By Monica Davidson It’s that most hated time of year again, and as always, creative businesses and professionals are in an interesting position with regard to deductions. Many of us are individuals,...
Finance
Tax Time for Creative Business
In a weird turn of events, tax has never been so vital for creative practitioners and arts organisations. Recent months have been a crash course in finances, and the end of the financial year is...
Lonely Money
Recently, we’ve all been experiencing isolation in one form or another. Some people are completely alone, while others are trapped at home with their whole family, trying to figure out how to find...
I Will Survive!
This article is based on our recent free webinar I Will Survive, which is still available as a recording. You can access the webinar, as well as more resources and links, any time you like until...
Leap Into Freelancing
So many of my employed friends daydream about freelancing, especially as a creative professional. From the outside it must seems like the ideal life, to work in a field that you love, in your own...
Deductions for Creative Business
It's tax time again (again?!) and the ATO has recently reminded us of what we can and can't claim as creative professionals. Creative businesses and professionals are in an interesting position...
Package Pricing Pointers
Creative businesses are often very resistant to setting a fixed price for their services. Goods and products? Sure. It would be weird to put your jewellery or garments on Etsy without...
Four Rules for Grants
The marvelous, astute and completely fabulous Irene Lemon is a freelance grant writer, winning $4.1 million AUD in the last 7 years for projects for her clients in Regional NSW, Fiji, Papua...