Content Creators
Your income comes from five different platforms. Your expenses are scattered across personal cards. We bring it all together so you actually know what you're making.
You Didn't Plan to Run a Business
You started making videos in your apartment. Or recording a podcast at your kitchen table. It was a creative outlet, maybe a side project. Then it grew. Now you have AdSense payments hitting one account, brand deal checks hitting another, Patreon deposits on a different schedule, and affiliate commissions trickling in from three platforms you forgot you signed up for.
Nobody taught you how to run a business. You figured out the content. You figured out the audience. The financial side just kind of happened, and now it’s a mess that gets worse every month you ignore it.
Who This Covers
Who This Covers
YouTubers, podcasters, TikTok creators, Twitch streamers, Instagram influencers, online course creators, newsletter writers, and anyone building an audience and monetizing it across multiple platforms.
What Makes It Complicated
What Makes It Complicated
Income arrives from different sources on different schedules with different reporting. Expenses happen on personal cards mixed with business purchases. Equipment, software subscriptions, travel for content, contractors editing your videos. It all needs to be separated and tracked.
What We Handle
Every income stream gets tracked to its source. AdSense, sponsorships, affiliate revenue, course sales, memberships, tips. You see exactly how much each one generates and whether it’s growing or declining. This isn’t just about tax compliance. It’s about knowing which parts of your business actually make money after you account for the time and expenses involved.
Expenses get categorized properly. That camera isn’t just an expense. It’s a depreciable asset with a useful life. Software subscriptions, home studio deductions, travel for content, props and research costs. We make sure everything lands in the right bucket for tax purposes and gives you an accurate picture of profitability.
Income Tracking by Platform
Income Tracking by Platform
Monthly breakdown of revenue by source. You know if YouTube is carrying the business while your course sales are flat. You can make decisions about where to focus energy based on actual numbers instead of gut feeling.
Contractor and Vendor Management
Contractor and Vendor Management
Your editor, thumbnail designer, virtual assistant, podcast producer. Anyone you pay more than $600 needs a 1099 at year end. We track payments throughout the year so December isn’t a scramble to collect W-9s and calculate totals.
What Goes Wrong
The first big tax bill catches most creators completely off guard. You had a good year. Made $150,000 across all your platforms. Felt great. Then April arrives and you owe $45,000 between federal income tax, California state tax, and self-employment tax. No employer was withholding anything. The money you thought was profit was partially the government’s share.
Beyond taxes, creators lose visibility into their actual business performance. That brand deal for $10,000 felt huge until you factor in the two weeks of production time, the $2,000 you spent on props and location, and the editor fees. Your most lucrative-looking income streams might have the worst margins. Without proper tracking, you chase revenue instead of profit.
No Quarterly Estimates
No Quarterly Estimates
The IRS wants their money four times a year when you’re self-employed. Miss those payments and you owe penalties on top of the tax bill. Most creators don’t set up quarterly estimates until after they’ve been burned once.
Personal and Business Tangled Together
Personal and Business Tangled Together
That new lens went on your personal card. So did dinner, but dinner was a meeting with a potential sponsor. Your bank statement is a mix of legitimate business expenses and personal purchases. Separating them in March while you’re trying to file taxes is miserable.
What Changes
You know your numbers. Real profit by income stream, not just gross revenue. Expenses tracked and categorized throughout the year instead of reconstructed in a panic. Quarterly estimates set so April is predictable instead of devastating. Equipment depreciated correctly. Contractor payments documented.
This matters beyond just surviving tax season. When a brand asks about your business during a negotiation, you have answers. When you’re thinking about hiring someone full-time or investing in a studio, you have data to support the decision. When you eventually want to sell your brand or bring on a business partner, your books tell a clear story.
Tax Planning Throughout the Year
Tax Planning Throughout the Year
We track your income as it comes in and adjust quarterly estimate amounts accordingly. A viral month means higher estimates. A slow quarter means we adjust. No more guessing what you’ll owe or being blindsided by a bill you can’t pay.
Time Back for Creating
Time Back for Creating
You’re not spending Sunday afternoons trying to reconcile PayPal transactions from three months ago. You’re not hunting down receipts in February. The financial side of your business runs without you babysitting it. Focus on content. We handle this part.
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The Next Step:
A Short Conversation
Tell us about your business and what you're dealing with. We'll listen, ask a few questions, and give you a clear price for the work.