3 Half-Assed Tax Tips for Freelancers from a Lazy Creative

Amber Petty
5 min readApr 7, 2021

A reminder that even if you’re not financially perfect…you’ll still be okay.

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

Since I was 19, I’ve had at least two jobs at once. Since those jobs involved, acting, writing, and other random 1099 tasks, my taxes have been difficult for 16 years.

I’d love to say I’ve learned a fool-proof method to make taxes easy. That all my receipts live…

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Amber Petty

Writer for the New York Times, Bustle, Greatist, MTV, IFC, Snooki’s blog. Want to hear about open writing jobs? Sign up for my free newsletter at AmberPetty.com