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Guest post: A comprehensive guide to blogging and tax

Dawn Brown is a Chartered Accountant with who runs her own practice ABC North East specialising in small business accounting and tax advice. Aside from running her own business Dawn is also a busy mum to 2 under 18 months and can be found on her parenting blog Knees Up Mother Brown and on twitter @Dawnie_Brown. Over to Dawn...

I have put together the following guide to blogging and tax. Please bear in mind that tax is a huge area and that it also depends on any other income you may have etc and so this guide is a general guide and if you have any concerns relating to your personal taxation situation then you should really speak to an accountant or tax adviser.

So make sure you are prepared with a big mug of tea and biscuits and we shall begin :) Any questions on anything, just leave me a comment and I’ll answer it for you this week.

Guest post: What every blogger needs to know about tax

Have you ever wondered if you need to tell the tax man about that massage the lovely PR person gave you as a thank you for participating in their campaign. Or if he should be privy to that vacuum cleaner you reviewed (and kept). Liz Jarvis from The Mum Blog shows us that tax doesn't have to be taxing. 

As many of us have discovered, apart from making friends and the chance to be part of a brilliant community, blogging can provide you with the opportunity to write product reviews, go on days out and holidays, receive vouchers and even payment for posts.

And more and more bloggers are making money from their blogs, and even running them as at home businesses.

Which can make things a little complicated, from the tax point of view.