time to change that. From The Social Media Managers’ Toolkit, to your phone bill (yes really), there might be some things on this list that you weren’t expecting to see. Tune in now to reduce your tax bill! In this episode, we’re chatting about: Why you want to expense as much as you can afford How you can easily keep track of your expenses What you need to bear in mind when working out if something can be expensed Ideas of things you use daily that you should be able to expense as a social media manager
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