About Trade Tax Desk

Trade Tax Desk is run by an anonymous operator who reads IRS forms line by line. There is no named host, no photo, and no persona — the site's credibility is its sourcing discipline, not a biography.

How articles are sourced

1. Rule 01Every number, line, and deadline in an article traces to an IRS document, its tax year, the line or page, and the date it was checked — the source table is published at the foot of every article.
2. Rule 02IRS originals outrank everything else. If a claim cannot be verified on the primary source, it is not published.
3. Rule 03When a form for the tax year is still a draft, the article says so: "IRS draft as of [date]" appears in the article and on its figures.
4. Rule 04Each article carries a "Form status / Last checked" line and an update log. When a final form posts or a number changes, the article is updated in place with a dated note — old figures are never silently overwritten.
5. Rule 05Each article contains one worked example, calculated start to finish with that job's hypothetical numbers, reserved to that article.

Scope

The site covers first-time self-employment / Schedule C filers in six jobs: real estate agent, owner-operator truck driver, solo creator, freelance designer / consultant, marketplace seller, and booth/suite hairstylist & barber. State taxes are not covered.