Tax help for OnlyFans, Fansly and Fanvue creators in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita
Free tax review
Earning on OnlyFans or Fansly?
A private fifteen-minute call, ending with one written price for what we’d handle.
For creators in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, and remotely across the US: the return, quarterly payments from your numbers, the EIN and W-9 so your Social Security number stays off the platform’s file, a missed year caught up — one flat fee in writing.
Based in Santa Clarita
We’re based in Santa Clarita and work with OnlyFans, Fansly and Fanvue creators across Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley — Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Burbank — and remotely anywhere in the US, by phone, video and the secure portal.
Typical situations
Do you work with OnlyFans creators?
Yes — we work with OnlyFans, Fansly and Fanvue creators in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, and remotely anywhere in the US, on the return, quarterly payments, the paperwork and catching up a missed year.
The first-year creator in Burbank with a W-2 job
Paycheck withholding is figured on the job, not the creator income, so nothing is held back from the payouts. What usually goes wrong is reaching April with self-employment tax on top — it starts once net earnings reach $400. We add Schedule C, the page that reports the business’s profit, and Schedule SE, which figures the self-employment tax, and set what to hold back from each payout and when to pay it. The return alone starts at $650 for a sole proprietor.
The North Hollywood creator paid by OnlyFans and Fanvue
Two platforms mean two paperwork trails. Where returns go wrong is reporting the forms instead of the earnings, so a platform’s fees get counted twice or a platform gets left off. We reconcile each platform’s earnings statements and payouts to the bank and build Schedule C from that: earnings in full, fees on their own line. Monthly bookkeeping starts at $295 a month — see how monthly bookkeeping runs.
The Van Nuys creator who doesn’t want to hand over a Social Security number
The platform asks for a W-9 — the form collecting your name and tax number before it pays you; line 1 holds your legal name. The usual misses: the stage name on line 1, or paying a website for an EIN — the tax ID number the IRS issues free. We get the EIN from the IRS with you, put the legal and business names on the right lines, and use one EIN on every platform — see how the EIN setup runs.
The Valencia creator who films in a spare room at home
A room used only and regularly for the work can pass the exclusive-use test; a bedroom that’s also slept in doesn’t. The simplified home-office deduction is $5 a square foot for up to 300 square feet. Everyday clothes and makeup get over-counted as costumes. We measure the space, sort purchases into business and personal, and note on each receipt which shoot it was for — see which receipts to keep.
The Glendale creator whose filed return left a platform’s income off
The platform’s form is already with the IRS, whose matching notice — the CP2000 letter — usually follows; the miss is waiting. We rebuild the year from earnings statements and bank records, file a separate Form 1040-X (the amended return) for each year with your documented expenses, and amend California when the federal change moves state tax. Amending before the IRS contacts you about that return keeps the added tax out of the accuracy-related penalty, the extra charge for underreported income. Rebuilding a year’s books starts at $750 — how a catch-up runs, and what happens when a year was never filed.
The Canoga Park creator whose income doubled and who keeps hearing “get an LLC”
The miss is forming one expecting a lower tax bill or a more private 1099: a single-member LLC changes nothing on the W-9 or the self-employment tax, and California charges an LLC $800 a year. We model sole proprietor, LLC and S corporation on your numbers before you form anything — how the entity comparison works. Books plus the return starts at $395 a month.
The basics
Do I have to pay taxes on OnlyFans income?
Yes — what OnlyFans, Fansly or Fanvue pays you is business income, reported on Schedule C and on the California return whether or not a tax form arrives.
- Self-employment tax — Social Security and Medicare for someone who pays both halves — is 15.3% on 92.35% of net earnings for 2026
- Earnings you could have withdrawn count in the year they were available, cashed out or not
- Fanvue says it withholds no tax, and a 1099-NEC — the form reporting what a platform paid a non-employee — means nothing was withheld
- In the City of Los Angeles, the business tax registration covers home-based businesses and 1099 contractors
- The City tax is zero at $100,000 or less of worldwide gross receipts, only for a registered business that renews on time
We file the federal and California returns with Schedule C and Schedule SE and check whether the City registration applies. See how we prepare the return and what self-employment tax is.
The forms
Which tax form will OnlyFans, Fansly and Fanvue each send me?
Which form you get depends on how the platform pays, and it doesn’t change what you report — Fansly’s help center says it sends a 1099-NEC, Fanvue’s says it sends a 1099-K, and we work from whatever form OnlyFans or any other platform sends, or from your earnings statements when none arrives.
1099-K (Fanvue)
Fanvue says its 1099-K shows gross earnings before fees, refunds or chargebacks, so the fees come off as an expense; Fanvue holds payouts until the W-9 is done.
1099-NEC (Fansly)
For 2026 the nonemployee compensation — what Fansly paid you — is in box 1a, and that amount has to sit inside Schedule C line 1, the line for the business’s total income.
We reconcile each platform’s statements and payouts to the bank before anything is filed.
Privacy
Can I keep my real name off my OnlyFans tax paperwork?
Partly — an EIN can replace your Social Security number on the W-9 a platform asks for, and a business name can go on its second line, but a sole proprietor’s legal name stays on line 1 and the IRS always receives the full number.
- The IRS lets a sole proprietor use either number and says it prefers the Social Security number — the choice is yours
- The platform’s 1099 puts the legal name on its first line and a business name only on the second; the copy you receive may show only the last four digits of your number, while the IRS copy carries the full number
- An LLC on its own doesn’t change the W-9; only a business taxed as a corporation puts its own name and EIN on line 1 — an entity decision, not a privacy setting
- A business name (a DBA) filed in LA County lists the owners and is published in a newspaper for four weeks, so it is for branding and banking, not privacy
- The IRS must keep returns confidential except where the law allows sharing; a 1099 goes to you and the IRS, not to a day-job employer
An EIN keeps your Social Security number off a platform’s files; it doesn’t hide anything from the IRS, which knows whose EIN it is. We set it up and fill in the W-9 with you.
Tips
Do fan tips count for the no-tax-on-tips deduction?
Plan as if they don’t: fan tips are taxable income, and the final IRS rules for the federal tips deduction say an amount received for “pornographic activity” — the regulation’s own words — is not a qualified tip.
The rules don’t define the term, and they treat subscription and pay-per-post payments as pay for the content, not tips. California doesn’t follow the federal deduction either, so we set your quarterly payments without it.
Write-offs
What can OnlyFans creators write off?
What is ordinary and necessary for the work — the normal costs of doing it — and not personal: the camera, lights, phone, editing and the platform’s fees are the solid ones; clothing, makeup and a home studio each have to pass a test.
Usually deductible
- Equipment and editing costs
- The business share of the phone
- Platform fees, on their own expense line
Has to pass a test
- A costume counts only if it couldn’t be worn as ordinary clothing — the test is whether it could be worn, not whether you would
- Grooming, fitness and everyday makeup are personal; on-camera makeup counts only if the receipts show special on-camera product
- A home studio has its own exclusive-use test — the spare-room situation above
We sort each purchase into business and personal and keep the receipt trail. See the self-employed write-off guide.
Quarterly payments
How much should an OnlyFans creator set aside for taxes?
Enough to cover self-employment tax plus federal and California income tax on the profit, set from your own numbers and split into quarterly payments.
The last 2026 federal payment is due January 15, 2027; since the penalty runs day by day on each missed payment, a late payment still lowers it compared with not paying. California’s schedule is its own and has no September payment.
We set the amount to hold back from each payout and put the payment dates on your calendar; when we keep the books, each quarter’s payment comes from them. See how quarterly planning works for 1099 earners and what a first year of quarterly payments looks like.
Pricing
How much does tax help for an OnlyFans creator cost in 2026?
The return alone starts at $650 for a sole proprietor and at $850 for a business return with the owner’s personal return included; books plus the return from $395 a month; monthly bookkeeping from $295 a month; rebuilding a past year’s books from $750 — each a flat fee quoted in writing before we start. An amended return, the EIN and W-9 setup and the California amendment sit inside the quote, not as separate charges. What moves a quote above the floor is the number of platforms, whether the books exist yet, how many years need filing or amending, a home studio or big equipment purchases, an LLC, and a W-2 job alongside.
The return
from $650
- Schedule C and Schedule SE, federal and California
- Quarterly estimates from your real numbers
- The expense review
Books plus the return
from $395/mo
- Monthly bookkeeping with each platform reconciled
- The year-end return from your own books
Catching up a year
from $750
- The year’s books rebuilt from statements and bank records
- The amended return quoted with it
The quote is the price.
How it works
What happens after you book?
A 15-minute call ends with one price, and the work starts from there.
The 15-minute call
About six questions: which platforms and since when; a W-2 job or not; which forms arrived; a home filming space or big purchases; an LLC or not; any year filed without the creator income.
The engagement letter
Sent during the call, signed when you’re ready; then a short onboarding call and the secure-portal invite.
Access and documents
Each platform’s earnings statements and the bank records come through the secure portal, with our checklist.
Catch-up first if a year is behind
Each year is its own return, oldest first, with IRS transcripts (the IRS’s record of the year) pulled first; cleanup is half to start, the balance on delivery.
You see the return before anything is filed
Half the fee starts the work; the balance is due before e-file.
Communication
You’ll know where your return and your payments stand.
The person who answers the phone is on the team that prepares your return and sets your quarterly payments.
The same-day rule
Call or email during business hours and you’ll hear back the same day — all twelve months.
Creators are welcome
OnlyFans, Fansly or Fanvue, one platform or three, anywhere in the US — the free call ends with a straight answer on whether we’re the right fit.
Admitted to practice before the IRS
Our team of IRS representation specialists is admitted to practice before the IRS. If an IRS letter shows up, forward it: how we handle IRS letters.
The N&T Tax & Advisory Group team
We keep the books, prepare the return and set the quarterly payments from the same numbers. We’re reachable all year.
Tax preparation · Quarterly planning · Bookkeeping · IRS representation · Direct line: (661) 554-4495
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Where we work
Do you work with creators outside Los Angeles and Santa Clarita?
Yes — anywhere in the US, remotely; the work runs on platform statements and bank records. We also offer in-person visits in the Santa Clarita Valley.
What we don’t do
We handle the tax and money side: the books, the return, quarterly payments and the tax paperwork, including the City registration check. Content, marketing and platform strategy, contracts, legal questions, banking, licenses and permits are outside our work, and we don’t advise on them.
Worth reading
What can you read before you call?
Three short reads for a first year of creator income.
FAQ
What should a creator know before booking?
Do Fansly and Fanvue creators pay taxes the same way?
Yes: the same Schedule C, self-employment tax and quarterly payments — only the form differs. Fansly’s help center says it sends a 1099-NEC, and Fanvue’s says it sends a 1099-K; the income is reported whether a form arrives or not.
Will my employer see my OnlyFans income?
Not from the tax paperwork: a 1099 goes to you and the IRS, and returns stay confidential except where the law allows sharing. Documents move through the secure portal.
Should an OnlyFans creator form an LLC or an S corp?
Not by default: a single-member LLC changes nothing on your W-9 or self-employment tax and costs $800 a year in California, and an S corporation needs a reasonable salary through payroll. We model it on your numbers first; our entity-selection page shows how we compare sole proprietor, LLC and S corporation.
I didn’t report my OnlyFans income last year. What do I do now?
Amend it: a separate Form 1040-X for each year, with the expenses you can document, and California too when the federal change moves the state tax. Filing the amendment before the IRS contacts you about that return keeps the accuracy-related penalty off the added tax. If a letter already came, forward it to us.
Is the fee flat, or do you bill by the hour?
Flat, never by the hour. What sets it: platforms, the state of the books, years to file or amend, a home studio, an LLC.
What should I send to get started?
Last year’s return; each platform’s earnings statements or payout history; any 1099-NEC or 1099-K; the bank statements for the account the payouts land in; receipts for equipment and other costs; any IRS letter. We send a short checklist so nothing is missed.
Do you work with creators outside Los Angeles and Santa Clarita?
Yes, anywhere in the US, remotely; in the Santa Clarita Valley we can also meet in person.
Ready to get this year’s return and payments handled?
One free 15-minute call. You’ll leave knowing what we’d handle and what it costs — whether or not you hire us.
Rather talk now? Call (661) 554-4495 — reach us during business hours and you’ll hear back the same day.
Our team of IRS representation specialists is admitted to practice before the IRS. This page is general information, not tax advice for your specific situation.