8 things most content creators miss on their taxes, according to a CPA

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The countdown to tax season has officially begun. If you’re a content creator or freelancer, figuring out how to approach filing your taxes might seem extremely intimidating. Even if you’re comfortable, taxes can still be overly complicated. You don’t want to make any of the common mistakes freelancers make on their taxes.

Between figuring out what expenses to deduct to deciding if you should form your own LLC or not, there are a lot of unknown decisions that you might have to make before filing your taxes.

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