Taxes for the Actor
A W-4 Form
What do you fill out for each new acting job?
An agent gets this when they help negotiate a job for you.
What is 10% commission?
The annual cost to sign up for Actors Access.
What is $68.00
You must include this with every self tape when sending to a Casting Director.
What is a slate?
The one time initiation Fee for joining SAG AFTRA.
What is $3,000.00
A W-2
What do you receive from the employer at the end of the tax year?
On Camera Commercials and Industrials are all handled by this kind of agent.
What is a commercial agent?
The site all Commercial Agents use for submitting their clients.
What is Casting Frontier/LA Casting?
When submitting a voice over audition, your file must be in the form of...
What is an MP3?
A website with actor resources and videos/workshops on casting directors, self tape information, budgeting your time and money, voice acting, actor retrospectives and thousands of other informative videos.
What is SAG-AFTRA Foundation.org
Out of Town Meal Expenses, Travel Expenses, personal items, groceries, in fact, anything you buy when you are away on a job.
What are Travel associated, itemized deductions?
Agents accept submissions from talent seeking representation by what form of communication.
What is email?
There are thousands of SAG AFTRA Television and film auditions posted daily to Backstage.com. True or False?
What is False?
A software program that helps you reduce the size of your MP4 to a manageable size.
What is Handbrake?
SAG-AFTRA members are automatically eligible for services offered by a national nonprofit human service organization. This organization offers assistance with services to all entertainment professionals in four areas: affordable housing, sideline work, health insurance information, and social services and emergency grants.
What is The Actor's Fund?
Headshots, a portion of your phone bill, a portion of your cable tv, a portion of your utilities, a portion of your office expenses, etc., can be considered as part of this.
What are itemized deductions?
A manager is entitled to what percentage of an actors salary on every job booked.
What is 10-15%
Wording to watch out for in a contract on LA Casting if you book your own job, without an agent.
What is "In Perpetuity?"
Intrepid and Creation Station are two of many of these.
What are taping studios where actors can pay to have their self tapes done?
$1,900.00 is the standard weekly salary for this contract.
What is a standard Broadway Equity Contract?
The government form you fill out to prove you are a US citizen. It shows your proof of identification, as well as another valid form of government identification.
What is an I-9?
Film, television, live theatre, all of these are handled by this kind of agent.
What is a theatrical agent?
Explore Talent is one of many of these.
What is an actor scam!?
The timing for a self tape submission is everything. Actors must read the instructions very carefully to understand the submission due date and time. When is the submission is usually due?
What is within 6 to 12 hours?
A typical starting episode salary for a series regular on a television show either network or streaming.
What is $25,000.00 per episode?