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Great question! Right now IS tax planning season.📅. We are meeting with clients and prospective clients every day, working to rearrange budgets shifting funds from 2025 estimate #4 💸 into tax-advantaged investments 💰. While there are no quick answers — and we always say “it depends” 🤷‍♀️ and “it’s not quick or easy” — there may still be opportunities out there for you. ✨ The key is to review your…  Read more

As a small business owner or medical practice owner, setting up a retirement plan doesn’t just help you and your team save for the future — it can also offer immediate tax savings and tax credits for you and your business…NOW. A retirement plan (such as a SEP, SIMPLE IRA, or 401(k)) can cover both the owner and eligible staff. Eligibility is typically based on: Number of hours worked (e.g.,…  Read more

When you’re running a practice, long-term goals & even short-term goals are not always top of mind. Between patients, paperwork, payroll, insurance chaos, and family obligations it’s easy to feel like your immediate finances call the shots. 😅 I believe a thriving practice depends on financial stability; just like you tell your patients “Prevention beats cure every time”. Let’s check your business health and make sure no financial symptoms are…  Read more

Great question — and one I have been discussing with my clients and prospective clients more and more lately; spoiler alert: Not necessarily! Many small business owners and medical professionals assume that if they pay for something with their business credit card, or via their business checking account it automatically counts as a business deduction. Unfortunately, the IRS doesn’t see it that way. Let’s clear this up 👇 🚫 Paying…  Read more

Great question — and one I have been discussing with my clients and prospective clients more and more lately. The good news? If you’re asking this, you’re already ahead of the curve. Thinking about growth, succession, and strategy means you’re not just running a medical practice — you’re running a business too. Here are some key considerations as you look toward expansion, transition, and tax-smart planning: 🔹 1. Keep the…  Read more

By now you know your quick questions take a minute to ask and our quick answer is “It depends”.  We already know, in order to get a valuable, actionable answer/plan we need to determine several things, including short-term and long-term goals and expected exit strategy. Starting a new business, or expanding your existing business is exciting 🎉, but one of the first steps—choosing your business structure—is often confusing, and working…  Read more

The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy. Like most things tax and/or business related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals and of course your goals📈🌈💡 and the tax law! 📚⚖️ Running a medical practice is more than just patient care—it’s also about navigating billing, payroll, compliance, staffing, and vendor contracts. For many physicians, these responsibilities can become overwhelming. That’s…  Read more

Our answer to most tax related questions, of course, is “it depends”; like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals.  Since it’s passing  our office has spent countless hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21. We’ve been learning the law and discussing how to educate our clients (and ourselves). Working up tax planning and tax minimization…  Read more

Ever found yourself thinking, “My accountant just files my taxes, right?”—you’re not alone. But let’s clear the air: today’s accountants are no longer just the “bean counters” in the back room crunching numbers. We’ve evolved. 📈 Advisory services are how we help small business owners like you move from asking “What happened?” to “What should I do next?” and even “Thanks for bringing this to my attention, yes please can…  Read more

One of our client’s shared a recent article he read in the Wall Street Journal, his question:  should I still continue with the Roth Conversions, and should I now place a large amount of money in a charity donor advised fund The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy. Like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals and of course…  Read more

The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy. Like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals and of course the tax law! 📚⚖️ Since it’s passing, our office has spent 30+++ hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21. We’ve been learning the law and discussing how to educate our clients (and…  Read more

The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy. Like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals and of course the tax law! 📚⚖️ Since it’s passing, our office has spent 30+++ hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21. We’ve been learning the law and discussing how to…  Read more

The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy. Like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals and of course the tax law! 📚⚖️ Over the past few weeks, our office has spent 20+++ hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21. We’ve been learning the law and discussing…  Read more

The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy.  Like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals AND of course the tax law! Over the past few weeks, our office has spent 20+++ hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21.  We’ve been learning the law and discussing how…  Read more

The answer, of course, is “it depends” — and it’s not quick or easy. Like most things tax-related, the answer is tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals.  Over the past few weeks, our office has spent 20++ hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21. We’ve been learning the law and discussing how to educate our clients (and ourselves). Working…  Read more

The answers to these “quick and not so quick questions are never quick or easy.  Our answers are always based upon the situation, tailored to each client, their circumstances, and their goals AND of course the tax law!🙃 Over the past few weeks, our office has spent 20+++ hours attending seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21.  We’ve been  learning the…  Read more

The answer is of course not quick or easy and is always tailored to each client — your circumstances, your goals, your timeline. 💡 Just this week and last, our office spent over 20 hours attending tax seminars focused entirely on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Public Law 119-21  — yes, it’s BIG and so are the opportunities for tax savings, even as early as tax…  Read more

Just last week, our office received a call from one of our clients who had a “quick question” about selling the air rights attached to their investment rental property. The answer? 👉 Yes, we can calculate basis and estimate the tax bite 💸. But let’s be real for a second—this is the classic “putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole” scenario. 🩹💥 The real question—and the meaningful discussion that followed—centered…  Read more

I am hoping everyone has great plans for the 4th! 🎆🎇 Let’s celebrate our country’s independence, enjoy time with friends and family and maybe even relax.  Yes, there is big news, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was finalized on July 3rd.  🧠 But remember, there is plenty of time to unpack what this bill means for you, your business, your taxes, and your long-term and short-term goals. This…  Read more

As a small business owner, like myself, you may be concerned about your own unexpected downtime. Let me share my recent experience and how our contingency plan ensured smooth sailing despite an unplanned absence.  This week, I was unexpectedly out of the office due to a bad cold. I left the office mid-Monday and only checked in briefly for emails, attended a pre-scheduled multi-party meeting, and participated in our weekly Huddle.…  Read more