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Tax Brackets 2009 Calculator - Since we’re still in tax season and a lot of people like to wait until the last minute to get their taxes done (including myself), I figured I would continue on our discussions of taxes by getting out the tax brackets 2009 calculator.
First, let’s go over the tax brackets for 2009 singles. The reason why I’m focusing on singles is simply the fact that I am “single” which basically means I’m not legally married with a spouse living in the same household. Plus, a lot of internet entrepreneurs aren’t married so this list should help them a little bit, especially if this is one of the first times they are filing taxes (or they’re doing it themselves without an accountant).
Here is the tax brackets 2009 single:
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So, there are a lot of things that have really took place especially since I upgraded to a new dedicated server and one of my thoughts was the fact that I would try to help out some of my readers. How does some free web hosting sound to you? Sounds pretty good, right? Well, I’ll pick a few people that are interested. But keep reading for more details.
Why Am I Giving Away FREE Web Hosting?
My whole thought was the fact that some people never made that official jump into getting their own web hosting because they wasn’t sure how it worked, if it would benefit them at all or they just didn’t want to go through the hassle. Well, I started off with free hosting at Blogger.com but eventually I switched over to my own hosting and was pretty happy. For me, it’s like looking at me working down the path of a true online entrepreneur.
I’m sure a lot of you guys are just like me and I decided I would give you guys a chance to test it out for yourselves before you commit to anything.
How to Limit Bandwidth Usage – Since I recently upgraded to a dedicated server, one of my main objectives was to limit my bandwidth usage especially since it’s no longer a shared server and I don’t want any of my sites to load extra slow. There are quite a few ways in which you can limit your bandwidth and I’m still working on a few myself!
Don’t Host Images… Or At Least Minimize Or Outsource
A large portion of your bandwidth usage comes from hosting images on your server. The logical thing for people to do is to simply avoid hosting images on their own server but not all of us can do that. Or at least, I know I don’t want to.
There are quite a few places in which you can outsource your image hosting. A few places include Imageshack, Flickr, Photobucket, etc. Though, some of these sites give you a limit on the bandwidth usage you can use and some of these places charge a small fee.
In my experience, the larger (or the more images) you have hosted, the slower your site gets and the more bandwidth it uses. If it is completely necessary for you to use images and you don’t want to outsource, I would simply put small images, if you can.
HTTP Compression
I’m finding out more and more with this upgrade to a dedicated server and HTTP compression is something that will be extremely helpful. Basically, what it does it compress your content so your site can load faster. Just think about it like it’s a zip file for your website.
I finally made a decision (plus, I’m sort of getting forced to) and I’m going to upgrade to a dedicated server for hosting. I’ve been considering this for quite sometime and even wrote a post about it back in October but since a couple of my sites traffic have been exploding on a regular basis, I’m in serious need of my own personal resources.
I was actually contacted by my hosting company letting me know that I’m using a lot of resources because of the traffic that I’m getting for a couple of my sites. The main issue I’ve been having is the fact that its slowing down my loading time and since I’m currently on a shared hosting server, its going to slow down everyone elses’ site on the server as well.
So, I’m not trying to be selfish here, plus, I just look at this as taking my online entrepreneurship a step further in the right direction. I know I’ve been slacking a little bit but whenever I get a little kick in the ass, it’s usually for the good. Plus, we all need a kick in the behind sometimes just to get that needed momentum once again.
If you guys are wondering how much traffic my sites are getting, I’ll just say its in six figures on a monthly basis. And since I’m getting so much traffic and people are visiting my sites, its slowing down my loading time.
I’m not exactly sure which dedicated server plan I’m going to choose just yet but more than likely I’ll be choosing just a basic one with the intent of upgrading, if needed.
I’m sure a lot of you guys have more experience with dedicated servers than I do, what are your thoughts on this? Is there anything you guys can recommend for me to add/check out before I upgrade?
And just a heads up if you’re reading this, if my site is down, more than likely it’s due to the fact that my site is being transferred over to the new server.
As internet entrepreneurs making money online or running a business, you’re going to need to budget and deal with taxes. Since I’m getting more into the business aspects with my online entrepreneurship, I figured I would get you guys a list of tax deductions for 2009 so you can deduct as many things as you can to save money.
I already mentioned on previous posts Tax Deductions for Self Employed and Tax Deductibles for Self Employed Online Entrepreneur a few of the big things you can deduct but below is a bigger list that I tried to get together for those of you guys that will be doing your taxes for your online businesses.
On this post, I will try to list as many things as I can that you should be able to deduct mainly regarding your online stuff. This is to help you guys out especially if this is the first time you’re doing taxes for your online business… or maybe you just want to find out more things you can deduct. 
Okay, so here we go…
- Office Rent
- Utilities for your work space (electricity, internet, work phone)
- The interest on business loans
- Work supplies (for instance, you need a desk, chair and computer to work online)
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