The paperback “Money Smarts for Visual Artists: Secrets, Surprises and Essentials”, is now launched, published by Amazon, November, 2015.

This book is written specifically for visual artists. Useful for all levels of experience, from student to emerging, to mid-career to senior. With the critical info here, visual artists learn art related financial secrets and surprises not generally revealed in art training courses . This book is also useful for self-employed designers, commercial artists and commercial photographers. And Canadian artists living abroad where they are unlikely to be able to get advice on Canadian tax issues.

In Part I, the practical financial day to day nitty gritty basics are made easy to understand. In Part II, what expenses can and can’t be claimed and how and why are explained. And in Part III, the audit is demystified. What triggers an audit, the artist’s rights, the procedures, and how to win an audit are revealed.

The artist can use this book as a guide for DIY and/or as a basis for fruitful collaboration with accountants. Info is based on Canadian law, but also useful for countries based on British law (UK, USA, AU, NZ ) The book is available at www.amazon.com/author/jessieparker