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Most creative professionals will have worked freelance at some point. Whether you work part time or full time, there are a number of benefits to working as a creative freelancer.

Not only can your take home pay be higher, but you’ll be able to have more creative control over your work and be your own boss. Working agency or client side can be restricting – with endless briefs and boundaries of what you can and can’t creatively put together.

By freelancing, you’ll be able to take on the clients you want. Freelance UK recently highlighted the need for creative freelancers in the SME market, as small companies need bespoke work done quickly and will tend to use the same freelancer for a number of jobs. Even better, they won't have specific creative requirements, leaving you free to use ideas that may not be considered acceptable in agencies or when working for large multi-national organisations.

If you would like to become a freelancer you’ll need to be good at striking up conversation and coming up with ideas very quickly. According to Freelance UK, elite freelancers are those with a 'gift for building strategic working relationships with key people at short notice'.

If you’d like to become a creative freelancer, you’ll need to set up as a sole trader and speak to an accountant about the change in how you pay tax.

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If you’d like some advice about setting up as a sole trader or want to know more about Easy Accountancy, Ask us a Question, call us on 0500 234111 / 01442 275767 or email aaron.oneill@easyaccountancy.co.uk

Easy Accountancy

Easy Accountancy is the UK’s only national specialist accountancy firm for freelancers, sole traders and small businesses

If you’ve just started out as a freelancer or run a small business, you’ll definitely need a small accountant and there are plenty of options out there! However, most accountants will charge you every time you get in touch with them; for every phone call, email or meeting.

We don’t want our clients to be scared to contact us and potentially lose out on valuable tax saving advice. It's even more important when you first start out as you really need to set your business up in the best way possible. As a start up you’ll probably have loads of questions and will really appreciate the fact you can call your accountant as many times as you like without the fear of racking up large bills.

Our low cost, all-inclusive fixed-fee accountancy service includes unlimited access to your own accountant throughout the year, so you never need to worry about picking up the phone and then receiving a bill afterwards for the privilege, and covers all your business and personal tax affairs needs. All clients additionally receive: 

  • Help to run your business in the most tax efficient way possible
  • Help so you can understand the taxes you need to pay
  • Advice on the best ways to manage your business
  • Updates and reminders so you'll never miss a deadline
  • Help to ensure you maximise your tax allowances
  • Provide proactive tax advice throughout the year

We’ve saved our clients up to half on their accountancy bills – if you’d like a quote, click on the quote me button to the right of this page. Alternatively, call us on 0500 234111 / 01442 275767 or email aaron.oneill@easyaccountancy.co.uk

We also have a money-back service guarantee - all of your telephone calls and emails will be answered on the same day, or we will refund your monthly fee (another first within the accountancy world).

To appoint us as your accountants, please fill in our Client Agreement Form online.

If you are a contractor working through a limited company then visit SJD Accountancy (our sister company) who specialise in providing tax advice and accountancy services for Limited Company contractors. You can also keep up to date by following the SJD Accountancy Twitter

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