302. Your TAX Questions Answered by Hannah Cole

02/26/24 • 29 min

‘Tis the season for taxes. Hannah Cole, artist and owner of Sunlight Tax, was kind enough to come on the podcast and answer some of the most common questions like:

How should I file?
When should I hire a tax professional?
What items can I list as an expense/deduction?

Listen to hear answers to these questions and be sure to check out her extremely helpful resources below:

The Sunlight Podcast: Clear, actionable tips on how to manage your taxes and money as a self-employed person.
Free visual guide to your tax deductions
A free one-hour class, Make Taxes Easier and Stash an Extra $130k in Your Savings

‘Tis the season for taxes. Hannah Cole, artist and owner of Sunlight Tax, was kind enough to come on the podcast and answer some of the most common questions like:

The Sunlight Podcast: Clear, actionable tips on how to manage your taxes and money as a self-employed person.
Free visual guide to your tax deductions
A free one-hour class, Make Taxes Easier and Stash an Extra $130k in Your Savings

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301. Murals, Lettering, & Achieving Project Perfection with Olga Muzician

This week’s episode features Ukrainian-born, now New Jersey-based, artist Olga Muzician. About halfway through this interview I realized - we have two very different work styles. Olga has the drive and need for perfection in everything she does. Everything is organized, clean, and as efficient as possible. There is no room for spontaneity or winging it in her work life.

This interview is a great look at the opposite side of a previous solo episode I did where I confessed that I paint up to the value of my customer’s budget. If the customer is happy, I’m happy.

With Olga, if she’s not making her next masterpiece, then she’s not happy. There’s no good enough attitude happening here. Which explains why her project minimum is $3,500. Olga charges her worth and explains what’s included in her process to create a masterpiece every single time.

She also put into words the mental creative process that happens inside my head when trying to think up the next big idea (mockup) for a customer. That brain roller coaster that goes on throughout a couple of days or weeks of extracting that one-of-a-kind idea out of my usually stagnant creative brain for my new hopeful customer. I’ll let her do the explaining, so let me know what you think of this week’s episode with Olga Muzician.

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303. Abstracts, Galleries, and Creating the Art YOU Want to Create with Jenna Kast

This week’s episode features abstract artist Jenna Kast. This is yet another interview with an artist who has a completely different perspective on creating than I do: she thinks about the art first and the money follows.

I tend to find myself thinking about how I’m going to sell a canvas before I create it, but not Jenna. She spent the early part of her career creating for others so that when she made the switch to running her own business it was all about painting whatever she feels like painting. That happens to be colorful abstract art which is sold through her social media and recent galleries.

Listen to get tips on both of those sales strategies in this week’s episode with Jenna Kast.