Not general tax explainers. The specific, awkward, mid-campaign questions — why a brand deducted 10%, where your GST went, what a free hamper costs you. Written by two Chartered Accountants who run a creator business themselves.
You have a legal right to be paid within 45 days, and brands that miss it lose the tax deduction on your invoice. Almost no creator has been told this.
The MSMED Act gives you a 45-day payment right and makes delay expensive for the brand — but only if your Udyam number was on the invoice.
Four reasons the credit goes missing, the one document to ask for that diagnoses which one you have, and why you shouldn't have to pay it twice.
Usually it isn't a mistake. What decides the rate, why arguing rarely works, and the certificate that can lower it legitimately.
Why accounts teams withhold the 18%, what proof they're actually waiting for, and how to send it without being asked.
Barter is a taxable supply at market value. A rule for which collaborations to accept, decline, or convert to cash.
Free, fast, and it changes how your invoice is treated by every brand you work with afterwards.
One form inside your AdSense account decides how much US tax Google withholds. Most creators have never opened that screen.
Miss the annual filing and every rupee of AdSense attracts 18% IGST, blocked until a refund clears months later.
Interest accrues monthly on every instalment you skip. How much to set aside from each brand payment so March isn't a shock.
Nothing published in this topic yet — the first ones are on their way.
Dolfinn runs the whole financial backend for a small number of Indian creators — invoicing, collections, GST, TDS and tax. You create; we manage the money.