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I just wanna know how to practice as a freelance interior designer. Don’t tell me what kind of education that I need. Thanks.

Start by adverting some where like in the local paper when they have a spring home improvement section. Make sure that you are appealing to an area that will use an interior designer upper middle class to wealthy people.

Also I have been to these design houses where there are about 10 -15 design groups that each take a room in a house and design it, usually the house is in an up scale neighbor hood.They open the house for pay
tours then people get to see what the designers can do.

If you live in an area outside of a city like
New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta there are more opportunities more wealth that people want to have someone else design their house.

For a contractor use the phone book in your area, if you are already working in the field you ask someone who they use and who is reliable.

I am looking for a professional network for IT freelancers in Bangalore or atleast in india? Please suggest me if such networks exist

Dear Mr. Gopal,

The answer is unfortunately no. Why can not you start such a freelancers network, of your own, with the other Professionals. Please work on this proposal.

Good luck.

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I want to take freelance project.

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I want to start an online editing business – I know how to make my own page, and I’ve checked the domain name to see that it’s available.

Before I take on any business, though, I want to make sure everything’s done legally so that I can’t be fined or charged any back taxes down the road.

If I’m running such a business online (where I’m conducting all business, including payments, solely through the Internet), what kind of legal issues should I consider? Do I need to register a DBA? What kind of tax forms should I fill out? I’m not charging very much as it is, so I don’t even know how much I should expect to make. I just want to make sure that everything’s done legally to avoid trouble.

Anyone have experience running their own business online. If so, any advice? Thanks!

This is one of those gray areas — I find if you start contacting local government bureaucrats and asking them what you need, they’ll start coming up with an endless supply of hoops for you to jump through.

The essential thing is to keep records of your income so you can declare it, and also keep records of your expenses so you can take every possible legitimate deduction when tax time comes. (For instance, if you dedicate a portion of your home as your office, you can deduct a portion of your mortgage or rent payment from your taxes.)

You can just operate as an individual for tax purposes if you want. You don’t need a DBA unless you want to give your business a name other than your own name. For a simple business like this you don’t need to over-complicate it, just get started and you can pick up the details as you go along.

That being said, it would be best to consult a CPA — you could contact a few other freelance writers or editors in your area and ask for a recommendation for a CPA who specializes in independent/home businesses.

I work full-time as a writer, but I would like to build up my portfolio and do some outside freelance work which will not conflict with my 8-5 job. Does anyone know of any copywriter opportunities for an efficient and fresh writer?

Have you tried looking in Craig’s List http://www.craigslist.org ?

It is a great resource for finding pat-time telecommute jobs. I say this because there is a search option to only list telecommute jobs AND part time jobs, but the stupid thing is that you can only search jobs for one city at a time… which is a pain if you are looking for telecommuting jobs.

This site: http://www.telecommutejoblist.com/ posts the result of a multi-city (all) job search on Craig’s List with the Telecommute option checked.

Good Luck!

I did freelance work for a Library this past Summer. I received an honorarium from them of $5,000 which also included my cost for materials in the payment. Should I have to pay tax on the full amount of $5,000, since I really only earned about $3,000 of that minus the materials cost? I just received my 1099 form and it lists the full $5000 as compensation and therefore taxable.

You will report this income on schedule C (Form 1040). You can deduct your business related expenses. Your net income is subject to self employment tax at 15.3%.

For more info on self employed filing or independent contractor filing read:
http://taxgeek.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2EEA05E22BF141DC!119.entry

I am a PG and currently attending IAS coaching classes. I have heard about freelance writers but not enough information as to how I can be one.I use to write articles, poems, essays in college and university days.Where and whom do I approach for this job.

You can register at freelance websites below and start bidding for all writing projects posted there.

I’ve always been a pretty decent writer. I’m interested in becoming a freelance writer.

The problem is, although I’ve written for school newspapers I have no real experience or education.

So I guess my question would be is it possible to earn money as a freelance writer without any formal training or education?

I’m a freelance writer, and I don’t have a college degree.

There’s a free list of ways to get started at http://www.freelancewritingcourse.com.

Good luck!