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Registering for Sales Tax–
a Multi-State Guide for Artists and Others

December 3, 2015 Rich Streitfeld, CPA
Artists, Starting A Business, Taxes, Uncategorized

Sales tax is not fun.  No kind of tax is fun, but sales tax can be particularly daunting, and it is also considered “low hanging fruit” by many state jurisdictions.  Add to that the challenge of filing in multiple states if you are a working artist who participates regularly at shows around the country and
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Richard Streitfeld – Buddhist Mensch

(More!) Peace, Love and Financial Planning
(and information on 3 relevant presentations)

May 4, 2015 Rich Streitfeld, CPA
Artists, Bookkeeping, Taxes

The following is Part II of an excerpt from “Peace, Love and Financial Planning — An Illustrated Guide to Money”, by E. Larson Gunness, a local financial planner (and friend). Click here for Part I Note: “You” is the narrator in the book, who is working for a local accounting firm, and has just met
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Richard Streitfeld – Buddhist Mensch

Peace, Love and Financial Planning

March 26, 2015 Rich Streitfeld, CPA
Artists, Bookkeeping, Taxes

The following is an excerpt from “Peace, Love and Financial Planning — An Illustrated Guide to Money”, by E. Larson Gunness, a local financial planner (and friend). Note: “You” is the narrator in the book, who is working for a local accounting firm. Art Comes in for a Meeting One day, a person named Art
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Zen Mensch Accounting

Making A Living As An Artist
(Starvation is NOT an Option)

November 21, 2014 Rich Streitfeld, CPA
Artists, Business, Financial Planning, Starting A Business, Taxes

Q: I’ve never made a dime even though my art hangs in all the major museums. Now I am told the tax people could reclassify my activity as a hobby? –P. Picasso, penniless in Paris A: Well monsieur, I cannot speak for how the socialist French tax their artists. In the United States there is
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