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Discussion on: How to Start Freelancing (The Basics)

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Filipe Torrado

That's great advice! But for different countries you can have different realities in freelance work. I'm living in Belgium and here around 50-60% of your revenue is going for taxes and you have to pay social security deductions even if you do not have any revenue. So here the tip is to already have a client set for recurrent jobs when you start and an accountant, it makes things more difficult.

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Kyle Prinsloo

Thanks for reading :) and yes, definitely have a good accountant when it comes to taxes