Taxes in Canada (cam girl/content creator)

[thr33]

Hey everyone,
I have 3 questions i need help with please
I had a thread last year i commented in but cannot find so I want to ask:

1) what are the basic write offs for taxes that you can think of?
I believe part of rent/utilities/internet are the 3 main ones?
i'll explain: I am a cam model/content creator, however my style is natural and simple; i do not usually wear makeup (or if i do i keep it minimal) or any crazy outfits.
so unlike most models, i don't have any of that stuff to write off. I also live walking distance from the convention, so don't have any travel expenses either i also do not mail anything etc, you get the point.

2)when doing taxes there is 3 options : Business, Professional, Commission. Which one do we fall under and need to select?
3) what industry code do you use? I saw that a few of them could apply, so which one is best to use?


Please let me know, thank you

 

[Nigerian Prince]

I believe you can write of toys if you bought any to cam with. When I did my taxes I went with business and used the 519130 industry code (Internet broadcasting and web search portals).

 

[caireen]

Any equipment you buy for camming- like a computer, camera, phone. Any lighting.
Since its your home office, anything that a non-home office could write off, like part of cleaning supplies. Rent and utilities, of course, Part of your phone bill. Furniture for your cam space.
If you pay for content hosting/cloud storage (Like dropbox/Google drive/icloud/etc) for your pictures/clips, you can write that off.

*disclaimer I'm not an accountant and may be wrong about any of these but these are things that I always write off*

 

[thr33]

Thank you for all this and yes I will write off the basics such as rent and utilities and internet. those for sure i know i can everything else mentioned doesn't apply to me sadly, but hey it makes my taxes simpler so i won't complain! andI live in one of Canada's sunniest cities and i've never needed lighting or any fancy equipment (lucky me!) but if i ever do in future i know i can write that off toys etc i don't really use and I just use what i have had before and plus i had many gifted to me from amazon wishlist

Do either one of you know the answer to question #2.

everything else is good to go and thank you again for confirming and helping me ^_^

* reason for edit, i just reread the 1st reply and okay i'll use business. thank you *

 

[AliceWunder]

What about cosmetic injenctions, professional grade make up, hair appointments, wax appointments?