I love winter. I love snow. I love making a roaring fire in my fireplace on a chilly day. But I hate one thing about this time of year: taxes.
February is rough for the self-employed. It’s rough because my 1099 forms – official records of how much my clients paid me last year – arrive in the mail.
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