The E-Book
Your Music Is a Business
The plain-English guide to how independent artists actually get taxed. Nobody hands you the memo — so the money trickles in from a dozen places, and tax time becomes a gut-punch. This is the handful of rules that really apply to you, in language you were never taught to read, so you stop getting blindsided and start keeping more of what you earn.
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Instant PDF · every fact sourced from IRS.gov · CPA-reviewed
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What’s Inside
Plain English. No Tax-Speak.
Everything an independent artist needs to understand about their money — written the way it’s actually talked about, then sourced straight from the IRS.
1 · You’re a Business Now
The moment your music makes money, the IRS sees a small business — no LLC required. What that shift means.
2 · The Two Taxes You Owe
Income tax plus the self-employment tax that blindsides artists — the 15.3% nobody warned you about.
3 · All Your Music Money Counts
Streams, cash shows, beat sales, merch — why “no 1099” never means “no taxes.”
4 · The Forms You’ll Get
1099-NEC, 1099-K, 1099-MISC — what each one means and exactly what to do with it.
5 · Hobby or Business?
The line that decides whether you can write anything off — and how to stay on the right side of it.
6 · What to Do Now
Keep records, set money aside, and know exactly when it’s time to bring in a CPA.
Why Trust It
This isn’t recycled internet advice. Every fact is pulled straight from the IRS itself and cited — there’s a Sources page in the back so you can check every claim — then reviewed by a vetted CPA with 30+ years working with artists. It’s education, not tax advice — but it’s the version nobody hands you on the way in.
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