A Time for Every Purpose…..

Don’t we all wish to have time for all that we wish to do? A time for every purpose? Especially those of us that answer to more than one or two callings.

Some of you may be aware that I am not only an artist, wife, and mother, but also a student. I am finishing up my Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting. (The nerd part of my “rebel nerd” designation). I am working full time at school right now which means four classes at a time and only 12 weeks to cram those full four classes in, instead of the usual semester.

If this were my only other distraction, I might yet be finding more fruitful time for musing. Alas, it is not. I am also studying for the Special Enrollment Exam* (to become an Enrolled Agent) and the start up of a tax and bookkeeping company with my brilliantly cool tax partner, Jackie Z. How does this relate to my art? One of the things I hope to offer through this business venture is an extension of my tax advice geared to artists. I hope to help fill a void in this industry. It is near impossible sometimes to find someone to help with taxes that understands artists and how their “businesses” operate. I am hoping to be able to offer long-distance tax services (due to popular demand) for artists across the country, most likely beginning with the next tax season -early 2009. I feel a need to not only help clarify tax codes and how they affect or do not affect artists, but to also offer direct one on one tax services and advice.

So…know that even though the art is at a temporary pause, my muse is wide awake and lots of new designs are being worked on while I prepare for an added chapter to my life as a “rebel nerd.” I will post updates on my progress towards this end as well as notification of when I am taking on new clients.

*From irs.gov: ” What is an enrolled agent? An enrolled agent is a tax professional, who has demonstrated special competence in tax matters, applied for enrollment, and has been issued an enrollment card.” “An enrolled agent is a person who has earned the privilege of practicing, that is, representing taxpayers, before the Internal Revenue Service. Enrolled agents, like attorneys and certified public accountants (CPAs), are unrestricted as to which taxpayers they can represent, what types of tax matters they can handle, and which IRS offices they can practice before.”