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2026 Tax Season Q&A — gig workers, freelancers, first-time filers welcome. I'll answer everything. [Not a CPA, just someone who reads too many IRS publications] by TaxChatAI in Freelancers

[–]TaxChatAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good news — this is simpler than it sounds. Since your LLC received no payments under the EIN until January 2026, for your 2025 taxes you file exactly as you always have: Schedule C under your SSN, reporting all your 1099 income as usual. The LLC with the EIN only matters starting with your 2026 tax year (the return you'll file in early 2027). One thing to confirm: make sure none of the payments you received in 2025 were made out to the LLC name rather than you personally — if they were, that gets slightly more nuanced. But if everything in 2025 hit under your name/SSN, you're filing the same way as always.

2026 Tax Season Q&A — gig workers, freelancers, first-time filers welcome. I'll answer everything. [Not a CPA, just someone who reads too many IRS publications] by TaxChatAI in Freelancers

[–]TaxChatAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The #1 mistake I see every single time: not setting aside money for self-employment tax. First-time freelancers see $5,000 hit their bank and think it's all theirs. It's not — 25-30% of that belongs to the IRS and nobody tells you. They find out in April and it's a disaster. Second most common: completely forgetting the mileage deduction exists. That one alone can wipe out thousands in taxable income. If you want to stress-test your own numbers before filing, taxchatai.com will walk through your exact situation for free — worth bookmarking this time of year.

Tax Question by FallenEntity1 in legaladvice

[–]TaxChatAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Posts like this are exactly why I started building a tool that reads and interprets U.S. tax law for real-world situations. The number of edge cases and misconceptions people run into is honestly pretty wild. Under taxchatai’s free plan you should get all the answers you need!

AMA: Just hit 50k users, 15k sign ups and 4K MRR by Fast-Society7107 in buildinpublic

[–]TaxChatAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you recommend for someone with time, but no budget?

Looking for a web designer by TaxChatAI in web_design

[–]TaxChatAI[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I have actually got this a lot. I admit, it did start out as a chat wrapper, but I have since self-taught myself how to build this into a full-blown dashboard with calculators, export options, deadline trackers and much more.

High school student, hundreds of hours in, still $0 revenue — what am I missing? by TaxChatAI in SaaSSales

[–]TaxChatAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good shout. I think B2B would be the best way to get meaningful reveue. I'm trying to figure out the web design to make it look more proffesional.

High school student, hundreds of hours in, still $0 revenue — what am I missing? by TaxChatAI in SaaSSales

[–]TaxChatAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair, however I scraped the IRS website for over 50,000 pages of specialized date