How to Do Your Taxes as an Online Sex Worker
As this work is legal, the government wants a cut.
Disclaimer: this is not tax advice. I am not an accountant. If you’re an online sex worker, you need to do your own due diligence to do your taxes. I’m just giving you an overview of how I do mine.
OnlyFans, camming, phone sex, amateur porn. These are all legal forms of sex work. If your earnings from these jobs end up in your bank account, then the government will want a cut.
I just did my taxes as an online sex worker. Well, these days, I consider myself an online adult performer. It’s not that I have “whorephobia” (the fear and/or hatred of sex workers). It’s just what I actually do is perform.
I don’t meet anyone in real life. We meet online. I may offer therapy, but I also offer titillation. I entertain my clients over chat, Skype, or on the phone. I also sell content: photos and videos. In short, I’m performing.
But because the income I earn as an adult performer is through legal channels and my payments are sent directly to my bank account, I have to pay taxes like any other independent contractor.
Unfortunately, the platforms I use to earn money already take a cut of my earnings. Sometimes they take as much as 30% of what I bring in.
