Expenses like a home office, car, insurance, and even your education bills could get you a big tax break Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience.

Self-employment offers control, freedom and income opportunities that salaried positions may not. Being in charge of your own business decisions also means being responsible for meeting all your own ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

What is self-employment tax? The federal self-employment tax is composed of Social Security and Medicare taxes, which are also known together as the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). For ...

Mike Cetera is the editor in chief for Forbes Marketplace U.S. Mike has written and edited articles about mortgages, savings accounts, CD rates and credit cards for more than a decade. Prior to ...

I recently became self-employed. (Yes, by choice, not by necessity, though maybe many would question my judgment.) Like me, have you also just made this hold-onto-your-shorts leap? If so, you probably ...