About Reese Calloway

Reese Calloway is the disclosed editorial pen name used for guides on FreelanceTally. It identifies a body of site content, not a public résumé or a claim about the writer's legal identity.

Why a pen name?

The pen name keeps personal identity separate from the site, but it does not create qualifications or lived experience. No degree, employer, client history, or professional licence is claimed. First-person scenarios in guides are illustrative composites unless a page explicitly says they were verified firsthand. Tax pages should link to primary IRS or SSA material; other pages must label assumptions and link a manufacturer or primary source when a factual number depends on one.

What this byline covers

Everything on FreelanceTally sits in one lane: the money side of freelancing and one-person businesses. That means setting and raising rates, converting a salary into a freelance rate, what a healthy margin looks like, invoicing and chasing late payments, and estimating U.S. self-employment tax so quarterly payments don't ambush you. A few places to start:

• How to set your freelance rate — the numbers-first way to price your first year.
• Self-employment tax, explained — where the 15.3% comes from and what it actually applies to.
• How much to set aside for tax — the budgeting habit that keeps April boring.
• How to chase a late invoice — scripts and escalation steps that get invoices paid.

Each guide pairs with a tool, most often thefreelance hourly rate calculator and theself-employment tax calculator, so you can run your own numbers instead of taking mine on faith.

How the tools treat your numbers

Every calculator on this site runs 100% in your browser. The calculations use values on your device; the privacy policy explains saved drafts and the exception for older query-based share links. Some tools save drafts or scenarios in your browser's local storage so you can return to them; that device-only data remains until you use the tool's Clear control or clear this site's browser data. And because tax and money topics carry real stakes, every estimate comes with its limits attached: these are planning figures, not professional advice.

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