Taxes

Why I Switched to Quarterly Tax Autopay

Why I Switched to Quarterly Tax Autopay

Quarterly estimated taxes are the freelance obligation most likely to get missed — not because the math is hard, but because nothing forces you to do it on time.

quarterly_payment = (annual_estimated_tax) / 4nautomate: scheduled transfer 5 days before each deadline

What changed once it was automatic

  • No more remembering four separate dates a year
  • No scrambling for cash the week of a deadline
  • The tax savings sub-account never gets “borrowed from” for something else

The setup takes maybe twenty minutes. The payoff is not thinking about quarterly taxes again until the numbers need adjusting next year.

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Writes about the money side of freelancing — pricing, invoicing, taxes, and staying solvent between gigs.