Our Mission
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TaxKiln US exists for the 30 million self-employed Americans who deserve tax guidance that's clear, thorough, and free from conflicts of interest. We are unapologetically on the side of small business owners, freelancers, and owner-operators — not the tax-preparation industry, not software vendors, and not advisory firms selling complexity.
Three editorial pillars
**1. Editorial discipline.** Every guide is statute-cited, IRS-referenced, and reviewed against current legislation. We work from the Internal Revenue Code, IRS publications, and state department of revenue sources — not SEO filler or summarised secondary commentary. Every factual claim in a TaxKiln US guide is traceable to the IRC section, IRS Publication, or state statute it draws from. **2. Monetisation discipline.** No display advertising. No affiliate links. No email capture. No newsletter. No paywalls. Revenue comes from sponsorship only, disclosed transparently on every page where a sponsor placement appears. The business model is structurally aligned with reader interest: we don't profit from your data because we don't have your data. **3. Custodian positioning.** We're building like custodians, not a venture studio. TaxKiln US is not a launch-and-pivot project; it is a long-term editorial commitment to a specific reader: the US small business owner and self-employed taxpayer.
Publisher
TaxKiln US is published by Kiln Guides Ltd, a United Kingdom company. We operate an international editorial model: the publisher is UK-based, but the US content is researched, written, and maintained separately for American tax law and practice. All editorial decisions for the US site are made with US statute and IRS guidance as the sole authority. Contact: hello@kilnguides.co.uk
What we cover in the United States
Federal income tax for all filing statuses. State and territorial income tax for all 51 jurisdictions (50 states + DC). Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment tax. FLSA overtime and tip-income provisions. Sales tax, economic nexus, and marketplace-facilitator rules. Capital gains and §121 home sale exclusion. Qualified and ordinary dividends. Retirement accounts: 401(k), Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP-IRA, Solo 401(k), HSA. Pass-through taxation: §199A QBI, S-Corp reasonable compensation, LLC vs S-Corp election. Self-employed expense rules and home office deductions. Trade-specific deductions across 23 occupations. Life events: marriage, divorce, death, emigration. Advanced planning: estate and gift tax, AMT, NIIT, R&D credits, 1031 exchanges, Opportunity Zones.
Our anti-funnel commitments
These are not aspirations; they are structural: - We will never gate content behind an email capture. - We will never run a newsletter signup popup. - We will never sell your data. - We will never run display advertising. If our content is good enough, you'll come back. If it's not, no email list will fix that.
If TaxKiln US helps you understand your tax position more clearly, that's our success metric. If you walked into a CPA's office with a sharper question because of something you read here, that's the outcome we built for. We exist to make US tax accessible, not to make ourselves indispensable.
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