Freelance Taxes 101 with Little Fish Accounting

Welcome to Wingspan's Freelance Bootcamp, a series of workshops designed specifically for independent professionals to build the confidence and skills to successfully work for themselves.

Navigating taxes as a freelancer can be terrifying and tedious. With so many new and different tax considerations, it’s important to understand WTF is going on — even if you have third party assistance. Keila Hill-Trawick, founder of Little Fish Accounting, will walk you through the different types of filings for freelancers, discuss deductions and quarterly taxes, and bust some of those old myths you might be holding onto. You’ll come away with a deductions cheat sheet and a calendar of all-important tax dates & deadlines.

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Keila Hill-Trawick, MBA, CPA, is the founder of Little Fish Accounting. Before starting Little Fish Accounting, Keila worked on accounting and auditing projects for various federal agencies, after holding senior-level accounting and finance positions at corporations like Home Depot and Georgia-Pacific. But put simply, it just wasn’t fulfilling. Keila wanted more, and found her passion in helping friends and colleagues understand their financial standing, needs, and objectives to build their own businesses.