{"id":49,"date":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/2026\/09\/19\/deductions-freelancers-forget\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","slug":"deductions-freelancers-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/2026\/09\/19\/deductions-freelancers-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Deductions Freelancers Most Often Forget to Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most freelancers remember the obvious write-offs \u2014 a laptop, software subscriptions, a share of the phone bill. The money left on the table is usually in the categories that feel too small, too complicated or too personal to count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The seven we see missed most<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Home office.<\/strong> The simplified method allows $5 per square foot, up to 300 square feet.<\/li><li><strong>Self-employed health insurance.<\/strong> Premiums for you and your family come off income, not just itemized deductions.<\/li><li><strong>Half of self-employment tax.<\/strong> It is deducted automatically only if your return is prepared correctly.<\/li><li><strong>Retirement contributions.<\/strong> A SEP-IRA or Solo 401(k) can shelter far more than a regular IRA.<\/li><li><strong>Business mileage.<\/strong> Trips to clients, the bank and the post office all count.<\/li><li><strong>Education.<\/strong> Courses that maintain or improve skills in your current work are deductible.<\/li><li><strong>Bank and payment fees.<\/strong> Platform and processing fees add up quickly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep a simple log as you go. A spreadsheet with the date, amount and purpose is enough to support every one of these if the IRS ever asks.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home office, health insurance, retirement contributions and four more write-offs self-employed people leave on the table every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,3],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-business","tag-deductions","tag-freelancers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tax-consultant-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}