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Article written by Caresse Singh. Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 was the second time Steven Zelin a.k.a “The Singing CPA” had lectured at an ASIFA-East event. Along side him sat Emily Campbell, an accomplished business lawyer. After a brief introduction highlighting their degrees, achievements and careers, Zelin performed a song – a tax related rendition of Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere.” Then it was down to business. Sample forms were distributed and outlined on the chalkboard were the six points to be discussed that night. On the topic of Taxes, the points were: 1. Preparing Tax Returns & Book-keeping 2. Calculating Quarterly Payments 3. How different business structures are taxed. On the Legal end the points were: 1. The difference between Independent Contractors & Work-For-Hire; The Legal Definition of Employee 2. Types of business entities. 3. Copyright vs. Trademarks Zelin began by walking us through the conventional 1040 tax return, discussing such things as Schedule C forms, itemized deductions, 1099s and W2s. From there, Campbell took over and explained in great detail the legal difference between an Independent Contractor and an employee. Both were extremely knowledgeable and relayed their messages in a very intuitive manner, bouncing off of each other’s...

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Back by popular demand!!  On February 23, 2011 please bring all your tax and freelance related questions to our Business of Being An Artist event with Steven Zelin, The Singing CPA.  This was an extremely helpful (and fun!) event last year, so I hope you will all join us.  Here’s all the info: Wed, Feb 23 at 7 PM SVA room 502. 209 East 23rd Street (Bet. 2nd & 3rd Ave) NYC We have also just added a business lawyer to our event, who will be on hand to answer all those questions dealing with legal issues.  Please bring all your questions that deal with issues that affect freelancers and artists, employer-employee relationships, definitions of work for hire vs ind contractor vs employee, how to start a business, trademark, and tax questions, etc. Steven Zelin is the Singing CPA. He writes and performs funny songs about taxes and accounting, and he’s been a certified public accountant for over 10 years. He is also the President of the Lowe Bureau LLC, a bookkeeping company focusing on creative individuals and small businesses. Steven started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently is the principal of a CPA practice specializing in providing high...

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Steven Zelin is the Singing CPA. He writes and performs funny songs about taxes and accounting, and he’s been a certified public accountant for over 10 years. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently is the principal of a practice specializing in providing high quality tax and accounting services to individuals, small businesses and non-profit organizations. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Nightline, The New York Daily News and many radio shows. He is a regular guest speaker at SVA and teaches Accounting at Long Island University. Mr. Zelin has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fordham University. He will join us on Feb 19 to discuss (and sing about) the business of being an artist with a focus on taxes as April 15th approaches. He will walk us through an interactive exercise in preparing a tax return, give advice on record keeping for artists, and provide resources on how you could get your tax returns prepared for free. Bring your tax questions to what is sure to be an entertaining event! Steven Zelin, The Singing CPA Friday Feb 19,  7 PM SVA 209 E. 23rd Street Room 502, 5th Floor Admission: Free www.theSingingCPA.com

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