Margo Tantau is joined by artist, tax expert, and founder of Sunlight Tax, Hannah Cole, for a refreshingly human conversation about money, creativity, and her new book, Taxes for Humans: Simplify Your Taxes and Change the World When You’re Self-Employed.
Hannah brings compassion, clarity, and humor to a topic many creatives carry shame, fear, or confusion around—and reframes taxes as something that can actually support creative, mission-driven work rather than stifle it.
Margo and Hannah discuss:
- Why creative work is economically vital and plays a real role in shaping culture
- How the tax system is designed for humans—not perfection—and includes room for forgiveness
- Simple, realistic systems that make taxes easier for self-employed creatives
- Tax incentives that actually exist to support artists and independent workers
- How money shame shows up for creatives, and why it’s completely normal
- Why making mistakes with taxes doesn’t mean you’re “bad at money”
- How compassion and clarity can coexist with practical financial systems
Connect with Hannah:
- Book + Workbook: https://www.sunlighttax.com/book
- Website: https://www.sunlighttax.com
- Instagram / YouTube / LinkedIn: @sunlighttax
