#88: The Tax Nerd on Everything You NEED To Know About Taxes For Self Employed, Online Business Owners and Influencers!  

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Mairead O'Driscoll aka The Tax Nerd is a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This is definitely one of the most important podcasts I’ve recorded for podcast subscribers; and one I wish I had listened to when I was either starting off or transitioning from employee to self-employed and then to online and creating a company (LLC)</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re self-employed, have an online business or make income as an influencer, this is a must listen.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast: </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The basics on tax, what you NEED to know </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What constitutes business expenses and what you can deduct</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Taxes for online business and influencers </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">When to switch from self-employed to an LLC or company </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Pension funds, tax breaks and investing in the S+P 500 or US stocks from Ireland or the UK. </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">When to register for VAT.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Doing tax returns yourself vs using an accountant (and how much that will generally cost) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why you need to track your losses for potential tax relief </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">And much more. </li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Shownotes:</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Tax Nerd Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/thetaxnerd_/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.instagram.com/thetaxnerd_/?hl=en</a></p>