For the daily needs of actors trying to make it big!!!
As actors we have so many problems to file taxes, they are the only reason I once thought how much better a regular 9 to 5 job with W-2’s and simplicity would be. So here is an article that gives us a little insight to the right and wrong way to face that time of the year. For the full article… (Click here)
Its not always easy to let someone in your life, but even less easy, is to let someone in when you are surrounded by an industry based on image, false promises and self-interests. And personal assistants get close, really close!…
All of us have bills to pay, obviously. And we also have countless expenses: classes, headshots, assistants, printing…etc. And con artists know this. So they come up with get-rich-fast “jobs” that are alluring. Generally these offers take on forms such as: packaging envelopes form home, making jewelry, investing in stocks packages, fabricating candles, assembling together some form of hand crafted what-not…and as you do you will be making thousands! Tens of thousands!! Or so they say…
Here is what “How to break into acing, for Dummies” has to say about this oh-so-delicate subject.
Whether we like it or not, we all have to pay taxes. But Paying taxes on your acting income can be a little trickier than paying taxes on your income as a janitor or bank teller or computer programmer. For example, The company that you work for as a computer programmer probably automatically deducts state and federal income taxes out of your paycheck. As an actor, it’s up to you to set aside a certain amount of your acting paycheck to cover
Unless they’ve made a huge mistake or betrayed you someway, its usually very hard to move on from your agent. The feeling is that of leaving someone who believed in you when others wouldn’t give you a chance. And that’s how most actors feel. But at the end of the day, they are making money and you are making money, and it’s a business relationship One of the best pieces of advice I ever received…
Agents are there to help actors get work, so it wont come as a shock to you that there are thousands of phony agents trying to take your money. Whether a single agent or an agency, know what you are entitled to and what your rights are.
First of all if any agent asks for ANY money upfront using excuses such as investing in pictures, a nominal fee or even a monthly fee….RUN!!!!…