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Being Freelance
The podcast for creative freelancers who want a better business and a better life. Pick up tips, advice and thoughts on how to make it being freelance by hearing others share their stories.
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How Self-Employed Professionals Can Thrive as the Freelance Revolution Grows
The freelancer revolution is in full swing, as freelance gigs account for 35% of today's economy, with 50% of millennials working these sorts of jobs - and preferring them to traditional 9-to-5 jobs
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Just One More Reason to Be Self-Employed: You’ll Likely Be Happier
New research from the Universities of Sheffield and Surrey has revealed what self-employed people intuitively knew already: that working for yourself leads to a happier career.
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How Freelance Workers Can Stay on Top of Taxes
It’s not uncommon for self-employed workers to have to write big checks in April to cover federal and state income taxes. Then they have to write another one to fund their retirement plans.
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2018 Report to the Nations
The report provides an analysis of 2,690 cases of occupational fraud that were investigated between January 2016 and October 2017. All information was provided by the Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) who investigated those cases. The fraud cases in our study came from 125 countries throughout the world — providing a truly global view into the plague of occupational fraud.
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2017/2018 Compensation Guide for Anti-Fraud Professionals
The ACFE has completed its 2017/2018 Compensation Guide for Anti-Fraud Professionals. Based on participant responses, the median total compensation for a CFE is $89,868, compared to $68,629 for non-CFE.
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