<prompt> Human: My full time job is sitting in a bedroom all day writing and recording music. I get paid from YouTube ads, spotify streams, iTunes purchases, etc. in 2017 I made about 20k but this year things have started taking off and Im seeing between 8-9k a month. I have no idea where to start on doing my taxes for this type of income. Im familiar with reporting taxes from jobs Ive had but this is a little different. I quit my normal job about a month ago to do music full time as its paying off quite well. Probably 90 of my income goes directly to my PayPal and into my bank account. The other just goes into my bank account. Ill list a few possible deductions:I started selling Merch in November and made around 5k before the beginning of 2018. Around 3k of that was used to get the Merch printed and to pay for shipping labels. One thing Im worried about is that I dont have a business license I go through bigcartel and printiful. Ive bought quite a few beats off of YouTube probably totaling around 600 in 2017Since Music was my second job in 2017, I assume the internet bill I paid to upload my music could be written off?In 2016 I bought a microphone, speakers, audio interface and a noise shield for my mic, totaling around 700. Even though I bought that in 2016, I still use it as my main equipment for my music. Could that be written off?As I mentioned earlier, most of the money I made is all in my PayPal activity in the money in section so Id easily be able to print off all of the money I made in 2017. Thank you in advance for any help. Assistant: Congrats man! Funny enough same thing happened to me last year and I ended up consulting with and ultimately hiring a financial advisoraccountant and it has made things easier. I created an LLC and file taxes as S Corp. Keep it up! Best of luck. Human: Thanks man. How has the financial advisor helped you so far? Also, how did you go about creating an LLC? I believe that might be my next step before I stress myself out.  <response>: Its not as hard as you think! All depends on what state youre in and their regulations. Legalzoom is a great tool a bit expensive but very helpful. The first half year I made a solid 30k and didnt file taxes that year. The following year I set up LLC both to stay up with the books and reduce personal liability on tour. 