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carrieleblancart · 2 days

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Bringing this around again as my partner, Dan who is man shaped cat who did all the voices in this video, is thinking about starting to do a channel where he reads fanfics. I think he needs more encouragement and support to help him break through his ADHD executive function. He’s more into sci-fi stuff like Wyrm, but I think we should bombard him with Good Omen fics. So include your suggestions in the notes.

If really like this to be a thing so I have a library of audio books of fanfics for when I’m painting.

#good omens #suggestion #audio book #dan #art #artist #Youtube

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carrieleblancart · 6 days

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For any fellow artists. I’m still pretty far off from “making it”, but there’s also a part of me that can appreciate not getting too much attention on the internet, especially the wrong kind of attention. Perhaps it’s because I’m seeing so many videos about other creators bad experiences, but one of my fears of “making it” is that I have to stop sharing my art because my life becomes threatened by strangers.

So thank you everyone for the support you have given me so far, and for being so kind to me. Don’t let the numbers get to your head, make art because you enjoy it!

Small artists you need to understand that when you see an artist who you think has 'made it' tells you not to worry about the numbers and to not fret about getting more likes than reblogs they are not telling you it because they think you are stupid for caring or because they dont need to network to survive they are very likely telling you that because they have witnessed first hand the way the numbers game tears people to shreds in terms of mental health and motivation

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carrieleblancart · 7 days

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Felt like sketching some pets anyways 😸

Uuuugh I want tax season to be oveeeer. Please reblog this with pictures of your pets to help me get through this week! I’ll start:

#sketch #digital sketch #pet portraits

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carrieleblancart · 7 days

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YOU DID IT EVERYONE!! I SURVIVED!!!

Uuuugh I want tax season to be oveeeer. Please reblog this with pictures of your pets to help me get through this week! I’ll start:

#vanilla extract #calipso #tumblr polls

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carrieleblancart · 13 days

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All of your pets are amazing!!

Here’s Calipso helping me with work

Uuuugh I want tax season to be oveeeer. Please reblog this with pictures of your pets to help me get through this week! I’ll start:

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carrieleblancart · 14 days

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Uuuugh I want tax season to be oveeeer. Please reblog this with pictures of your pets to help me get through this week! I’ll start:

#with all four of my cats #three furry ones #and a big man shaped one #not art #dan #Thelma #Calipso #louise #cats

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carrieleblancart · 14 days

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It’s starting to become event and convention season again, so here’s something that might be helpful for other artists. I’m still figuring out how to get my table set up. Here was our last event set up in December, with the sticker display stands from the video.

Trying out a new display rack for stickers!

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carrieleblancart · 21 days

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And a boop for you!

#boop #calipso #you can hear him purring #cat #not art

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carrieleblancart · 22 days

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Reblog if its ok to spam you with boops

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carrieleblancart · 1 month

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Hey, it’s me the cat artist that is also a Certified Public Accountant in the US. I would love to make art for a living but instead I do taxes (which is why I haven’t been posting as much art since it’s tax season). I have a Masters in Taxation and have been doing this for 10 years. With that said, this is not legal or tax advice and you should consult your tax preparer.

Let’s break down what could happen if you don’t do your taxes right.

In most instances, the IRS will send you a notice first.

So if you forget to include something that was reported to the IRS, like a W-2 or 1099, they may just correct it by including in and recalculating your taxes for you. This will result in a notice and it will indicate if you are getting an additional refund or if you owe additional taxes.

You forgot to file your tax return timely. There will be a late filing penalty and interest. From the IRS website:

“The Failure to File penalty is 5% of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month that a tax return is late. The penalty won't exceed 25% of your unpaid taxes.”

There’s more to it but generally it will depend on your situation. Typically if you tax is calculated at zero, then a penalty won’t be assessed. Not everyone has to file a tax return, and I would recommend this page on the IRS website on who must file. In general, even if you don’t have to file it’s a good idea to do it anyways just so that there’s a record of it.

Another thing that could happen is the IRS decides to audit your tax return. This is where they think maybe something didn’t get reported correctly and they want to show additional support. The IRS website has a whole section on this. Based on my general understanding of the user base on tumblr, this is very unlikely to happen to most people who are reading this. If it does, hire an accountant who knows what they’re doing to help you. Typically the more money you make, the more likely you are to get picked for an audit.

If you disagree with an assessment made by the IRS, you can push back typically by going through the legal process. Here’s a nifty flowchart on it:

So like, the IRS is not going to send the police to your house if you don’t pay your taxes or don’t file. If it turns out you did something illegal or committed tax fraud, that’s a different story.

Also like, if you owe taxes and cannot afford to pay them, the IRS website has a section on that as well. They will typically try to work with you and your situation to get things settled.

I hope that this will help someone feel a little less anxious about taxes.

Deadline this year for individual income tax returns is April 15th, 2024, so at the time of writing this you’ve still got a month to file. And you can always file an extension for time to file, which is not an extension for time to pay.

I like answering questions and sharing my knowledge, so feel free to reach out. I will preface that anything I write here on tumblr is not legal or tax advice and you should consult your tax preparer.