I have just started doing consulting (or contracting at widlar would have it) on the side, and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for dealing with taxes. Right now I am living in Oregon. I am keeping all my receipts for everything and I am planning to jsut set aside a third of my consulting income in a seperate bank account for taxes (I already have a seperate set of bank acounts for all the consulting $). Should I set aside more/less? Should I wait til christmas time to get a new O-Scope? Do I get to write off my apartment as a place of business? Do I need to get a small business liscence or something? I just graduated college and I don't know anything about this consulting stuff outside of the people giing me money to make stuff for them part... ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist