A Guide to Taxes for Writers

A Guide to Taxes for Writers
Thursday, March 20, 2025
11:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm MDT, CST / 1:00 pm CDT / 2:00 pm EDT / 3:00 pm ADT / 3:30 pm NDT
60 minutes
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Have you filed your taxes? Join Michelle Elrick as she provides tips for writers on tax preparation; including what questions to ask when searching for an accountant, the different income categories, and what type of expenses are eligible for sole proprietors and for incorporated writers. This session will also cover deadlines and responsibilities, HST, grants, and dealing with the CRA. Hosted by Joel Fishbane, this webinar runs 60 minutes including a Q&A period. Members will have access to a recording of the webinar for 30 days.

Michelle Elrick is the author of the books Then/Again and To Speak, and the chapbooks Photon Touch and remember the old log house. She is also an established poetry-film-maker, with recent releases “The __ Place,” “Ditches” and “Trace”  gaining audiences on CBC television, CBC.ca and at film festivals around the globe. In 2019, she released a studio album of poetry set to music with Michael Belyea under the name River of Diamonds. Elrick is a graduate of The Writers' Studio at Simon Fraser University, a recipient of the John Hirsch Award, and a past Treasurer of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. In her day job, she operates a bookkeeping and business management firm and specializes in accounting for musicians and arts organizations. An internationally received artist, Elrick has read at festivals and events across Canada and Europe. Her multidisciplinary approach to poetry has spanned performance, sculptural installation, film and experimental cartography. She is currently writing her first novel.

Joel Fishbane is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who also wrote "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Taxes," a tax guide for writers published by The Writers' Union of Canada, with an updated version soon to be released. In addition to his creative work, Joel has run tax workshops for ACTRA, the Quebec Drama Federation, and the National Theatre School of Canada.

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