About Reese Calloway

Reese Calloway is the pen name every guide on FreelanceTally is written under — one consistent, accountable author, not a rotating cast of ghostwriters.

Why a pen name?

I write under a pen name for the same reason the site runs no sign-up walls: I'd rather you judge the work than the byline. A pen name keeps one author accountable for every claim on the site while keeping personal details off the internet. What it doesn't do is let me hide behind vague authority — so I don't claim any. No invented degrees, no imaginary accounting firm. The credential here is the methodology: every calculator and guide shows the actual formula, cites the primary source (the IRS and SSA pages for tax figures, not someone's blog post about them), and states plainly what the numbers do not cover. You can check the working yourself, which is more than a headshot and a job title ever prove.

What I write about

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 the freelance hourly rate calculator and the self-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 figures you type are never uploaded, logged, or stored anywhere — close the tab and they're gone. That's a design rule, not a promise buried in a policy. And because tax and money topics carry real stakes, every estimate comes with its limits attached: these are planning figures, not professional advice.

Get in touch

Spotted an error, or think a formula could be clearer? I want to know — the fastest way to keep a small site trustworthy is readers who check the maths. See how FreelanceTally is built or send a message.