Taxes and Writers

For American Writers Only

NOTE:  I found a new article on taxes and decided to update my old article to include it as well as checking for dead links.  I discovered that many of these articles have been updated to include information for those who are self published. So, here is the update.

Did you know that you don't have to make a profit to write off your writing expenses?  You don't even have to be published or contracted to publish.  

All you have to do is prove that you are a working writer.  This can be as simple as having copies of your rejection letters.  

I'm not an accountant or tax attorney so here are some experts to give you even more information on writers and taxes.

Writers and taxes, General Information:

http://www.artstaxinfo.com/writers.shtml

http://publishing.about.com/od/BookAuthorBasics/a/Taxes-And-Book-Author.htm

https://www.thebalance.com/hobbyist-vs-pro-tax-guidelines-for-book-authors-2799859

http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/get-published-sell-my-work/tax-advice-for-writers

http://www.eclectics.com/articles/taxes.html

http://www.tarakharper.com/k_tax.htm

http://www.forwriters.com/taxes.html

https://blog.nathanbransford.com/2017/09/writers-know-taxes.html

Deductions:

http://www.freelancetaxation.com/deductions-writers

http://writersrelief.com/blog/2012/03/taxes-for-writers-expenses-that-you-can-and-cant-write-off/

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tax-deductions-writers.html