Self-employment, Freelancing & Finance

Here are some good links I've come across to articles about freelancing, income & finances for the self-employed.

Some of these are American articles, but the principles remain the same.

Be Your Own Boss by Freelancing
Glenn Curtis, Investopedia.

Traditionally, most people took a job with a single company at age 20, worked there their entire lives and eventually retired from that same company 40 years later, often with a nice gold watch. Now, the gold watches are gone and multiple career changes are almost expected over a working lifetime. This has given rise to the professional freelancer, someone who works without long-term commitments to a single employer. They hop from job to job, selling their swords to the highest bidder.

Freelance Careers: Look Before You Leap

How would you like to reduce your taxable income while simultaneously increasing your financial independence? Starting your own business, whether on the side or full-time, can be a great way to turn costs that you would incur anyway into legitimate, tax-deductible business expenses.

10 Most-Overlooked Tax Deductions

How to Budget for an Irregular Income
Globe & Mail

The working world seems to be separated into two groups: the employed and the self-employed. For those of us who are newly self-employed, the biggest question is probably how to budget for an unreliable income. When you're employed, it's effortless: you receive X amount of dollars per month, and that's what you use to build your budget on.

10 Tax Benefits For The Self-Employed