FINANCIAL/LEGAL HELP WEBINARS FOR THE COVID CRISIS
How the new legislation can help you: Expanded Unemployment, Family Leave payments for both self-employed people and employees, payments to families from the US Treasury, tax deadline changes, and all the latest updates to get you ready for the COVID-19 economic downturn. Plus an actionable checklist for financial hardship.
My regular empowering taxes for artists talk, with a heavy dose of planning for a downturn. Understanding the self-employment tax system as it applies to freelancers, including how to determine estimated quarterly tax payments and how to make them + adjust them--especially downward, when you expect less income in the year ahead. Basic personal finance best-practices for the best and worst of times.
Join tax expert and artist Hannah Cole and Dr. Katherine de Vos Devine, a legal expert and art historian dedicated to empowering artists, for a discussion of what you need to know about legal & tax issues facing creatives as we brace for the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’ll discuss your legal options with loans payments: loan forbearance vs. forgiveness, negotiating with creditors, payment plan options with the IRS, intellectual property rights in online course content (for those taking their business online), employment law for small nonprofits, and much more. Focus on tactics and action.
About Your Teachers
Hannah Cole, Artist & Enrolled Agent
Dr. Katherine de Vos Devine
Dr. Katherine de Vos Devine is a legal expert and art historian who specializes in translating legal jargon and artspeak. She is a consultant, teacher, and activist dedicated to empowering artists and art institutions through legal literacy. Katherine earned her Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Art History from Duke University and her J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
Hannah Cole is a tax expert who specializes in working with creative businesses and artists. A long-time working artist with a high-level exhibition history, Hannah has a unique vantage point for understanding the financial challenges of freelancers and small creative businesses.
Hannah Cole is the founder of Sunlight Tax and an Enrolled Agent with the IRS.
Current and former clients include RISD, Cornell, Harvard Ed Portal, MassMoCA's Assets for Artists, New England Foundation for the Arts, CUE Art Foundation, Brown University, The Art World Conference, Dance USA, Arts and Business Council of Boston, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Boston University, Massachusetts College of Art, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Hamiltonian Artists, DC, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, AICAD/New York Studio Residency Program.
“I can’t tell you enough how useful, clear, and compassionate [her] teaching style is.”