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The self-employed lifestyle holds great promise when you first embark upon it, however you quickly find yourself doing things that you would never have dreamed of. You are expected to take on role of salesperson, market researcher, accountant, lawyer and social media expert, while not getting paid for any of it. Your available funds do not allow for outsourcing and at times you are not even aware of what you don’t know. Luckily the internet provides a wealth of tips and tricks to make these tasks a little easier, and with a little discipline, some aspects of your self-employed existence can be made much simpler. Ensuring that you keep on top of your finances and tax obligations is one of those much hated, but absolutely necessary tasks for which it is essential to have a system in place, even if you do have an accountant.