Registering an LLC
Setting up an LLC as an indie author can protect your assets, reduce taxes, and legitimize your business. Learn the benefits, steps, and how ScribeCount can help you manage your author earnings.
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Paying yourself through your LLC
Authors with an LLC taxed as an S-Corp must pay themselves differently than authors operating under default LLC taxation. This guide explains reasonable salary, owner distributions, payroll taxes, estimated taxes, corporate veil protection, and when an S-Corp election may make financial sense for a growing publishing business.
Employees vs. Independent Contractors
Hiring help is part of growing an author business, but the IRS cares whether that person is an employee or an independent contractor. This guide explains how indie authors should think about worker classification, contractor payments, 1099-NEC forms, W-9s, payroll obligations, and misclassification
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