#42 | Mental Health and Taxes with Christy Taylor

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint  Today I’m chatting with Christy Taylor, a Certified Public Accountant on a mission to help empower women in business through financial literacy. Christy specializes in tax preparation and consulting for women-owned small businesses and creative entrepreneurs. When she's not trying to keep her clients from panicking about taxes, you can most likely find her curled up by the fire with a scandalous romance novel, sipping strawberry margaritas by the water, or listening to Taylor Swift on repeat. Here’s a glance at this episode… [06:15] Christy and I dive into business and entrepreneurship for those of us with ADD/ADHD and how we work our businesses around our struggles. We dive into protecting our mental health and ways that we have set boundaries.   [19:54] Christy shares how she helps people start to understand money through the lens that anyone can learn about their finances if someone takes the time to teach them.   [26:00] Christy shares how she got into the business and found her passions within the financial world.   [37:00] We discuss filing as an S-corporation vs and LLC and Christy’s top tips related to which is best for you and when that step may make sense.    [45:00] As an interior designer, we often get money in ebbs and flows that we need to plan for in terms of taxes and setting aside money so Christy shares with us her tips for making sure to set aside the proper amount of money.   [59:15] Write-offs! What can you write-off and what can you not? Christy dives into the do’s and dont’s. PLUS you can download her freebie below!   Mentioned in this episode:  JOIN: Interior Designer’s Business Blueprint Check out Christy’s Website Christy’s Freebies! WANT MORE?  - Template Shop - 10% off ANYTHING in the shop PODCAST10 (Limit one use per customer) - Blog - Free Resources FOLLOW ALONG - Instagram- Pinterest - YouTube ------------------------------------- ***Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts*** "I Love the Designer's Oasis Podcast" please consider rating & reviewing my show. This helps support the show so I can continue to make more episodes just like this to support you and other designers.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! FOLLOW this podcast so you never miss an episode! Follow Now EPISODE WEBSITE ⇗- designersoasis.com/episode/42