Side Hustle Taxes 2025: A Beginner’s Guide to 1099 Income, Tax Write-Offs, Quarterly Taxes, and Self-Employment Taxes for Gig Workers and Freelancers
Side Hustle Taxes 2025: A Beginner’s Guide to 1099 Income, Tax Write-Offs, Quarterly Taxes, and Self-Employment Taxes for Gig Workers and Freelancers
You didn’t mean to start a business.
You just started getting paid.
And now you’re wondering if you accidentally messed up your taxes.
Maybe it was freelancing on nights and weekends.
Maybe Uber, Etsy, DoorDash, consulting, or getting paid through Venmo or PayPal.
Either way, the IRS already considers you a business owner...
even if you never filed paperwork, formed an LLC, or got a 1099.
And that’s where most people get blindsided.
Side Hustle Taxes 2025 explains what that actually means for your taxes...
clearly, calmly, and without the panic.
This book covers 2025 tax rules that apply to income earned in 2025 and filed on your tax return in 2026, so you know exactly what rules the IRS is using.
Written by Barry Roach Jr., EA, who has helped small business owners navigate taxes for over 20 years.
This book walks you through the exact 2025 rules that apply to side hustlers, gig workers, and freelancers... using plain English instead of tax jargon.
No scare tactics.
No lectures.
No 400-page tax manuals.
Just the stuff that actually matters.
Inside This Book, You’ll Learn:
- What income is taxable (even if you didn’t get a 1099)
- How 1099-NEC and 1099-K rules work in 2025
- The most common (and most missed) tax write-offs — plus the ones the IRS actually flags
- How self-employment tax really works (and why it surprises everyone)
- When quarterly estimated taxes are required — and how to avoid penalties
- A simple recordkeeping system that takes about 15 minutes a week
- The most common beginner mistakes that trigger IRS letters
- When forming an LLC or S-Corp might save money — and when it definitely won’t
- What to do if the IRS sends you a notice (without panicking)
Written Like a Real Conversation
This book is intentionally:
- Clear
- Casual
- Straightforward
- Slightly funny
Because tax season shouldn’t feel like a pop quiz you didn’t study for.
If something confuses you, it’s not you... it’s taxes.
This book exists to remove that confusion.
Plug-and-Play Templates Included
You won’t just learn what to do — you’ll see how to do it.
Inside, you’ll find simple templates and cheat sheets you can reuse every year, including:
- Mileage logs
- Expense trackers
- Income tracking examples
- Year-end checklists
- Audit-proofing tips
No complicated systems.
No fancy software required.
About the Author
Barry Roach Jr., EA, has spent more than two decades helping self-employed people understand taxes without stress, confusion, or jargon.
Through Business IQ Edge LLC, he teaches entrepreneurs how to stay compliant, save money, and stop guessing... especially when it comes to 1099 income, self-employment taxes, and how to pay themselves correctly.
Over the years, he’s worked with hundreds of self-employed clients who all started the same way... earning “a little on the side” and not realizing how fast small tax mistakes add up.
Barry started helping with bookkeeping at age 12, sitting beside his mother as she worked with clients.
Which explains why he talks about taxes the way some people talk about weekend plans: casually, clearly, and without making anyone feel dumb.
If money is hitting your account because of work you did or things you sold... this book was written for you.
Get your copy now and stop guessing your way through tax season...
before the IRS sends you a surprise bill that could’ve been avoided.