Now that freelance Creative Direction is feeling more permanent I’d like to get set up properly as a small business. Things like LLC vs S-Corp, taxes, liability, etc. Should I be looking for an accountant that specializes in small business? Advertising?

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Talk to at least 3 accountants and get each of their advice (all 3 told me different things). I ended up doing an S Corp, which was great for awhile. Most of my work was W2 this year, so I’m considering switching to LLC.

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Spending money on a good accountant is a thing. Get a good one, be transparent about what expectations are and you’ll be good. It’s totally worth the $$$. You will not regret it.

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Chat them up and run from anything that makes you uncomfortable. All I’m saying is that I pay a decent amount for a guy who set me up as an s-corp small business and I couldn’t be more psyched with the tax savings and peace of mind that it’s being handled over the past almost four years.

And would I want someone local (Chicagoland) or remote to have more options?

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Yes and yes. I S-Corped when I started to see freelancing as permanent, I pay for business insurance, my accountant writes off literally everything (he specializes in creative freelancers) I push clients to do 1099 with these credentials (insurance + EIN) whenever I can and sometimes it works to get out of the W2 bubble. Not always with a larger holding company but sometimes.

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can you explain the W2 bubble please?

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