<prompt> Human: Hi, I really hope Im not offending anyone by posting this, but honestly, Ive been having a lot of anxiety about this lately? Im very private--even in my work Im always very careful to either conceal my face or wear a mask its a niche fetish market and the thought of someone in the general public, either in the IRS, or an accountant, whoever, linking my work which is legal, mind you, just depraved to my identity would be insufferably humiliating or hell, blackmailsocial media backlash material to the point where I dont think Id survive it. Sorry if that sounds dramatic, but its the truth and Im just throwing it out there.So, this is my start up year, and I do all my own bookkeeping. Im already well aware that doing stuff like writing off a home office can be a red flag to auditors, as well as writing off stuff like clothing and sex toys sex equipment, etc, so Ive avoided that. Which is a bummer, because the vast majority of those expenses are for business use only. My business is registered as an internet marketplace with the IRS. Ive taken some guidance from bookkeepinging and accounting professionals on how to get myself situated and organized, but I feel like I needed to get some feedback from a safe zone, before taking the plunge and trying to get the most out of my possible deductions by speaking frankly with an accountCPAEAwhoever, or potentially registering my business as an LLC and electing an S Corp status to mitigate some of my self-employment taxes, which I know even smaller businesses than mine have done and is perfectly legal... and which Id love to do, cuz the 40 taxes Im owing are crushingly unaffordable with my mandatory living expenses, even grossing almost 50K this year Im not sure what steps ahead would result in that happening--in the case of an audit, or doing the footwork to get an LLC, or elect for S Corp taxation, would the IRS, or an accounting professionalCPAEA have to see the primary site that pays a license to sell my content, for instance? Can I keep it as just an Internet Marketplace? Are all these endeavors too risky to proceed? Thanks in advance...and again, I hope nobody is offended by me bringing up the adult nature of my work. I just feel like I dont have anywhere else to turn to at the moment.  <response>: Given the size of the industry, I can assure you there are plenty of accountants, lawyers, and other service consultants who focus the majority of their practice on sex-industry businessespornographysex workers. Yours would not be the most depraved line of work these people have seen or consulted for. Do you live in an area with an independently owned sex toy shop? The owners and employees in indie shops tend to be extremely open and helpful, and may be able to refer you directly to their own accountant. I can understand that this is as much about your own comfort talking about your work as it is your perception of the accountants comfortdiscomfort with your work. That said, if need be any CPA whose clients are in small-budget film production should also be able to help you. 