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So, while your tax advisor, accountant, or CPA miught advise their self-employed clients to open a separate business bank account, avoid doing so if you can. The benefit of clearly separating your business and personal expenses for tax purposes is far outweighed by the risk of losing eveything your have earned, or saved, through wire fraud.
If you absolutely must maintain a business bank account (e.g. accounts maintained by corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships), keep as little money as you can in the businesses checking account, request the bank to remove overdraft protection, and transfer the bulk of the monies earned to a separate business savings account (preferably at a different bank). If maintaining this strategy it is important to maintain accurate books of account to ensure the checking account always has sufficient funds to cover the outstanding checks.
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