The blog for aspiring & established filmmakers of independent films. by ted hope.

New Tax Headache For Indies

Michael Cohen thankfully tipped me off to this. It’s a headache for not just Indies but for all small businesses. It effects all filmmakers as it adds on a new layer of tax reporting for any production. According to this article, you will now need to report, via 1099, any PURCHASE you make — and intend to write off — on an individual basis. If you buy a new computer, you will have to send Apple a 1099. Time to consultant your accountant.

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Ted Hope is a “holistic film producer”: he aims to be there from the beginning and then forever after, involved in every aspect of a film’s life cycle and ecosystem, as committed to engineering serendipity as preventing problems, as obsessed with lifting the good into the great, as he is…

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