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How do I handle multiple income streams from different clients or gigs?

Treat all of it as one business cash flow rather than tracking each stream in isolation. Route every payment — whatever the source — through your single business bank account, then apply consistent rules: set aside your tax percentage, take your owner's pay, and let the rest fund expenses and reserves. Keep clean records of which client paid what, since each may issue a 1099 and you'll want to reconcile them against your own totals at year-end. Diversified income is actually a strength: if one client or platform dries up, the others cushion the blow, which is a big reason to avoid over-relying on a single source. Watch for streams that demand disproportionate time for little money and prune them. Bookkeeping software that tags income by source makes the year-end picture and tax filing far simpler. Aggregate everything to see your true baseline earnings.

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