EarnBunny / Money admin
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Money admin
Invoices, tax, records, contracts and insurance. The part of self-employment nobody starts a side hustle for, written to be done once and then forgotten about. General information only — we are not accountants, and we say so wherever it matters.
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We are not accountants, lawyers or financial advisers. Everything in this category is general information based on what our contributors and readers have done, not advice about your situation. Tax rules differ by country and change often. For anything with money or liability attached, check with a qualified professional where you live.
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Filing taxes on side income for the first time, without panicking
What to set aside, when it is due, what counts as an expense, and the three records that make the whole thing take an afternoon instead of a weekend.
11 min 052
Separate your money on day one. It costs nothing and saves a weekend.
A second account, one card, and a rule about percentages. The simplest bookkeeping system that survives a busy month.
5 min 047
What actually counts as a business expense
The categories most people miss, the ones they wrongly claim, and why 'I use it for work sometimes' is not the test.
8 min 044
Late payments: the follow-up sequence that got 83% paid within a week
Four messages, sent on a schedule, escalating politely. Plus what to do when the fourth one does not work.
7 min 041
Contracts for people who hate contracts
Six clauses that cover almost every dispute a small freelancer will have. Everything else is optional at your size.
9 min 038
Do you need a company, or is a sole trader fine?
The threshold where incorporating starts to make sense, and the admin cost nobody mentions before you cross it.
10 min 035
Building a buffer when your income is different every month
How to budget on an irregular income: pay yourself a fixed amount, and treat the good months as storage rather than spending.
6 min 032
The receipts you will wish you kept
A short list, learned from readers who had to reconstruct a year of records from bank statements.
4 min 029
Insurance for freelancers: what is worth it at each income level
Professional indemnity, public liability, income protection. What each covers and roughly when it starts to matter.
8 min 025
Invoice numbering, payment terms, and other boring things that get you paid faster
Small formatting decisions that measurably shorten the gap between sending an invoice and seeing the money.
5 min
The Payout · every Tuesday
Three gigs worth doing. One worth skipping.
Plus the rates behind both, pulled from what readers actually got paid last week. Free, and it stays that way.
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