Spreadsheets for Actors
Living in Los Angeles, I rub shoulders with the cream of the Entertainment industry, from Directors and Producers to Actors. The business of acting is one of the hardest businesses to manage and non-actors often don’t appreciate the variables that are involved. An Actor is officially self-employed, but in many instances he is employed and taxes are taken out of his/her pay checks. This makes tax time particularly challenging for most actors. We have created many of our entertainment-related products on this site with the direct involvement of actors or Producers and Directors. Some products have evolved over many years to become what they are today. We are confident that these products will save actors the time that they need to commit the merest morsel of their time to their tax-preparation preparation. After which they can go to VITA at SAG or their Accountant/Tax preparer.

Excel-lent Solutions provides the spreadsheets you need to help you run your acting business. No more calculators, no more shopping bags full of receipts, no more residual payment stubs behind the refrigerator. Whether you are gathering materials for Tax Time, keeping control of your receipts, or tracking income from numerous employers, our various spreadsheets will help keep you organized.

The Income and Residual Tracker is a simple tool for the entertainment industry professional. Simple because it is easy to understand and easy to enter new data quickly and the results appear at the click of the mouse. It is provided to help actors or other entertainment industry pros take an active interest in managing their business. More

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Counting the cost of any business can be a very time-consuming affair, but for actors it can be additionally complicated as there can be many employers involved, many different categories of expenses, and a vastly different situation from one actor to the next. This can make tax time emotionally taxing for the actor as well. The actor tax package is a series of linked Excel spreadsheets (1 file), programmed to take you step by step through the process of adding all your income and expenses for both your entertainment business and a second business you may have. All you do is input the information and the calculation is done for you. More

This, most basic of the actor packages available, was created by actors for actors. It was designed to make adding up your expenses quick and easy. More