Credit Cards and Freelancing
An article called How a Credit Card Makes Freelancers Bawl on how to avoid common problems with credit cards, accounting and freelancing.
Meet Joe, a freelance writer with a decent portfolio containing a mix of print and online articles. He loves to skydive and play tennis. Joe has one credit card for both personal and business purchases. After all, freelance writing started out as a side venture that eventually grew big enough that he could quit his corporate job for the freelance life.In the beginning, the credit card bill didn’t faze him. He didn’t have many business purchases being a fledgling freelance writer on the side. Now that he’s gone big time — managing his credit card and its bill becomes a hassle.
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When he receives the bill, he has to study the items to figure out what they are. After all, that printer he bought from Printers R Us shows up on the credit card as Dominate Electronics World, the parent company. So he has to make the connection between the order from Printers R Us and the parent company by comparing the purchase price.
He takes out his green and yellow highlighters. He highlights personal purchases in yellow and business purchases in green. After all, green means money and business brings in the dough. Whoops, he highlighted a personal purchase in green and scribbles notes to fix that. By the time he finishes with his bill, it looks battered and worn.
The article talks about all the reasons it’s good to have a separate account for business and personal expenses, which seems to run counter to the basic idea that fewer credit cards is better. Worth checking out!
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