Tag: self-employed
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Tips for Self-Assessment Tax Returns and Expenses
Tax tips for actors: self-assessment, allowable expenses, and Making Tax Digital explained by an industry expert. In this essential The Spotlight Podcast episode for every working performer, we sit down with Mark Carr, a Chartered Accountant and Director at Streets. Mark has over two decades of experience helping those in the media and entertainment industry…
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What Performers Need to Know About Employment Law Changes
New rights for workers and concerns around tax: how the upcoming changes to employment law will affect performers in the UK. The Labour government is in the process of changing rights for workers in the biggest shake-up of employment law in decades. The government has already introduced legislation to increase the rights of workers in…
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Do Actors Need an Agent?
How an agent will assist you with your acting career, and what you’ll need to do as a performer if you decide to self-represent yourself. The key ambition of your average performer is to get an agent, not because it’s the most respected, established and arguably best way to get work in this industry, but…
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How to Get a Mortgage as a Self-Employed Performer
What you can do to prepare for future home ownership as a freelance actor or performer.
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How to Budget Irregular Income as an Actor
How to manage your acting income to save during the busy times and survive the quiet spells.
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A Guide to Pensions for Self-Employed Actors in the UK
Everything actors need to know about retirement savings.
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How to Set Yourself Up as a Freelancer
When actors need to register as sole traders, how to calculate tax and where additional work can affect it.
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Financial Guidance for Actors
Advice from industry professionals on agent fees, invoicing and tax for actors. As a performing artist, it’s your responsibility to manage your business. Sharpening your script analysis and attending auditions is one thing, but developing your financial understanding is equally essential for your career. Things like accounting, filling out self-employed tax forms and negotiating agent…
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Tax Tips for Self-Employed Actors in the UK
Your go-to guide on registering as a self-employed actor and tax-deductible expenses.
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Financial Mindfulness – Budgeting Tips for Performers
How to organise your finances and budget with ever-changing earnings. Money – or the lack of it – is not the obstacle to your success and goals, but sitting blissfully in the ignorance of your financial health may well be. I can tell you from personal experience that by ignoring your finances and giving sole…