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Lock in a weekly limit
Deciding your maximum side-work hours before work arrives keeps busy weeks from taking over.
Read article →Side income, locked in place
Lock the basics in place before the first job runs
On a letterpress, quoins are the wedges that lock every line of type in the frame so nothing shifts while printing. Quoin Row is about the basics that keep side income from shifting: a weekly limit, a minimum rate, tax set-aside and records.
Limit
A maximum number of hours a week, decided before work arrives.
Rate and tax
A minimum hourly figure, and a share of each payment set aside.
Records
One sheet with every payment and cost, kept up to date weekly.
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Four basics before your first side job
A limit, a minimum rate, a tax set-aside and a record sheet: what to have in place on day one.
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Records that make tax time easier
A weekly ten-minute habit that turns tax time from a scramble into a sum.
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Job offers that loosen your wallet
When a job offer asks you for money first, the frame is loose. How to recognise and check these offers.
Read article →Signs to stop and check
- They ask you to pay to startA real job does not charge for a starter kit, mandatory training or sign-up.
- Fixed earnings promisedNo one can tell you exactly what you will earn. Exact figures without context are a warning.
- Rush and pressure“Today only”, “last spots”: urgency is there so you do not compare or ask questions.
- No identifiable companyWith no legal name, address or contract, there is no one to hold accountable.
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