First Return Series · Book 2 · 2026 tax year

Start: Your First Business

For anyone turning a skill or a side hustle into a real business. Learn how the IRS sees your business, what counts as income and expenses, how to keep records, what you'll owe, and how to pay it during the year. The workbook teaches each topic; this website adds hands-on tools, practice and a tutor for every lesson.

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What you'll learn

Is It a Business?
Money In: Income and Inventory
Money Out: Business Expenses
Keeping Records
Self-Employment Tax and the QBI Deduction
Paying As You Go: Estimated Taxes
Capstone: a full Schedule C for a real-world sneaker business

What's on the website

A hobby-or-business check
Income and inventory practice
An expense sorter
A record-keeping ledger
A self-employment tax and QBI calculator
An estimated-payment planner
A Schedule C capstone
An “Ask the tutor” helper on every lesson

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Have a different book in the series? Each book's website has its own unlock: First Return (Book 1) · Grow (Book 3) · Trustee (Book 4).

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