Writer's Pocket Tax Guide [Paperback]

Darlene A. Cypser (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 14, 2008

The Writer's Pocket Tax Guide is a simple guide to the federal tax rules applicable to the income and expenses of those who write for a living. It includes a line-by-line review of Schedule C and Form 8829 with explanations and examples on how to apply the rules for income, business expenses, depreciation, auto expenses, home office deductions, and much more.

Darlene Cypser has been writing the Writer's Pocket Tax Guide for freelance writers since 1988. The Guide has been highly praised by writers across the country. This year the WPTG has been expanded to cover how people who writer as employees can report their employee business expenses.

The Writer's Pocket Tax Guide began as a pocket-size paperback book. This version includes a CD with a digital version of the Guide plus useful IRS publications, forms, and instructions.

CD Requirements: PC or Macintosh with a CD-ROM drive and a web browser (e.g. Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer). Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read the tax forms and IRS publications which are included as pdf files.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Darlene A. Cypser, an attorney, has put together an EXCELLENT tax guide for writers. -- Wacky Writer's Website

If you need descriptions of basic issues..., the background information provided in this very helpful document is clear and direct. -- Freelance Writers Section of About – The Human Internet --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

First published in 1988, the Writer's Pocket Tax Guide was the first in a series of pocket tax guides for self-employed people published by Foolscap & Quill. It continues to be our most popular guide. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Foolscap & Quill, LLC; 2008 edition (January 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971855234
• ISBN-13: 978-0971855236
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,842,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Darlene Cypser is a writer, attorney, and movie producer. She is licensed to practice law in New York and Colorado. She practiced law in Boulder, Colorado from 1988-1999. Darlene began writing the Writer's Pocket Tax Guide in 1988 based on interactions with legal clients who were confused about how to handle their taxes. She added several companion Pocket Tax Guides over the years for daycare providers, small publishers, teachers, screenwriters, actors and filmmakers. The Pocket Tax Guide series is updated annually. She has written number of papers and articles which were published in magazines and professional legal and scientific journals on international space law, liability for induced seismicity, landlord and tenant law, intellectual property law, tax law and motion picture production and distribution. Darlene's first fiction story to be published was a ghost story published in October 1992 by the Boulder Daily Camera.

She has been an avid follower of Sherlock Holmes since high school and has been a member of a number of Sherlockian groups including Dr. Watson's Neglected Patients (which she currently heads) and The Hounds of the Internet. The Baker Street Journal (the official publication of the Baker Street Irregulars) published two articles that she wrote about the Sherlock Holmes stories in the 1980s. Darlene is writing a trilogy which is sequel to The Crack in the Lens. The trilogy will follow Sherlock Holmes from the start of his university career through to his meeting with Dr. Watson in 1881 at Bart's.

She is currently producing a movie based on Alfred Noyes' poem The Highwayman set in 18th century England. Darlene wrote the screenplay. She will be releasing a book version when the movie is complete.

Darlene loves reading and writing about history, science and law, as well as fiction. She also enjoys hiking, cooking and photography.

Darlene Cypser currently lives in Douglas County, Colorado.