Tax Season: Sex Work and Adult Industry Budgeting & Taxes as an adult worker, or adult content creator.
- Mia Amore
- Jan 21
- 5 min read
Info I have learned over time and that has helped me navigate taxes or licensure etc as a working girl or adult content creator. Obviously, I am not a certified like accountant or tax professional. This is just the information that I’ve learned and I think I repeat multiple times in this blog please ask a licensed professional if you have questions.
List of Tax Professionals who Specialize in Adult Entertainment Taxes:
Blog From Lola Davina about Taxes:
The following is a mess, I need to edit this or have ChatGPT edit this… please forgive me:
OK so I used to use QuickBooks for everything and I know that they just switched so I have to relearn this but I still would 100% recommend getting a tax accountant… they know the rules like they’ll know if it’s OK if you can write something off, but supporting them and helping them like in keeping track of your stuff yourself is unfortunately probably the hardest part…
I personally have paid for a tax accountant, regular accounting services and part of that would include a power of attorney when it comes to taxes… they helped me navigate personal taxes, business taxes, independent contractor taxes, business licenses LLC’s anything that needed to be filed late, payment plans or paying taxes ahead of time, filing tax extensions. To be honest, I trust that motherfucker probably more than anyone else. I’m sure there are plenty of things that him and his team of tax professionals do that I’m not even aware of. It was probably the best gift on earth compared to trying to learn all of this information on my own, and I think any small business would feel this way that you would rather spend more time focusing on your business or building your business or hiring gig workers or photographers whatever then having to learn all of the legalities of taxes or licenser on your own…
I don’t know where the list is, but I used to have an actual list that the Bunny Ranch would hand out during tax season that you could take to your accountant and so I I might’ve just gave it to him, but I don’t know … anyway you can find blogs about that online and that would also help you.
I’m aware that some forms or websites that are associated with the adult entertainment, industry or legal brothels or sex work in general around tax season. They tend to you know Spotlight or promote a different tax professionals that have experience in filing taxes in this industry. I say this because I feel bad if I recommend an accountant to someone and I haven’t used them, but also I’ve seen so many different sites or platforms that will mention different accountants that have experience in this.
There is some categories, though that I really I’m not an accountant, but I would caution you because they make me nervous to write them off like travel and car expenses. I would keep track of like gas and mileage because the accountant will know which to do at the end of the year try and keep every single receipt which is what the box is for. It keeps them flat and nice cause I’ve done like the whole like shopping bag, garbage bag thing and like by that point all the receipts are next to unreadable so if you haven’t scanned them right away I also try to keep recent receipts in like one location so that if I get bored I just scan them or before QuickBooks change their thing and I still have to relearn it, but you used to just be able to like scan the receipt automatically like the minute you make the purchase and then I would just save it in addition to … 
I mean, I would look into this further I think I don’t. I don’t know what specific title he has but there’s plenty of information on the Internet about this or like maybe AVN or expo I’ve seen other posting site maybe like that has info
I still use QuickBooks I don’t use their pay services or anything. I try to be very respectful and platforms and not violate like terms of agreement but I have to relearn the new QuickBooks apps and I know I’m behind because they came out with us, but I just got a new phone so this is brand new nudes to me… :(((
I also though have an ADHD brain so visually seeing something like this app I was like OK I can watch it. The tally go up while I’m shopping at Walmart like getting groceries or today. I was like OK I need to run errands. What’s the total gonna be?
So this is something I’m trying out. I could list all the other apps or review the other apps that I’ve tried before, but I was testing this today and I was like at this app might be the simplest and it’s free currently they do have an extended option, but I managed to get enough categories into these spaces.
I can try and update this post so that it’s always just one post but I’m not sure. I think this is like probably the biggest hurdle. If not just like flat ironing like dollar bills or like sitting at ATM after a strip club please don’t do that also for safety, there’s been plenty of times when I just sit there and I’m just like this is annoying
My word of advice don’t wait till the end of the year to do this shit because I’m telling you it’s gonna take you a fucking lifetime especially if you’re trying to do any expenses like outfits clothes hair
I’m not sure because I don’t typically write off like press on nails or like dying my hair myself. I know that you can write off the service so that is like a good tip. I’m pretty sure please look it up.
But really if I figure out if the new QuickBooks can scan things quickly, then I’ll tell you which program from QuickBooks is a good recommendation because they took away the self-employed app I guess in the spring of 2024 and like I said new phone who is this? I’m joking.
Seriously you’ve got this and say that you don’t have the expense categories or you don’t have the receipts you can always make up for it because you’re only gonna get better and stronger in this industry and you’re gonna learn more so just be prepared to fail not like get an audit fail, but be prepared because you’re gonna learn things as you go along and each and every year they change what can be written off
Hence, why I said get a professional… I write off technology and some like work equipment but seriously please look up like best advice or call an accountant that you’re looking to work with and obviously titles licensing whatever the stuff I don’t know I don’t work in like copyright shit so I don’t have advice for that
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