Managing Your Money: The Compact Guide - The Essential Guide for Actors and Creative Freelancers

Jon Harris

Summary

Whether you're just embarking on your career or already juggling the many demands of life as a creative freelancer, you need clear and targeted strategies for organising your finances, to eliminate confusion and minimise stress. This essential, practical guide shows you how to manage your money – so you can focus on your creative work.
Written by Jon Harris, a theatre producer turned specialist accountant with over thirty years' experience in the creative and cultural industries, this book offers a tailored approach to tax and personal finance in straightforward and highly accessible terms.
Inside, you'll find clear guidance on:

- Tackling your taxes: keeping accurate records, what expenses you can claim, and how – and when – to prepare and submit your tax return
- Budgeting and planning: strategies for making your money work for you, with tips for balancing the books when you're just starting out
- Approaching major milestones: when to register for VAT, form a Partnership or Limited Company, and what to consider if you're producing your own work
- Building long-term security: making best use of pensions, mortgages, insurance, savings, benefits and more
With handy checklists to ensure you've covered all the bases, a glossary of key terms, and dedicated online updates to keep you informed, this is your expert pocket mentor for staying financially afloat and in control at every stage of your professional life.
The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and creatives, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.

Available since: 01/08/2026.

Print length: 240 pages.

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