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    The Economics of Everyday Things
    107. Megachurches

    The Economics of Everyday Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 23:42


    They have thousands of congregants and millions of dollars in income. Zachary Crockett passes the collection plate. SOURCES:Julie Roys, founder of the Roys Report.Scott Thumma, professor of sociology of religion at Hartford International University, director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. RESOURCES:"The faithful see both crisis and opportunity as churches close across the country," by Scott Neuman (NPR, 2023)."Million Dollar Homes Become Status Symbols of Televangelists and Pastors," by Barry Bowen (Trinity Foundation, 2022)."Megachurch 2020," by Scott Thumma and Warren Bird (Hartford Institute for Religion Research, 2020).Beyond Megachurch Myths: What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches, by Scott Thumma and Dave Travis (2007)."Ministers' Compensation & Housing Allowance," (IRS).MinistryWatch.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Breaking Free: A Modern Divorce Podcast
    Loopholes = Leverage: How People Hide Money & Gain Power with Guest Mark Kohler and Rebecca Zung on Negotiate Your Best Life #744

    Breaking Free: A Modern Divorce Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 38:46


    Unlock the shocking truth behind how the ultra-wealthy and savvy professionals use legal loopholes to protect assets, reduce taxes, and build generational wealth — all while flying under the radar.

    Eat Blog Talk | Megan Porta
    747: How To Prepare For Tax Season Without Panic (+Top Deductions Food Bloggers Can Claim) With Amy Northard

    Eat Blog Talk | Megan Porta

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 49:08


    Megan chats with Amy Northard about how to treat your blog like a business, what expenses you can write off, and how to finally feel confident about finances as a food blogger. Amy Northard is the Accountant for Creatives®. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who specializes in working with creative small business owners to make taxes and bookkeeping less stressful. She has a passion for helping small business owners navigate the financial aspects of starting and operating a business so they can focus on their craft. Money can feel overwhelming, but the right systems and mindset will save you stress, time, and money. This episode covers the essential steps to separate hobby from business, make smart financial decisions, and prepare for tax season without panic. Key points discussed include: - Start with separation: Why opening a business bank account is the easiest first step. - Bookkeeping basics: How to track income and expenses without overcomplicating it. - Avoid hobby status: What the IRS looks at when deciding if you're really running a business. - LLC vs. S Corp: When it makes sense to take the leap and what benefits each structure offers. - Top deductions to claim: From groceries and mileage to courses, masterminds, and retreats. - Quarterly taxes explained: How to set aside the right amount without stress. - Documentation made simple: The easiest way to track receipts and stay audit-ready. - Hiring help wisely: What you need to know about contractors and 1099s. If You Loved This Episode… You'll love Episode 632: How to Survive an IRS Audit and Which Red Flags to Look Out For with Ansley Beutler. Connect with Amy Northard Website | Instagram

    Tax Rep Network with Eric Green
    Pricing IRS Rep Work With A Chaotic IRS With Patrick Wanzer

    Tax Rep Network with Eric Green

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 38:02


    Pricing tax representation is tough—and with today's chaotic and understaffed IRS, it's even harder. Eric Green and CPA/CTRC Patrick Wanzer of Breakthrough Tax Resolution reveal real-world strategies for setting fees, managing scope creep, and protecting profitability when IRS delays double or triple your workload, cases bounce between agents, and clients push for “free advice.” They share how shifting from flat fees to hourly billing, using larger retainers, and setting clear engagement boundaries can help tax professionals stay profitable and sane while navigating the turbulent tax resolution landscape.

    The Daily Beans
    Refried Beans | Court Pants (feat. Michael Harriot) | Sep 18, 2023

    The Daily Beans

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 48:53


    Tuesday, September 19th, 2023In the Hot Notes: More obstruction of justice in the Mar-a-Lago documents case; Jeffrey Clark didn't show up to his hearing today in his bid to remove his Fulton County case to federal court; House Democrats press for cameras in federal courts; Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against the IRS; Kenneth Chesebro has filed a motion to quash one of the Fulton County charges against him arguing that the fraudulent electors were duly elected and certified; Jann Wenner has been removed from his position on the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for racist and sexist statements; 7 Americans have returned home from being wrongfully imprisoned in Iran; Trump attacks liberal Jews on Rosh Hashanah; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Our Guest Michael HarriotBlack AF History The Un-Whitewashed Story of Americahttps://www.michaelharriot.comhttps://twitter.com/michaelharriotDrapetomaniax Podcast Our Donation LinksNational Security Counselors - DonateMSW Media, Blue Wave California Victory Fund | ActBlueWhistleblowerAid.org/beansFederal workers - feel free to email AG at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you're going to do, or just vent. I'm always here to listen. Find Upcoming Actions 50501 Movement, No Kings.org, Indivisible.orgDr. Allison Gill - Substack, BlueSky , TikTok, IG, TwitterDana Goldberg - BlueSky, Twitter, IG, facebook, danagoldberg.comCheck out more from MSW Media - Shows - MSW Media, Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod, The Breakdown | SubstackShare your Good News or Good TroubleMSW Good News and Good TroubleHave some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?The Daily Beans | SupercastThe Daily Beans & Mueller, She Wrote | PatreonThe Daily Beans | Apple Podcasts Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ralph Nader Radio Hour
    Dirtbag Billionaire

    Ralph Nader Radio Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 85:37


    Ralph interviews New York Times reporter, David Gelles, about his new book, “Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away.” Then, we welcome back former IRS commissioner, John Koskinen, to update us on how the Trump Administration is dismantling the IRS and stealing your personal information.David Gelles is a reporter on the New York Times climate team and he leads the Times's “Climate Forward” newsletter and events series. He is the author of The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy, and his new book is Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away.He [Yvon Chouinard] saw Patagonia as a role model for other corporations and believed that by running Patagonia in a different way, he could show that capitalism just didn't have to suck so much.David GellesThere's a paradox that runs through the pages of Dirtbag Billionaire and it's never fully resolved…It's the fact that Chouinard is an environmentalist who wants to reduce the impact of mankind on planet earth, and yet he runs a big, complicated clothing company that is taking a toll on the environment that he's trying to protect. He runs a company that in theory, he says, and in practice is largely doing, the work of funding grassroots activists and environmental conservation. But he's doing it by participating in the very capitalist system that is responsible for so much of the damage to our natural world. And the list goes on. These contradictions are what really has animated Chouinard and his executive team for all these years. They understand their own perfections. But unlike most, they are willing to really examine their own failings, to look it square in the eye, straight in the mirror, and try to figure out how to make things better.David GellesChouinard being a “dirtbag” is something he always identified as and he still does at a certain level. The great insult in his mind is being called a “billionaire.”David GellesJohn Koskinen served as the IRS Commissioner from 2013 to 2017.Lobbyists and corporations are very good at making sure that [tax advantages] always stayed. You never hear too often of tax advantages taken out of the code, what everybody argues about as new ones being put into the code.John KoskinenThese (IRS workers) are very skilled people who in fact have given up the opportunity to make two or three times more money in the private sector because they believe in public service.John KoskinenNews 9/19/25* Just weeks after David Ellison's Skydance Media completed their $8 billion takeover of Paramount Global, Ellison is setting his sights even higher – a proposed $70 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Variety reports. If this deal proceeds, it would mean that Ellison would control CNN in addition to CBS news, the latter of which he seemingly plans to place under the supervision of “anti-woke” arch-zionist media personality Bari Weiss. While true that cable news does not possess nearly as much clout as it did just a few years ago, this would represent a nearly unprecedented consolidation in that sector. Ellison and his lieutenants would wield a tremendous amount of influence in the media, which would translate to real impacts on the political process. It remains to be seen whether the Trump administration media regulators will take any action to block this deal. Based on their actions so far, it seems unlikely.* In more media news, ABC has indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which the comedian has hosted since 2003, after he criticized Trump and his allies for “capitaliz[ing]” on the murder of Charlie Kirk to score political points, CNN reports. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened action up to and including revoking the broadcast license for ABC, which airs the program, or possibly blocking their merger with Nexstar. While Rolling Stone reports multiple executives at ABC and its parent company Disney, felt that Kimmel “had not actually said anything over the line,” they folded immediately under the threat of retaliation by the administration. This move represents a major contradiction of Carr's previously stated belief that “[the FCC] must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans.” Democrats are incensed at this attack on free speech, Congressman Ro Khanna is seeking to subpoena Carr to testify to the House Oversight Committee. Trump, feeling confident after claiming the scalp of both Kimmel and Colbert – two outspoken critics – is now calling for NBC to remove Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, via Truth Social. Variety reports conservative media conglomerate Sinclair will “replace the Friday timeslot of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!' with a Charlie Kirk tribute special on its ABC affiliate stations — and is offering the special to all other ABC stations across the country.”* Regarding social media, the Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. and China are nearing a deal on control of TikTok, under a framework in which “an investor consortium including Oracle... Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz” would acquire an 80% stake. Oracle is of course run by David Ellison's father, Larry Ellison, one of the richest men in the world, while Andreessen Horowitz is the venture capital firm of Trump ally Marc Andreessen. Silver Lake is another Silicon Valley private equity firm. This deal would finally put an end to the nebulous legal limbo created by Congress passing the TikTok ban and Trump refusing to enforce it. According to this report, the new company that would be created to run TikTok in America, “would also have an American-dominated board with one member designated by the U.S. government.”* The administration is seeking to shore up support in corporate America in other ways too. Trump has renewed his 2018 push to eliminate the reports businesses are mandated to issue on a quarterly basis, moving to a biannual reporting system. Trump argues that this shift would “cut costs and discourage shortsightedness on the part of publicly traded companies.” Others however believe that this change could be harmful to the economy, making companies less transparent and therefore increasing potential investor risk. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it is “making Trump's proposal a priority.” This from Reuters.* More troubling signs are emerging in the U.S economy. Per Bloomberg, “Consumers in the top 10% of the income distribution accounted for 49.2% of total spending,” in the second quarter of 2025. This is the highest percentage of consumer spending accounted for by that demographic going back to 1989, according to an analysis of the Federal Reserve's Financial Accounts and Survey of Consumer Finance data conducted by Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's. Chandan Economics reports a spike in late rent payments in August, suggesting stress in the “financial health of renter households,” while for homeowners, Polymarket reports that even more people are searching "help with mortgage" on Google than during the 2008 housing crisis. This comes as only 1.3 million home building permits were issued in August, the lowest level since the Spring of 2020, according to economist and Washington Post columnist Heather Long. Taken together, this data paints a picture of an economy flailing, and kept afloat only by the very rich.* Speaking of the very rich, the first American Pope, Leo the XIV, condemned the precipitous rise in CEO pay compared to their employees. Leo remarked that CEOs now make “600 times more than what average workers are receiving," adding "What does that mean…If [money] is the only thing that has value anymore, then we're in big trouble." Specifically, Leo was referring to the proposed new compensation package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, which could turn the billionaire into a trillionaire. This from Yahoo! Finance. Senator Bernie Sanders echoed this sentiment, writing “The Pope is exactly right. No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care. We can and must do better.”* Turning to Israel and Gaza, AP reports Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's is resigning from the company after 47 years. In a letter, Jerry explains that he could not “in good conscience” remain at Ben & Jerry's because their parent company – the British conglomerate Unilever – has been constraining his ability to advocate against the genocide in Gaza. Jerry writes “For more than 20 years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry's stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world…It's profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone.” This is the largest, but by no means only, rupture between Ben & Jerry's and Unilever; this report notes “In March Ben & Jerry's said that its CEO was unlawfully removed by Unilever in retaliation for the ice cream maker's social and political activism.” However, as Greenfield's departure illustrates, the founders have little recourse besides their public platform and resignation.* In a sign of Israel's waning influence in the Democratic Party, POLITICO reports Democratic public affairs “megafirm” SKDK has ended their $600,000 contract with the state of Israel which was supposed to run from April 2025 through March 2026. The firm's recent focus had been “pitching guests for news shows to hear Israel's side of the war in Gaza.” The firm has been tight-lipped on this decision, saying only the work “had run its course.” Yet, this decision comes directly on the heels of reporting that Stagwell, the parent company of SKDK, was involved in “setting up a bot program ‘to amplify pro-Israel narratives on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other platforms,'” as revealed in a Foreign Agents Registration Act filing.* On Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sanders crossed a major rhetorical rubicon, labeling Israel's actions in Gaza a “genocide.” In an op-ed appropriate titled “It Is Genocide,” Sanders cites the casualty totals – noting that “The full toll is likely much higher, with many thousands of bodies buried under the rubble” – along with the Israeli blockade on the enclave and their systematic destruction of Gaza's infrastructure, including hospitals, water and sanitation facilities and schools. Sanders also cites the genocidal intent expressed by Israeli leaders, through quotes like “the Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there — death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Sanders concludes this piece by warning that if the world fails to act, as during the Holocaust, Netanyahu and other “demagogues” will feel emboldened. History, Sanders writes “demands that the world act with one voice to say: enough is enough. No more genocide.” After Sanders' announcement, Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint came out with her own statement accepting the genocide label. Zeteo reports a total of 20 members of Congress now say Israel is committing genocide.* Finally, to end on a positive note, on Monday the House passed the bipartisan Mental Health in Aviation Act, which seeks to “break down…barriers and support the mental health of our aviation workforce by changing the current rules which prevent aviation professionals from seeking mental health care by imposing unfair penalties on those who do,” according to a press release by the bill's Republican sponsor Pete Stauber. A press release from the Democratic sponsor, Sean Casten, reads “Aviators should not be unfairly penalized for seeking mental health care…The current system perpetuates a culture of silence, and it's past time that changes.” Some observers have attributed some credit for the passage of this bill to the comedian Nathan Fielder's series The Rehearsal, the latest season of which dealt extensively with the issue of aviators' mental health. While congressional staff have downplayed the show's influence, it seems hard to deny that at the very least it raised the profile of this pressing issue. Either way, hopefully this bill will make it safer to fly by removing the stigma from pilots seeking mental healthcare. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    Israel's Bloody Hands: Kosher Fingerprints All Over Kirk Assassination

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 71:41


    It's been over a week since Charlie Kirk was sniped in the back just as he started waking up to the Israeli stranglehold on America, and the FBI's Pajeet clowns are still peddling their lone-wolf fairy tale with fake texts and backwards ballistics. Netanyahu's slimy video denial is just the latest hedge of protection for these child-sacrificing synagogues of Satan freaks who've offended JFK, bombed the Liberty, and pulled off 9/11 but we're not buying it anymore, and neither should you if you love this country. Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

    Refresh Your Wealth Show
    #593 Open Forum: Lessons on Money, Taxes, and Wealth

    Refresh Your Wealth Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 21:51 Transcription Available


    Are you making money decisions that could be holding you back from real financial freedom? In this episode of the Main Street Business Podcast, Mark J. Kohler flies solo to answer your questions! In the process, he reveals the common mistakes people make with money, taxes, and investments — and how you can avoid them. He shares proven strategies to help you protect your wealth, build long-term security, and take control of your financial future.From managing taxes to creating passive income, this discussion breaks down the essential steps every entrepreneur, investor, and professional should know. Learn how to maximize deductions, grow your wealth, and safeguard your assets without falling into costly traps.If you're serious about building wealth and creating lasting financial stability, this is an episode you can't afford to miss!You'll learn:How transferring a property to an LLC works, the risks of triggering the due-on-sale clause, and what to watch out for with your lenderThe difference between Schedule E and Schedule C when reporting short-term rental income — and how mixed personal use can change your tax treatmentKey rules for deducting business mileage when operating across multiple locations, and how to maximize your write-offsWhat expenses you can (and can't) cover in a Roth IRA LLC, including laptops, mining rigs, and other gear for crypto-related activitiesWhy documenting your strategies correctly is essential to avoid IRS issues and maintain tax efficiencyPractical, real-world answers to common tax and wealth-building questions that apply to both investors and small-business ownersGet a comprehensive tax consultation with one of our Main Street tax lawyers that can build a tax strategy plan with an affordable consultation that will leave you speechless!! Here's the link - https://kkoslawyers.com/services/comprehensive-bus-tax-consult/?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=msbp004-open-forum-lessons-on-wealth Grab my FREE Ultimate Tax Strategy Guide HERE! You don't want to miss this! Secure your tickets for the most significant business, tax & legal event of the year: Main Street 360 Looking to connect with a rock star law firm? KKOS is only a click away! Are you ready to get certified in EVERY strategy I teach? Start your journey with a FREE 15-minute discovery call to explore the Main Street Tax Pro Certification. Check out our YOUTUBE Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/markjkohler Craving more content? Check out my Instagram!

    SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE– Business Tax, Financial Basics, Money Mindset, Tax Deductions
    278 \\ The Shocking Link Between Healthcare Fraud and Your Business Taxes

    SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE– Business Tax, Financial Basics, Money Mindset, Tax Deductions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 16:34


    What does a $14.6 billion healthcare fraud case have to do with your business? Everything. While criminals steal billions from taxpayer-funded programs, business owners like you are still overpaying the IRS every year. In this episode, we break down how government waste affects your bottom line—and why smart tax planning isn't just good business, it's your responsibility. You'll learn why a proactive tax strategy matters, how tax reduction can protect your hard-earned money, and what steps to take to keep more cash in your pocket. If you've ever wondered why your tax bill feels too high, or how to finally take control of your money decisions, this episode is for you. Don't let your money get wasted—tune in now and discover the strategies that could save you thousands.   Next Steps:

    The Epstein Chronicles
    Jeffrey Epstein And His Direct Line To Leon Black

    The Epstein Chronicles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 25:07 Transcription Available


    Leon Black, billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management, maintained a direct and lucrative financial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein long after Epstein's 2008 conviction. Records show Black paid Epstein roughly $158 million between 2012 and 2017 for what he characterized as tax, estate, and philanthropic advisory work. Despite Epstein's notoriety, Black said he relied on top law firms and accounting advisors to vet Epstein's services, insisting the payments were tied to legitimate advice.Beyond financial dealings, Black's inclusion in Epstein's 2003 “birthday book” underscored a social tie as well. He submitted a poem that alluded to Epstein's reputation for financial wizardry, suggesting familiarity beyond just business. Congressional investigators and Senate leaders have since questioned whether the scale of the payments was commensurate with the services Epstein claimed to provide, calling for deeper IRS scrutiny into whether Epstein was effectively a shadow fixer for Black's wealth.to  contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comSource:https://www.crainsnewyork.com/finance/epstein-had-door-apollo-his-deep-ties-blackBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

    Accounting and Accountability
    Episode 125: No More Checks: What the IRS Just Changed

    Accounting and Accountability

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 20:02


    In this episode: • Why the IRS is phasing out paper checks and what that means for paying or receiving tax refunds going forward • How misleading labels on draft IRS forms could confuse clients (hint: “No Tax on Tips” doesn't actually mean that) • A major 401(k) rule change for high earners that could impact catch-up contributions starting in 2027 • Year-end tax planning tips for business owners, including strategies you must act on before December 31 • Smart ways to manage estimates, avoid penalties, and use paycheck withholdings to your advantage If you want fewer surprises come April and smarter decisions in Q4, don't miss this one.

    Tax Section Odyssey
    Decoding Tax Misinformation on H.R. 1 with Annette Nellen

    Tax Section Odyssey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 23:06


    In this joint Tax Section Odyssey and Journal of Accountancy (JofA) podcast episode, host Neil Amato sits down with tax expert Annette Nellen, Esq., CPA/CGMA, to discuss the latest developments in tax legislation, specifically H.R. 1, P.L. 119-21, the law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Annette shares her insights on the new tax provisions, effective dates and the importance of accurate information and research in the tax field. This episode also serves as a preview of the upcoming National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C., where Annette will be speaking on key tax updates for individuals and businesses.  What you'll learn from this episode: ·       What tax provisions from H.R. 1 are permanent vs. temporary ·       Where guidance and technical corrections are needed related to H.R. 1 ·       Learn more about recent IRS rules and significant court cases ·       The importance of accurate information and thorough research in the tax area AICPA resources Register here for the AICPA National Tax Conference – Nov. 17 – 18, Washington, DC Planning after tax changes Keep your finger on the pulse of the dynamic and evolving tax landscape with insights from tax thought leaders in the AICPA Tax Section. The Tax Section Odyssey podcast includes a digest of tax developments, trending issues and practice management tips that you need to be aware of to elevate your professional development and your firm practices. This resource is part of the robust tax resource library available from the AICPA Tax Section. The Tax Section is your go-to home base for staying up to date on the latest tax developments and providing the edge you need for upskilling your professional development. If you're not already a member, consider joining this prestigious community of your tax peers. You'll get free CPE, access to rich technical content such as our Annual Tax Compliance Kit, a weekly member newsletter and a digital subscription to The Tax Adviser.

    The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show
    H2: Dr. Nan Hayworth on Erika Kirk | Rene Artman on Lincoln/Reagan Dinner 09.18.2025

    The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 41:37


    THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Today's Speaker’s Stump Speech is titled "Kimmel Gets Crushed" and is sponsored by https://www.hansenstree.com/ 15:17 SEG 2 Dr. Nan Hayworth, Former US Representative (NY-19); Independent Women's Forum Board of Directors; Conservamerica Board of Directors Chairwoman | TOPIC: RNC headlines of the day | What it was like being a woman in Congress | Being an ophthalmologist | Doing Newsmax panels with Chris | Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, will head Turning Point USA | Mamdanihttps://x.com/NanHayworth https://x.com/IWF 33:33 SEG 3 Rene Artman, Chair of the Republican Central Committee of St. Louis County, talks about the Lincoln/Reagan Dinner Saturday, September 27th at River City Casino | You will hear from Missouri state officials, Missouri federal officials, and federal IRS agent Joseph Ziegler, who helped bust Hunter Biden. There will also be a silent auction. https://newstalkstl.com/lincolnday2025/https://www.stlcorepublicans.org https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    NewsTalk STL
    H2: Dr. Nan Hayworth on Erika Kirk | Rene Artman on Lincoln/Reagan Dinner 09.18.2025

    NewsTalk STL

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 41:37


    THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Today's Speaker’s Stump Speech is titled "Kimmel Gets Crushed" and is sponsored by https://www.hansenstree.com/ 15:17 SEG 2 Dr. Nan Hayworth, Former US Representative (NY-19); Independent Women's Forum Board of Directors; Conservamerica Board of Directors Chairwoman | TOPIC: RNC headlines of the day | What it was like being a woman in Congress | Being an ophthalmologist | Doing Newsmax panels with Chris | Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, will head Turning Point USA | Mamdanihttps://x.com/NanHayworth https://x.com/IWF 33:33 SEG 3 Rene Artman, Chair of the Republican Central Committee of St. Louis County, talks about the Lincoln/Reagan Dinner Saturday, September 27th at River City Casino | You will hear from Missouri state officials, Missouri federal officials, and federal IRS agent Joseph Ziegler, who helped bust Hunter Biden. There will also be a silent auction. https://newstalkstl.com/lincolnday2025/https://www.stlcorepublicans.org https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    Countering ZOG: The Blueprint for a Zionist-Free America

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 67:39


    Our nation's under Zionist occupation, with elections rigged by Israel-first subversives who mock our Constitution. Dr. Michael Rectenwald exposes their grip and rallies Christian patriots to fight back against the ZOG. Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

    Cloud Accounting Podcast
    The HIRE Act Would Tax Firms 25% for Offshore Labor

    Cloud Accounting Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 70:19


    Blake and David examine several major developments affecting the accounting profession, including the proposed HIRE Act that would impose a 25% excise tax on offshore labor payments to accounting firms. They also look at how AI is transforming hiring practices at major firms like PwC, which is cutting graduate recruitment due to advancing technology and explore practical AI implementation strategies for accounting firms, moving beyond basic chatbots to integrated workflows. The show wraps up with a story about fraud at The Epoch Times - a $67 million money laundering scheme - and the ongoing costs of bad social media tax advice. SponsorsOnPay - http://accountingpodcast.promo/onpayRelay - http://accountingpodcast.promo/relay TeamUp - http://accountingpodcast.promo/teamupChapters(00:00) - Introduction and Personal Updates (00:48) - AI in Accounting: Challenges and Opportunities (04:57) - The Higher Act: Taxing Offshore Labor (05:23) - Feel-Good Story: The Oldest Marching Band Member (10:23) - Impact of AI on Job Market (26:33) - Gambling Scandal and AI in Government (36:22) - Expense Management Simplified (38:29) - Supreme Court and Tariffs Update (42:37) - Red Lobster's Downfall: A Case Study (45:37) - The Role of AI in Accounting Firms (01:03:04) - Epic Times CFO Charged with Money Laundering (01:08:38) - Conclusion and Announcements  Show NotesNew Moreno Bill Would Crack Down on Outsourcing, Fund American Workers - Senator Bernie Moreno https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/new-moreno-bill-would-crack-down-on-outsourcing-fund-american-workers/HIRE Act - A BILL https://www.moreno.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-HIRE-Act.pdfMoreno Bill to Crackdown on Foreign Outsourcing Blocked by Senate Democrats - Senator Bernie Moreno https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/moreno-bill-to-crackdown-on-foreign-outsourcing-blocked-by-senate-democrats/Offshoring is Screwed If This HIRE Act Thing Goes Anywhere But Let's Not Get Too Excited Yet - Going Concern https://www.goingconcern.com/offshoring-is-screwed-if-this-hire-act-thing-goes-anywhere-but-lets-not-get-too-excited-yet/PwC's U.K. chief admits he's cutting back entry-level jobs and taking a 'watch and wait' approach to see how AI changes work | Fortune https://fortune.com/2025/09/08/pwc-uk-chief-cutting-entry-level-junior-gen-z-jobs-ai-economic-headwinds-like-amazon-salesforce/AI takes entry-level jobs as Big Four slash graduate hiring https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/big-four-cut-graduate-jobs-ai/PwC Cuts Graduate Hiring as AI Reshapes Entry-Level Careers - TechStory https://techstory.in/pwc-cuts-graduate-hiring-as-ai-reshapes-entry-level-careers/IRS assesses $162 million in penalties over false tax credit claims tied to social media | Internal Revenue Service https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-assesses-162-million-in-penalties-over-false-tax-credit-claims-tied-to-social-mediaSocial media claims cost taxpayers $162M, IRS says. See the 'tips' to avoid https://thehill.com/homenews/5492263-social-media-claims-cost-taxpayers-162m-irs-says-see-the-tips-to-avoid/IRS warns taxpayers: Social media advice can lead to costly penalties https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2025/sep/irs-warns-taxpayers-social-media-advice-can-lead-to-costly-penalties/Dirty Dozen: Taking tax advice on social media can be bad news for taxpayers; inaccurate or misleading tax information circulating | Internal Revenue Service https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/dirty-dozen-taking-tax-advice-on-social-media-can-be-bad-news-for-taxpayers-inaccurate-or-misleading-tax-information-circulatingAlbania appoints world's first AI government 'minister' to root out corruption | Euronews https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/09/12/albania-appoints-worlds-first-ai-government-minister-to-root-out-corruptionDiella (AI system) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diella_(AI_system)Epoch Times embroiled in alleged cryptocurrency money laundering scheme - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/04/epoch-times-money-laundering-cryptocurrency/CFO of Falun Gong-linked Epoch Times arrested and accused of role in $67m multinational money laundering scheme | Fortune https://fortune.com/2024/06/04/cfo-weidong-bill-guan-falun-gong-epoch-times-arrested-67m-multinational-money-laundering-scheme/The only recap of Red Lobster's downfall you need https://thetakeout.com/red-lobster-endless-shrimp-private-equity-downfall-recapNeed CPE?Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark: https://earmarkcpe.comSubscribe to the Earmark Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet in TouchThanks for listening and the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, please do us a favor and wr...

    Investor Fuel Real Estate Investing Mastermind - Audio Version
    Stop Overpaying the IRS: Tax Strategies Every Real Estate Investor Needs

    Investor Fuel Real Estate Investing Mastermind - Audio Version

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 22:28


    In this episode of the Real Estate Pros Podcast, host Q Edmonds engages with tax expert Steven Young to explore the intricacies of tax strategies for real estate investors. They discuss the importance of proactive tax planning, overcoming tax anxiety, and the value of building relationships within the tax and real estate community. Steven shares real-life success stories of clients who have navigated tax challenges and emphasizes the need for financial education among business owners. The conversation highlights the difference between tax compliance and strategic tax planning, aiming to empower listeners to take control of their financial futures.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true ‘white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a “mini-mastermind” with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming “Retreat”, either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas “Big H Ranch”? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

    Journal of Accountancy Podcast
    ‘We're still the thinkers' — a reminder for tax pros in the AI era

    Journal of Accountancy Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 23:05


    In her professional career, Annette Nellen, Esq., CPA, CGMA, cannot recall a time when there was more misinformation in the realm of taxes than today, as practitioners wade through H.R. 1, P.L. 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. She believes an overreliance on artificial intelligence tools in analyzing the budget law is one reason. “You still have to review it,” said Nellen, a past chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee. “These AI tools — they're tools. We're still the thinkers. We're the responsible party involved here.” In this JofA podcast episode, Nellen mentioned several provisions of note in H.R. 1, including those where guidance is still needed. She also mentioned the value of the National Tax Conference in November — where new tax provisions will be a central topic in sessions and individual conversations. What you'll learn from this episode: ·     Some previously temporary tax provisions that are now permanent. ·     New tax provisions of note to Nellen. ·     A selection of provisions for which guidance or technical corrections may be needed. ·     IRS rulings and tax-related court cases Nellen has been following. ·    The response of one website creator when Nellen told the creator that some dot-gov sites are not properly updated.

    The IC-DISC Show
    Highest and Best Use with Mike D'Onofrio

    The IC-DISC Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 35:49


    Every business transaction has hidden tax opportunities waiting to be discovered, if you know where to look. This week on the IC-DISC podcast, I spoke with Mike D'Onofrio from Engineered Tax Services, who's spent 17 years helping business owners maximize their tax strategies through engineering-based specialty tax services. Mike joined ETS after working in corporate M&A and private equity, where he first recognized the critical need for specialized tax expertise during business transitions, and what struck me about Mike's approach is how his firm combines professional engineering expertise with tax strategy to deliver comprehensive solutions. They handle everything from cost segregation studies and energy incentives to insurance optimization, processing hundreds of cost segregation studies weekly across every property type imaginable. Mike's philosophy centers on what he calls "HABU" - highest and best use - focusing on their core expertise while partnering with specialists like us for complementary strategies that create immediate opportunities for businesses to improve cash flow. The conversation reinforced something I've noticed across successful advisory relationships: the best results come from specialists who stay in their lane while building collaborative teams. Mike's emphasis on maintaining human intelligence alongside technology adoption resonated with my own experience that relationships still drive business success.     SHOW HIGHLIGHTS ETS processes hundreds of cost segregation studies weekly, from single-family rentals to NFL stadiums, proving tax strategies scale across all property types. The recent bonus depreciation bill plus R&D tax credit enhancements now allow 100% first-year expense capture, creating immediate cash flow opportunities. Mike's "HABU" principle (Highest And Best Use) drives their decision to stay specialized rather than compete with partners in overlapping services. Engineering expertise combined with tax strategy creates unique value—ETS knows roof types, electrical systems, and construction costs that insurance carriers demand. After recognizing insurance as clients' second biggest pain point after taxes, ETS launched a complementary insurance division leveraging existing property data. Mike advises his 25-year-old self to surround himself with people much smarter, crediting uncomfortable situations with experts as his greatest learning opportunities.   Contact Details LinkedIn - Mike D'Onofrio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfdonofrio/) LINKSShow Notes Be a Guest About IC-DISC Alliance About Engineered Tax Services Mike D'OnofrioAbout Mike TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dave: Good morning, Mike. Welcome to the podcast. Mike: Good morning, Dave. Great to be here with you today. Definitely. Dave: So where are you located at the moment? What part of the world are you in? Mike: Yeah, well, I'm in my home base today in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dave: Okay. Mike: Yeah. I've always liked Charlotte, a pretty part of the country. Charlotte's a beautiful place, man. I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Great school, high school, college, so I know the Midwest and I still love Cleveland, of course, a Browns fan and a Indians guardians fan and Cavs. But moved to South Florida right after that, right after college and was living in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, and we're still based there. Our corporate acres is there, but my wife and I had originally met in Charlotte, and we love the seasons. I love the ability to, I see those mountains in your background. I love the ability, we don't have the same type of mountains as you do, but love getting out to the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, seeing the fall, the leaves, and can get to the beach, can drive down to Wilmington or Charleston in a couple hours. So we're right in the middle. We're bus to be here and have the Dave: Options. Yeah, it's a great location. You have four seasons and a slightly milder winter than Cleveland, Mike: That's for sure. It seems like winters have softened up a little bit in Cleveland, but man, I remember the mornings going out to the bus when I was a little kid with snow piled up over my head and the drifts up on the side of the house. I'll never forget those days. That was awesome. That was a real winter. But now in Charlotte, if we get a dusting of snow or a little bit of ice, it's usually gone by noon. Dave: Yeah. I was born and spent the first 13 years of my life in northwest Iowa and was the oldest of two boys. So I remember having to get up an hour early to go shovel the driveway just so mom and dad could get to work in that. So yeah, my saying is the worst Texas summer is still better than the best Northern Winter is my theory. Mike: You got it, man. High five to those of us that have shoveled snow driveways, walkways, figured out a snowblower with the chains on the wheels and all that fun stuff that comes with winter. Dave: So by some people's interpretation, we come from the same place because I've discovered people not from the Midwest, they think Ohio, Iowa, and Idaho are all the same place. Mike: Yeah, Dave: They're just all somewhere up there. Yes. It's up Mike: Somewhere up there in the Midwest. Folks like myself grew up in Ohio and Cleveland and Detroit and Chicago. I mean, definitely they think that's the heart of the Midwest, but they forget about the Midwest. Goes pretty far west. Right. Dave: It does. All the way to the mountains. So, well, let's get into it. So when did you join engineered tax services? Mike: Wow, it's been a big part of my life. Exciting journey. Like I said, after college I moved down to South Florida and my background was in more corporate m and a private equity working on the finance side of things in transactions, in private equity back in the day, they would call it kind of strategic intermediary work where we would either work on the buy side or sell side with the client. So I worked with a lot of clients and business owners that were maybe interested in transitioning out of their business. Maybe they were a food manufacturer or distributor. And interestingly enough, one of my mentors in life, his name is Bruce. Bruce was one of the first international CEOs with McDonald's corporation. Oh, really? Yeah, one of Ray Croc's, first five or six right hand key people. Before McDonald's had any international business, the first place that they went outside the US was to Latin America and the Caribbean. And I met Bruce in South Florida my early career, and we really saw an opportunity together, old school style, to go through his Rolodex and be like, man, I have a lot of relationships within the McDonald's and the finance ecosystem. So we started working with many different company owners, like I said, distributors, producers of different things, and we had some great success. And along the way I saw that there was really a need to understand specialty tax credit and incentives and strategies depending on who the client was, whether it was the seller of a company or a property or buyer of that was really to dig into the details of, Hey, what's the best way to make this transaction as tax efficient as possible? Tax was always the first pain point, either from the seller's point of view, maybe there was a big potential cap gain situation, how to structure that deal or from the buyer or investor's point of view, how to maybe capture some additional credits and incentives that they hadn't thought about, like research and development tax credits, or maybe there was a big piece of real estate or property involved in the transaction, like a manufacturing facility or office buildings or retail locations. So while digging in deeper in some of those transactions, I met Julio Gonzalez in Engineered Tax Services. She's going on 17, 18 years ago, and it was a small boutique firm at the time, engineered tax, and we were very focused on serving CPA firms nationally as that specialist. And I saw a great opportunity to really become a more diverse, focused specialist, and not only help CPA firms, but help private equity, the real estate investor, anything in that transaction to really help understand the tax code for the bonus depreciation or energy credits and incentives. Sure you do. Maybe they do domestic or international type of trade in that business, and there's a structure that might be a little bit more savvy than they're familiar with. So man, 17, 18 years ago is when I started with ETS, and we've grown substantially over the years from a handful of people in a small boutique firm in downtown West Palm Beach, Julio, and myself and Kim and Heidi and others, though I think pretty well, and we've really expanded, and so now not only still working with those CPA firms nationally, to be that specialist working with other professionals like you of really just how to maximize each transaction, understand the inevitable changes in the tax code with the different administrations. There's the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump 1.0, 2.0, what happened just now in July with a big beautiful bill, but the CARES Act, the Path Act, the previous tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the CHIPS Act, whatever the stimulus plan or new tax incentive of the day was. That was our job to really dig into that, be a great job educating around that and bringing it as proactively and transparently to the CPA community as well as the investors and owners. Dave: Yeah. I became acquainted with ETS and about the same time you did, and Julio invited me to South Florida and gave you the tour of the cool office building that you all rehabbed. Mike: Yeah. Then he was Dave: Kind Mike: Enough to, was that the one on a Vernia Street when he had just purchased it? Was it, Dave: I forget the street. It was like maybe a six story old building Mike: That's still his building and our corporate headquarters on the corner of Vernia and Olive for any of you that are down in West Palm Beach, and we'd love to show you around. It's a cool building. Dave: And then he was kind enough to host me at a Dolphins football game. Mike: I remember those days. Right. Dave: And for whatever reason, he was considered a bit of a VIP by the Dolphins, so I was able to go down on the field before the game, and I think I even had a photo taken with a Dolphin's cheerleader on each side of me that for whatever reason, it never made it up on the wall in our house. I'm not sure why, if that would've been a problem with my wife or now with a photo of two Dolphins cheerleaders hugging me, Mike: Dave, I think I have different versions of the exact same picture with myself and some friends. I have a great one with myself and my dad. Maybe we'll use some technology and pop some of those pictures up for others to see when you publish this podcast, or maybe we'll just keep those private for ourselves. But yeah, we used to Julio's involvement with the Dolphins and the family behind the scenes. We did. We did some amazing, not only professionally working with those types of property owners and venues, we did the cost segregation study on the Miami Dolphins Stadium when it was renovated. Dave: Oh, Mike: Yeah, I remember that. And a lot of others, Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins. I did some work on the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Superdome in New Orleans, the Raiders facilities, the Buffalo Bills not allowed to give out any confidential information, but everybody's looking to save in tax and take advantage of whatever strategies are available in the code. But personally, obviously, we love sports and entertainment and being able to build the relationships with our clients, so we had a very cool double founder suite there in those early days that we used to all meet in West Palm Beach, have some fun on the Saturday, take the bus down on the Sunday morning. Yeah. We did that for years, and we still do some of that in Miami and in some different cities. I'll be doing some of it in Charlotte. But yeah, man, those were fun times. We really built amazing relationships still with clients today that actually, I saw a client yesterday that said, Hey, Mike, I was at the Green Bay game. I remember when we were down on the field and one of the Green Bay players said, hi. He is like, Hey, man. That was a childhood legend of mine that I'd always wanted to meet. And then of course, that's really cool. Sometimes we got to meet what Dan Marino and folks down in the tunnel in the Dolphins. Dave: Well, the other cool thing was Julio intentionally picked a Monday night game that he invited me to, so that made it even more fun. National game. Mike: Oh, yeah. Makes for a late evening getting home, that's for sure. Dave: It does. And so I just have to warn you, Julio was a guest on the podcast about three or four years ago, so he set the bar pretty high, so no pressure my Mike: Oh, yeah, none at all. But I Dave: Know being a former athlete, you're probably a little bit competitive, so I'm sure you'll want to point out to Julio that you think you did a better job. Mike: Yeah, just a little bit, Julio, and we spend a lot of time together. We were together yesterday in Fort Lauderdale at an event with a great mix of clients and we're real competitive from a business aspect, obviously wouldn't be great for our clients. He was a wrestler in his younger days. That was also a wrestler, really just to stay in shape for baseball. I was a baseball player. I think you had asked me before, I always keep a couple baseballs around my desk. I like to futz with them when I'm working here in the office, but think about the different strategies, whether you need to throw the curve ball or the fast ball or the riser, whatever it is. I think about just those different grips and strategies. So yes, I'm a bit competitive, to say the least. Dave: Sure. I know the firm has grown. What's your elevator pitch today? When people ask who ETS done, who ETS is and who do they serve? Mike: Well, engineered Tax and Advisory had the advisory portion of it as well, because that's engineered tax services been around a long time. We're really good at doing the specific engineering based services that the CPAs or the property owners need to get the bonus depreciation or the energy credits and incentives onto the tax return. So that's doing the cost segregation study as a licensed professional engineering and specialty tax firm, we've been doing those for going on 24 years or doing the energy analysis or helping with, like you do, calculate the construction costs, the transfer costs, the sales tax, the property tax. That's what engineered tax services is excellent at doing as that specialist as that. Dave: I'm sorry, that's more than just cost segregation though, right? Mike: Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's cost segregation and bonus depreciation available on real estate, new construction purchases, renovations. So we're very involved. We do hundreds and hundreds of cross segregation studies a week across the country on all different types of assets from smaller single family investment properties and VRBO to manufacturing facilities and multifamily and apartments and hospitality and everything you could imagine up to different sports and recreation stadiums. But that's one subset of what engineered tax does that. Then there's the energy incentives and credits, the 1 79 D, the 45 L, the investment tax credits for renewables like wind and solar and geothermal and turbines and other types of things. But on the advisory side, we work it backwards. That's more the consultative approach with the clients to figure out what is the need. Maybe there's a liquidity event with a business owner that's selling a business. Maybe there's a capital need from an acquisitions point of view or an expansion point of view where some of the IC disc strategies might come in. Maybe they're wondering about opportunity zones or enterprise zones or historic tax credits or preservation and conservation type strategies, or buying equipment or a jet and aviation strategies. Because all of those things that I just mentioned, there's either a specialty tax component with bonus depreciation or section 1 79 or an actual tax credit, like research and development tax credits. We help bring it all together as a very experienced and comprehensive specialist around the tax code, anything available, federal, state, local incentives, credits, rebates, working with the CPAs, working with professionals like you, working with the high net worth or the company owner. That's what we pride ourselves in, is being very comprehensive depending on what the opportunity and the need is for the client. Dave: Okay, and speaking of clients, do you think of the CPA firm as your client or the actual end user or both? I think because done a really good job cultivating those CPA firm relationships. Mike: Yeah, Dave, that's a good question. I first and foremost see the CPAs as our client, but also our strategic partner because remember, we're a specialist. We don't do the full accounting audit and tax filing work for the client. We sit in the specialist seat. I explain it all the time to my friends and new clients when they're trying to figure out what we do. If I was in the medical profession, we would be a brain surgeon or a heart surgeon or some other type of specialist within medicine that works together with the general practitioners and others in medicine on the tax code and helping with the tax literacy, the tax strategy, the specialty credits and incentives like icdisc. How do we bring up those types of situations and opportunities? Usually it's working with that CPA firm to identify the client need and then being comprehensive and entrepreneurial with that client. So long-winded answer to that is both. I see the CPAs as both our client and our strategic partner in situations, but definitely once I work with the company owner or the investor, they're also ultimately our client. So I need to deliver at a high level to both the CPA and both the client, or if I meet the client directly and you are the company owner that's asking us questions about a situation or a strategy, we push to be introduced to the CPA to make sure that we're collaborative, attacking that strategy from the beginning and become a great compliment to the CPA service so they can focus on what they do best, the accounting audit or tax type or bookkeeping type work that they do, and then just like you really helping to layer in that specialty strategy that maybe they're not as familiar with or really just need some help from a bandwidth perspective. Dave: Sure. I've come across other firms that do some of the same services you all do. And what do your clients and CPA firms tell you that makes ETS different and why they have chosen to partner with ETS over another firm? Mike: First of all, I think about that all the time. That's a question that comes up often. When we started 24, 25 years ago, there was very few firms that were doing some of the things that we do there. There were CPA firms that did cost segregation studies, but usually that was the higher level firms, the Deloitte, the KM KPMGs, the E and Ys, excellent high level firms, but they were really only doing it for their higher level corporate type clients as we democratize the tax code and brought that tax strategy to middle market type businesses, entrepreneurs and investors, the strategy there was really to work as comprehensively with different types of as possible. And the difference to me is first of all, our longevity and our professionalism and our diversity of the type of services that we're doing uniquely as a licensed professional engineering firm that also does specialty tax credits and incentives. That's one of the biggest differentiators to me is we are a licensed professional engineering firm. The type of engineering that we do is cost engineering, looking at the cost of an acquisition, the cost of a purchase, the cost of a new construction of a property, and be able to break that down into accounting and tax format that the CPAs can then use. So that's where the hybrid of the engineering expertise and specialty tax expertise, so that unique structure of our firm, that unique ability to do multiple things and also have the energy incentives team in-house where if it's a new construction of a property or a big value add, repositioning, not only can we do that cost segregation study, we can comprehensively do that energy tax credit and incentive analysis. We have to do energy modeling. That's pure engineering type work, doing the energy incentive modeling to see what the energy efficiency of those components are. Or on a renewable energy project. We have a client that's building a really big mixed use project that has some geothermal investment tax credits there. Those are pure engineering and energy efficiency type knowledge that we're able to bring comprehensively. So it's really the comprehensive approach of bringing engineering specialty tax energy incentives and credits. We also have an insurance division, which is very unique for our industry because I knew years ago that the second biggest painful point for our clients after tax figuring out tax minimization strategies is how do they lower costs and make sure they're protected from an insurance standpoint? And we do have a part of our firm that is engineered insurance services to compliment engineered tax services. We already have all the, Dave: Yeah, tell me about the insurance company because I'm less familiar with that, and when did you start it? Are you licensed in all the states? Mike: Yeah, we are. We've been quietly developing that over the last couple of years. I said, my background's from Cleveland, Ohio. Coincidentally, the firm that we partnered with is based in Cleveland, Ohio. When we formed a new entity together, engineered insurance services, went back to all the different carriers and got relicensed with all the top national carriers, all the names that folks would know well. So now as a nationally licensed insurance agency and brokerage firm, we focus on property casualty liability, cyber risk, flood, E and O, D and O, all the things that every company and every property owner needs. But we can do it comprehensively and uniquely because we're already doing the cost segregation studies on a lot of these properties. So we know what the cost basis is, we know what kind of roof it is, we know where it's located. We know the age of the electrical system and all the situations with the property, and also that owner, how they operate that property. That's what, just like the IRS with cost segregation study, they want to see the details and then yes, you can capture the benefits of bonus depreciation. The insurance carriers, they want to write insurance policies at very competitive rates, but they want to see it in detail. They want to understand that building. They just don't want an estimate that a broker submits to them. So we've had amazing success over the last year and a half of rolling out that program, doing it comprehensively with what we're already doing for that client. Dave: That's really, Mike: That's the other reason that we're very unique compared because there are some great firms that do cost segregation or that might do an energy analysis or that might do a research and development tax credit study, but very few firms, if any, that know about really take that comprehensive approach to be able to do tax energy insurance and the specialty consulting with engineered advisory with what we're doing, And it resonates. It really resonates with clients because I feel like they really need someone that is, first of all, thinking entrepreneurially like them, because sometimes they're not getting it from maybe their legal team or their CPA team or their other advisors that they're working about taking that entrepreneurial approach, taking that proactive approach before the end of the year or before that renewal term for that insurance policy or before that building gets purchased or before the renovation happens, what should they be thinking about? And that's what I really try to work on with our team and our clients is be very proactive, be very transparent of the good, the bad, the ugly of different situations that clients should consider and then always be thinking entrepreneurially like our clients do because they appreciate it with your business and what you do with IC disc. Sometimes folks just haven't heard about it or they don't understand it, or they didn't do something proactively and now they're trying to unwind a situation, but I'm really excited about what we do. If you can't tell, I think, No, it definitely comes, the future is very strong, especially with the passage in July of Trump's, I call it the big beautiful bonus depreciation tax bill because bonus depreciation and section 1 79 enhancements for equipment and other things and other things that will be, I think, expanded with opportunity zones and research and development tax credits. The way that they also just enhanced that program as well. Many folks don't understand it yet because there was a requirement to amortize some of the expenses of r and d over five years, but now you get the research and development tax credit plus a hundred percent of the qualifying expenses being able to be captured year one, so that's very powerful for US companies. Dave: Yeah, no, that is great. And one of the other things that I appreciate about you all is that you all really stay in your lane. I feel like on the tax side, there's other firms that do cost and r and d that have just broadened their tax focus even more broadly, pick up things like the IC disc. So it's hard for me to get excited about referring a cost segregation study to a firm that does IC disc, so I've always, Mike: Yeah, it's a bit of a competitive overlap in those situations. Dave: Yeah, yeah. It's a less comfortable introduction. Mike: We have a saying within our organization, we call it habu, right? Highest and best use, what is my highest and best use? What should I be focused on doing for that client? My highest and best use is not trying to understand and replicate your service around icdisc. The best situation is for me to recognize opportunities and then bring in David and his team to implement a strategy for the client and the CPAs like that as well, because we're not trying to do what they do. We're just trying to compliment different situations, be a specialist at what we're really good at, and in our engineered advisory platform. That's where I can bring in you for the IC disc. I might have someone else that I'm working with if that client's buying an aircraft, for example, of how to legally structure it correctly, how to maximize the tax benefits, and I want to be an amazing, whether you want to call it an offensive coordinator or quarterback, that I might be throwing the ball sometimes. Other times I might be passing it off to somebody else, but I want to build a great team so that we're successful at the end for the client. Dave: Sure. No, that's certainly been my experience with you guys. What do you love most or enjoy most about your current role with ETS? What really gets you excited? Mike: Well, my title, I'm not big on titles, but it's managing Director of Engineered Tax and Advisory. So technically what that title means is I direct and I manage, I direct high level client relationships and strategic partnerships and strategies and new product development. I also help manage our, I work together with our executive team to help manage our executives across the country, either if they're in business development, some of them obviously are in engineering or other specialties within our firm or the legal team that does some structuring work for clients, but that's what I do. My favorite part of what I do is the relationships that I'm building with the clients. It might be a brand new relationship. It might be one from 15, 20 years ago, but it's watching that. Yeah, it's watching that CPA firm grow or helping that CPA firm grow and expand or diversify their services or meeting that entrepreneur that has a business and they're trying to understand the tax code, how to lower taxes, how do I increase cashflow? What are the risks or pitfalls, and really working with that entrepreneur or that business owner together with that ccp. That is my most favorite part of what I do, because I'm an entrepreneur at heart. I got it from my family, my mom and dad. Were always very entrepreneurial, but it's hard. You can't do it yourself. It takes a great team. I mentioned a couple of mentors that I worked with. I hope that one day I can be a mentor to some of these people that we've worked with over the years, and maybe it is the specialty tax or the energy incentives or the structuring or strategy, but also personally, we learn a lot about our clients and we share a lot personally with them. But that's absolutely my most favorite is the relationships that we've built, the stories and the journeys that we've had together. And if we do a good job, we actually do very little marketing and advertising out there. Of course, I speak at some events and do some sessions around the country, but largely our business has expanded very successfully because of those relationships and those referrals and that organic growth. Like, Hey, have you heard about engineered tax? And do you know what Mike does? You should give him a call. I watch my emails every day, and that's what makes me so happy is I remember that relationship. I remember that Miami Dolphins game, whoever it was, or the dinner that we might've had, or the beer that we might have shared somewhere where we personally built that relationship, And that's something that I'm even more so focused on right now because our world is now moving very fast in terms of technology and ai, and I think that's great, and we are a tech enabled company that we utilize those things to deliver our services and strategies as efficiently as possible for the client. But I think even more so right now, it's all about, hi again, human intelligence. We want to talk, just like you and I are doing right now, folks want to meet, yes, they want tech enabled strategies and AI to help us do things better. I think that's great, but I have, and we have a renewed focus on the human intelligence, the human relationship, the human strategy together, because I think we can do so much more if we get back to the old school relationship building strategy, building together at the human level, and then of course we'll utilize technology to make that better, faster, stronger. Dave: Yeah, no, and that's certainly that. Those relationships are certainly my favorite part of the business. The clients, the CPA firms, the other advisors, lawyers, you guys. So man, I can't believe how the time has flown by. So as we're rounding the home stretch, I have just a couple more questions. Mike: All right. Dave: If you could go back in time and give advice to your 25-year-old self, what advice might you give? Mike: Continue to surround myself with people much smarter than me. As I look back, the biggest opportunities that I had was being in what I thought at the time was uncomfortable situations with people that like, wow, this person really knows what they're doing with real estate, or This person really knows what they're doing with finance. But now looking back those situations of surrounding myself with really smart or savvy people or someone much more experienced than I was, that's where I really learned the opportunities around real estate development, around relationship building, around strategy, and structuring. Those mentors that I spent time with. I would tap myself on the shoulder and say, do more of that. Do more of that. If there's people that are wasting my time or going down avenues that really aren't good for me professionally or personally, don't waste time with that. Put myself in the room at the table in uncomfortable situations with people much smarter than myself. And even today, I try to do that every day is with some of the new technologies around AI or crypto or finance or strategy or real estate. Who are the innovators? Who are the people that really seem to be leading? I try to put myself in those situations, so that's what I would remind my young self is to take advantage of mentors, because you can really learn, and sometimes it's not until years later that you realized what you learned. Dave: Yeah. I think that's great advice, not only for your 25-year-old self, but any 25-year-old and probably any business professional who's still trying to learn and grow. Mike: Yeah. One other thing. Dave: Yeah, Mike: One more thing. As Steve Jobs used to say, don't focus on, I would tell myself not to focus on what I think the path is at that point, because the path is going to change the strategy, the job course of action, the winds are going to change. Ebb and flow, I always say is my personal mantra. The tide comes in, the tide comes out, but you can always learn to surf. You can't stop the waves, but you can always learn to surf. So don't try to be too tactful in the direction that you're going, because things will change. Companies will change and expect that change is what I'm trying to say. So expect the change that will continue to happen in our lives. Dave: Okay. Well, yeah, I like that. Thank you very much. So as we wrap up, I really just have one more question, and that is, is there anything I didn't ask you that you wish I had asked V? Anything we didn't talk about that we should have? Mike: You asked some really good questions. It sounds like we could talk all afternoon if we wanted to. The only thing you didn't ask me is about my family, and actually the thing I'm most proud of, I mentioned I live in Charlotte, North Carolina. My wife Laura, has been an amazing force in our relationship for stability and really helping me to do what I do because being on the road, it's very challenging. But my son Rocco and my daughter Lucia, are getting old and driving now as later stage teenagers. It's having those rocks behind me that really help with this ability to allow me to do what I do with our clients nationally. So I really appreciate them, and that's my other, that is my most favorite accomplishment in life of what I've been able to achieve with my family and do this professionally with engineered tech services and advisory. Dave: Yeah, understood. Yeah, because ultimately it's about relationships, both professional and personal at the end of the day. Well, anything else we didn't cover or shall we go ahead and wrap it up? Mike: I think we covered enough for now. I think we might have more to talk about. Again, I have some other ideas of topics we should talk about coming up here in the fall. There'll be some new things that we're doing. Dave: Let's do that. We'll have you back, not too distant. Future for a part two. Mike: All right. Dave: Well, Mike, I really, really appreciate the opportunity to work with you and the whole team, and you guys have taken great care of our clients. We really appreciate that and we appreciate the trust you all have placed in us to serve some of your clients as Mike: Well. Thanks, Dave. I appreciate you. Special Guest: Mike D'Onofrio.

    Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Podcasts
    EP116: What To Do With Leftover 529 Funds – 9.18.25

    Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 10:13


    WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER 529 FUNDS FROM BALTIMORE WASHINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS with Sandy Hornor | CEPS Managing Director, Wealth Management & Executive Manager, BWFA and Tyler Kluge | CFP®, ChFEB℠, CPWA®, CDFA®, CEPS,  Financial Planner, BWFA Episode Details: Saving for education is one of the best financial gifts you can give your family. But what happens when a child graduates and there's still money left in the 529 plan? Many families find themselves asking this very question. In this episode of Healthy, Wealthy & Wise, BWFA's Sandy Hornor and Tyler Kluge share practical strategies for putting leftover 529 funds to work. They begin by explaining the flexibility of 529 plans. These accounts aren't limited to just one child or even one generation. With a simple change of beneficiary, leftover funds can be reassigned to a sibling, cousin, or grandchild. Parents can even use the money for their own continuing education. The hosts also highlight how some families leave funds invested, allowing tax-free growth until future generations are ready for school. A newer option gaining attention is the ability to roll a portion of unused funds into a Roth IRA. Under current law, certain conditions apply, but this strategy can jump-start retirement savings for children or grandchildren. Sandy and Tyler walk through when a Roth rollover makes sense and how it can add long-term value. Not every situation allows for easy transfers, and sometimes withdrawals are considered. Non-qualified withdrawals typically involve taxes and penalties, but exceptions exist—such as when the student has received a scholarship. This episode provides guidance on how to evaluate whether withdrawing funds is ever the right move. Ultimately, leftover 529 funds are a “good problem” that reflects disciplined saving. With the right planning, families can use those dollars to support future education, retirement, or even their own lifelong learning. For more insights, visit our College Planning Services page. To explore current rules and IRS guidance on qualified education expenses, see the IRS 529 Plan FAQ.

    The Best of Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa
    Madlanga commission: First day of proceedings

    The Best of Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 9:29 Transcription Available


    Bongani Bingwa speaks with MP Ian Camerron, a member of the ad hoc committee investigating the allegations by Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Chad Thomas, along with crime expert and IRS forensic investigator, on the first day of the Madlanga Commission. Mkhwanazi set the tone with a slow start, gradually revealing more details. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    Pan-Africanist: The Atlantic Slave Trade Was Jewish

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 95:08


    America's under attack by Jewish subversion, just as Dr. David Duke warned in '78, and it's time to fight back! Dr. Jasi Issa exposes the truth and demands separate, strong nations for our peoples! Peymon Mottahedeh exposes the vile, pedophile-protecting, war-mongering U.S. government's tax scam, siphoning your hard-earned money to fuel their satanic agenda. We're rallying a TAX REVOLUTION to defund this illegitimate beast and reclaim our freedom! Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

    Talking Real Money
    It IS Gambling

    Talking Real Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 43:57


    Don goes solo this week and covers the wild state of “investing” in 2025 — including single-stock ETFs, leveraged funds, and zero-day options that look more like gambling than investing. He answers listener questions about Roth strategies for kids, aggressive long-term allocations, finding fiduciary advisors, dealing with inherited stock portfolios, and the ethics and fees of big Wall Street firms. Plus, he fields questions about new tax-focused ETFs and whether complicated multi-fund factor strategies are really worth the trouble. 0:04 Don jokes about ChatGPT replacing him, welcomes listeners 1:53 Today's topic: 30% of new ETFs are tied to single stocks — “this is gambling” 4:27 Zero-day options and high-frequency trading likened to sports betting 5:23 Congressman Ro Khanna's 2,800 trades this year — four per market day 6:12 Don's call to stop pretending this is investing 8:16 Caller Mike: 3 kids with $100k+ Roths each — aggressive allocation recommendations (AVUV, AVGE, DFAW, 100% equity) 12:24 International weighting debate — Don likes 60/40 global tilt 15:34 Caller Dan from Israel: How to confirm if an advisor is a fiduciary; why inheriting stocks isn't a reason to keep them 18:08 Transitioning from stocks to ETFs while minimizing capital gains 22:23 Caller Laura: Ethical concerns with J.P. Morgan, fees near 1%, annuities in portfolio — Don urges finding a true fiduciary and offers local resources 27:07 Caller Jim: New ETF (TOT) promising tax efficiency — Don warns against chasing “magic tricks” for small benefits 31:44 Question about swapping gains between mother/son's VTI shares — IRS won't allow 33:47 Kath reads listener question: Three-bucket retirement system, comparing iShares GLOF vs AVGE — Don says it's fine, but may be overcomplicating 35:34 Rebalancing frequency discussion — annual is enough for most Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Small Business Tax Savings Podcast | JETRO
    Car Write-Offs Explained: The 2025 Tax Rules You Need to Know

    Small Business Tax Savings Podcast | JETRO

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 22:34


    Send us a textMost business owners are driving right past thousands in tax savings without realizing it. In 2025, the IRS raised the standard mileage rate to 70 cents per mile, but that's only the beginning.In this episode, Mike breaks down exactly how to structure your auto deductions, avoid costly mistakes, and choose between the mileage method and actual expenses.

    The Yummy Mummy
    Goodbye Overwhelm, Hello Freedom: my fave hack as a mom (a Coco and Lala Episode)

    The Yummy Mummy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 17:36


    God has a plan—and in this wild, soul-stirring convo, Nicole and I are breaking it down with our signature ADHD energy, humor, and heart. From $60k IRS bills that turned into unexpected blessings, to realizing that rejection is just redirection, this episode is a reminder that we don't have to carry it all or control it all.If you've ever obsessed over the “how,” felt like life was spinning out of control, or wondered if you're just a little “delusional” for choosing to see the good—this one's for you. Together, we unpack why it's powerful to believe that God (or the universe, Spirit, Source—whatever resonates) is in every single detail. Because when we let go of control, we find freedom.Tune in to hear:Why saying “this is for me” can change how we handle life's curveballsNicole's perspective on atheism, dating, and finding Spirit everywhereMy real-life $60,000 IRS scare and what it taught me about trustThe cage of control and what freedom really looks likeWhy letting go of the “how” is the ultimate spiritual practiceAnd babe, don't forget—get yourself on my VIP Early Access list at lauraconley.com/vip or text VIP to 720-419-1108. You'll snag exclusive founder's pricing, bonuses, and even a one-on-one call with me (worth $500+). Doors open soon and we kick off October 6th. Let's do this together! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Anderson Business Advisors Podcast
    PadSplit & Co-Living vs. Short-Term Rentals Do the Tax Breaks Match

    Anderson Business Advisors Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 65:56


    ode of Tax Tuesday, Anderson attorneys Amanda Wynalda, Esq., and Eliot Thomas, Esq., tackle a diverse range of tax questions from viewers. They explore the differences between PadSplit/co-living models and short-term rentals, explaining why PadSplit typically doesn't qualify for the same tax advantages as short-term rental activities. The duo covers entity formation costs and how they're treated for disregarded LLCs, the importance of proper documentation for independent contractor payments including W-9 forms and 1099 requirements, and cryptocurrency taxation for long-term holders. They also discuss offsetting bond interest with stock losses, wash sale rules for options trading, 1031 exchange strategies including improvement exchanges to minimize boot taxation, and comprehensive guidance on real estate professional status requirements. The episode concludes with settling a marital dispute about whether primary residence maintenance counts toward real estate professional status hours. Submit your tax question to taxtuesday@andersonadvisors.com Highlights/Topics: "Are the fees for disregarded LLCs taxable on the business return or the personal return?" - Fees follow the entity's disregarded destination and activity type. "Will the PadSplit/co-living model give you the same tax advantage as a short-term rental?" - No, PadSplit typically doesn't qualify for short-term rental benefits. "Last year I purchased a three-level eight-bedroom house with one kitchen and one bathroom on each floor. I rent the floors as separate apartments except for one level where I have two rooms rented separately. I put the house in service on January 25. I listed it as my primary residence. I never actually lived there. Can I perform a cost segregation, take advantage of bonus depreciation, et cetera?" - Yes for cost seg, but homestead fraud concerns exist. "I paid freelancers to put up a fence last year. I didn't get a receipt. Can I write off any of the costs of this fence? I used my company credit card or bank checks to conduct business with vendors and stores. I am bad at keeping receipts. But I print my bank statements. Can I use my statements as proof of purchase for tax purposes?" - Bank statements help but proper W-9s and 1099s are required. "I will be receiving profits from the sale of cryptocurrency investments that I've had for five years. I'm retired and receive social security as my only income. How will this crypto be gained from an IRS perspective?" - Taxed as capital gains, likely at fifteen percent rate. "Can interest gained on a US savings bond be offset with the loss on a stock sale for tax purposes?" - Yes, up to three thousand annually against ordinary income. "If I sell a stock at a loss and purchase calls instead, do I lose my loss benefit as if I had repurchased more stock within the 30 day period? Or in simpler terms, are calls treated the same as stock?" - Yes, calls typically trigger wash sale rule provisions. "We did a 1031 exchange with the building we own, but the place that we bought the replacement property was 250,000 cheaper. How do we minimize our capital gains on the leftover money? I know we can use capital improvements that we've made, but what are the rules and how must we document the improvements? Likewise, can we use depreciation schedules from the prior returns for the new tax returns?" - improvement exchanges must occur during exchange. "I wanna know more about the tests for real estate professional status as a way to deduct expenses from other passive income. I understand that I need 750 hours, but this is very loose and I'm not sure how it is audited exactly." - 750 hours plus fifty percent test, requires detailed documentation. "Please settle this one thing that my husband and I disagree on, I say that maintenance on our primary residence cannot be used towards rep status. He says certain things you could count towards reps would be pool maintenance, HVAC service, et cetera. I say no because it's a primary residence and reps is strictly for time you spend on rentals only. I'd like him to not have to sleep on the couch any longer." - No, personal residence maintenance doesn't count toward business hours. Resources: Schedule Your Free Consultation https://andersonadvisors.com/strategy-session Tax and Asset Protection Events https://andersonadvisors.com/real-estate-asset-protection-workshop-training/ Anderson Advisors https://andersonadvisors.com/ Toby Mathis YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TobyMathis Toby Mathis TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@tobymathisesq Clint Coons YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ClintCoons

    Real Estate Investing For Professional Men & Women
    Maximize Real Estate Tax Savings with Cost Segregation and Bonus Depreciation, with Gian Pazzia

    Real Estate Investing For Professional Men & Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 39:16


    Gian Pazzia is the Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer at KBKG, where he oversees all strategic initiatives for one of the nation's leading specialty tax firms. With over 25 years of experience in the cost segregation industry, Gian is a recognized authority in his field and a former President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP). During his tenure, he spearheaded the publication of the first technical standards for cost segregation reports and worked closely with the IRS on audit techniques, repair regulations, and landmark tax cases. As one of the first professionals in the U.S. to earn the Certified Cost Segregation Professional (CCSP) designation, Gian has provided expert testimony before the IRS and has been published in journals such as Accounting Today, AICPA's Tax Advisor, and Bloomberg Tax. Before joining KBKG, he worked at two of the Big Four accounting firms, helping to develop proprietary cost segregation software and advanced training programs. Today, Gian is a sought-after speaker who has educated thousands of CPAs and real estate professionals nationwide. In this episode, Gian and I dive into the world of cost segregation and its powerful role in boosting cash flow for real estate investors. We explore how accelerating depreciation can save investors significant money on taxes, why bonus depreciation is such a game-changer, and how even small property owners can benefit. Gian also shares insights into energy efficiency tax incentives, how technology and AI are making cost segregation more accessible, and why running real estate like a true business is the key to long-term wealth.   What You Will Learn: Who is Gian P. Pazzia, and how did he become one of the nation's leading experts in cost segregation? What exactly is cost segregation, and how can it accelerate depreciation to maximize investor cash flow? How has bonus depreciation reshaped the tax landscape for real estate owners? What practical examples show the impact of cost segregation on small and mid-size properties? How KBKG's software empowers everyday investors to take advantage of strategies once reserved for large institutional players. What energy efficiency tax incentives are available to multifamily investors and developers? Why treating real estate like a business—and leveraging the right tax strategies—is critical for building lasting wealth. Gian's story is proof that expertise, strategy, and innovation can transform the way investors approach real estate. Whether you're a new landlord with a duplex or a seasoned multifamily developer, this episode will give you practical tools to minimize taxes, maximize cash flow, and grow your portfolio more effectively.   Links & Resources: Email Address: gian.pazzia@kbkg.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KBKGTaxIncentives/ X: https://twitter.com/KBKG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kbkg/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KBKGinc Discount for listeners: Use code MASSIVE2025 at checkout for 10% off KBKG's residential cost segregation software.   Attention Investors and Agents Are you looking to grow your business? Need to connect with aggressive like-minded people like yourself? We have all the right tools, knowledge, and coaching to positively effect your bottom line. Visit: Join GIA Team | The Global Investor Agent Team to see what we can offer and to schedule your FREE consultation! Our NEW book is out…order yours NOW! Global Investor Agent: How Do You Thrive Not Just Survive in a Market Shift? Get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3SV0khX   HEY! You should be in class this coming Monday (MNL). It's Free and packed with actions you should take now! Here's the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sNMjT-5DTIakCFO2ronDCg  

    The Power Of Zero Show
    Greatest Retirement Mistake

    The Power Of Zero Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 7:50


    While on the golf course with his son, David McKnight got asked a question, by a couple of men in their early 70s, every pre-retiree and retiree wonders at some point: “What's the biggest mistake people make when preparing for retirement?” Many people spend their entire career saving money in tax-deferred accounts like 401(k)s and IRAs. As that balance grows larger every year, it's easy to get the illusion that all that money belongs to you, while a larger portion actually belongs to the IRS.  How much of that sum you ultimately get to keep depends on what tax rates happen to be in the year you take that money out. David believes that the #1 mistake you can make in retirement is failing to plan for taxes. Remember: if you arrive in retirement with the vast majority of your wealth sitting in tax-affirmed accounts, you've put yourself in a position where the government gets to decide what percentage of your money you actually get to keep. Keep deferring, as you know you'll be in a lower tax bracket in retirement, has been traditional wisdom for quite some time, but the math doesn't work out anymore. David touches upon the repercussions of the increasing tax rates caused by the nation's skyrocketing and unfunded obligations. His recommended step is to start shifting money from tax-affirmed to tax-free accounts. David discusses the approach you should take and reminds you that retirement isn't just about how much money you've saved… it's about how much of that money you actually get to spend.     Mentioned in this episode: David's national bestselling book: The Guru Gap: How America's Financial Gurus Are Leading You Astray, and How to Get Back on Track DavidMcKnight.com DavidMcKnightBooks.com PowerOfZero.com (free video series) @mcknightandco on Twitter  @davidcmcknight on Instagram David McKnight on YouTube Get David's Tax-free Tool Kit at taxfreetoolkit.com

    Talking Tax
    How IRS Attorney Departures Will Prolong Cases, Spur Settlements

    Talking Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 12:41


    Big job cuts and reductions in resources at the IRS are liable to prolong disputes over tax bills and force the agency to leave money on the table when cases are finally resolved. More than 170 attorneys have withdrawn from representing the IRS in cases in US Tax Court since Donald Trump became president in January, according to a Bloomberg Tax analysis. Many have quit the IRS altogether amid a major exodus of employees. Some Justice Department attorneys who represented the IRS in tax disputes in federal appeals courts have also left, moves that could impact some of the biggest, most prominent tax-related cases in the courts. The diminished resources suggest it'll take longer to resolve cases, former attorneys and former IRS and DOJ officials say. The IRS may also be pushed into considering settlements in some cases where perhaps it wouldn't otherwise. That would mean settling cases on less favorable terms for the agency, and potentially give taxpayers a leg up in dealing with the IRS. In this episode of Talking Tax, Bloomberg Tax senior reporter Michael Rapoport discusses the attorney departures and their implications, as well as attorneys' frustrations about their jobs and fears about the future that prompted some to leave the IRS. Do you have feedback on this episode of Talking Tax? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.

    No BS Wealth
    Tips, credits, and chaos: what the new bill really does

    No BS Wealth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 37:31 Transcription Available


    You want the truth about the One Big Beautiful Bill. Not headlines. Not wishful thinking. The real impact on your money and your business. That is what we cover today.Morgan Anderson joins me to break down what changes now, what phases in next, and where the media is getting it wrong. We hit the mess around “no tax on tips” and why it is not the free pass people think it is. We talk expiring credits, retroactive tweaks, and why Q4 tax planning beats “see you in March” every single time.If you own an S corp or LLC, pay attention. We talk practical realities for business owners, from what deductions still pass the laugh test to new wrinkles you have not heard about. We also dig into common mistakes with DIY tax software and why first-time accuracy is going to be shaky after a major code shift.We close with a September checklist you can run this week. W-2s, use the IRS withholding calculator. Business owners, sit down with your CPA or EA and your advisor. Adjust estimates. Map Roth conversions, HSAs, 529s, and risk management moves that help you get ahead of what is coming.Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yp7ziDcCg0oAs always we ask you to comment, DM, whatever it takes to have a conversation to help you take the next step in your journey, reach out on any platform!Twitter, FaceBook, Instagram, Tiktok, LinkedinDISCLOSURE: Awards and rankings by third parties are not indicative of future performance or client investment success. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All investment strategies carry profit/loss potential and cannot eliminate investment risks. Information discussed may not reflect current positions/recommendations. While believed accurate, Black Mammoth does not guarantee information accuracy. This broadcast is not a solicitation for securities transactions or personalized investment advice. Tax/estate planning information is general - consult professionals for specific situations. Full disclosures at www.blackmammoth.com.

    Kowal Investment Group
    The Retirement Clinic-8-23-25 – Planning to Help Protect Yourself and Your Family

    Kowal Investment Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 41:31


    Aaron Kowal shares how you can stress test your financial plan for major life events to help protect yourself and your family. Jeff joins to discuss what you need to know about retirement income and the IRS. Aaron touches on maximizing business liquidity and then wraps up the show with the power of gifting during your lifetime.

    Behind The Wealth with Roger Abel
    Retirement Reality Check: Spending Shifts & Saving for College

    Behind The Wealth with Roger Abel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 20:36


    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    TREASON: Marco Rubio to REVOKE U.S. Passports From “Antisemites”

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 122:25


    America's White population is under attack, with Iryna Zarutska's brutal murder on a Charlotte train by DeCarlos Brown Jr. Zeb Boykin exposed the anti-White hate crime crisis. The system protects these criminals while our people live in fear, and we're here to demand justice! Five days after Charlie Kirk's on-camera assassination at Utah Valley University, the government's lone wolf story about shooter Tyler Robinson stinks of a deep state cover-up. Ryan Matta exposes hidden rooftops, missing surveillance footage, and silenced witnesses, demanding the truth behind this MKUltra-style hit. America's health is under attack, with obesity and chronic diseases fueled by toxic food, air, and water. Energize Health's cellular hydration program fights back, restoring vitality and freeing you from Big Pharma's grip. Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

    Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast
    Jam Across Georgia to host health fair in Norcross

    Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 9:45


    Top Stories for September 16th Publish Date: September 16th PRE-ROLL: From The BG AD Group Studio, Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Tuesday, September 16th and Happy Birthday to B.B. King I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are your top stories presented by KIA Mall of Georgia Jam Across Georgia to host health fair in Norcross Braselton Library hosting book sale Tax litigation firm Wiggam Law opens new office in Gwinnett All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe! Break 1: Kia MOG STORY 1: Jam Across Georgia to host health fair in Norcross Jam Across Georgia is bringing the energy this October with “Fall Into Fitness,” a free community event focused on health, movement, and connection. Happening Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lucky Shoals Recreation Center in Norcross, the event promises something for everyone—free health screenings (thanks, Gwinnett Health Department), Red Cross demos, wellness vendors, and live DJs to keep the vibe upbeat. Feeling extra motivated? Join the $25 dance fitness session featuring Zumba, Hip Hop, Caribbean Dance, and Afrobeats. Register at jamacrossgeorgia.org or call 404-654-3589. STORY 2: Braselton Library hosting book sale Love books? The Friends of the Braselton-West Jackson Library are hosting their massive book sale Sept. 18-20, and it’s a treasure hunt for readers. Swing by the Braselton Police and Municipal Court building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 18th and 19th, or 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 20th. Here’s the deal: fill a bag of books for $8 or a box of books for $14—bags and boxes provided. Cash, cards, and checks are all good. Proceeds go straight to supporting the library’s programs and collections. Oh, and parking? Free at the Braselton deck. Don’t miss it! STORY 3: Tax litigation firm Wiggam Law opens new office in Gwinnett Wiggam Law, a firm known for tackling tough federal and state tax cases, has set up shop in Gwinnett County. Their new office, at 3790 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 101 in Peachtree Corners, marks a big step outside of downtown Atlanta. Why the move? To work more closely with Gwinnett clients and stay ahead of shifting tax enforcement trends. The firm handles everything from IRS collections to audit defense, penalty abatement, and even innocent spouse relief—helping taxpayers face the messiest situations with confidence. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We’ll be right back Break 2: GWINNET FAIR STORY 4: EXPLORING GWINNETT'S HISTORY: Gwinnett County Veterans Memorial Museum preparing for 20th anniversary Did you know Gwinnett has its own veterans museum? Tucked inside the first floor of the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in Lawrenceville, the Gwinnett County Veterans Memorial Museum (GCVMM) is a hidden gem. It’s free, volunteer-run, and packed with over 4,000 artifacts honoring those who’ve served since 1776. The museum’s story is as rich as its collection. It started in 1989 as a small military display, born from a mission to preserve the courthouse and the graves of eight soldiers from the Creek Indian War. After years of effort, it officially opened on Veterans Day 2005. Now, 20 years later, GCVMM is celebrating its anniversary on Nov. 11 from 3–6 p.m. at the Historic Courthouse. Expect patriotic demos, speakers, and tours. It’s free, it’s meaningful, and it’s a chance to honor history. See you there! STORY 5: From Ada Twist to Rosie Revere: New hands-on exhibit inspires young problem-solvers at Children's Museum of Atlanta Things are about to get very curious at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta. Starting Sept. 20, they’re unveiling a new traveling exhibit: “The Questioneers: Read. Question. Think. PLAY!”—a hands-on, life-sized dive into Andrea Beaty and David Roberts’ beloved book series. Kids (and let’s be honest, probably some adults too) can step into Miss Lila Greer’s classroom and join Ada Twist, Scientist; Rosie Revere, Engineer; Iggy Peck, Architect; Sofia Valdez, Future Prez; and Aaron Slater, Illustrator. Build bridges with Iggy, fly Rosie’s Cheese Copter, or dream big in Ada’s thinking chair. It’s all about curiosity, creativity, and, yes, a little failure along the way. Running through Jan. 4, 2026, this bilingual exhibit (English and Spanish) is packed with STEM, art, and civic lessons—plus a whole lot of fun. Find it at 275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. NW. More info? Head to childrensmuseumatlanta.org. STORY 6: 4-H Farm Friends — A Gwinnett County Fair tradition for more than 3 decades Logan, a sixth-grader with a heart for animals, has always been drawn to anything with fur, feathers, or scales. At his first 4-H event, he spent the day doting on baby ducklings, goats, and sheep—each lovingly named, of course. This year, 4-H Farm Friends is back at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, running through Sept. 21. For just $1, visitors can cuddle baby chicks, meet cows like Moolan and Ellie May (who turns five on Monday!), and even hang out with goats—new this year. For Logan and his mom, Misty, 4-H is more than animals—it’s community. Pam Bloch, a 4-H leader for 17 years, says the program is about more than cute animals. “We’re teaching kids where their food, clothes, and milk come from,” she said. “It’s hands-on learning they don’t always get in urban areas.” And for Logan? It’s pure joy. STORY 7: Police arrest suspect in North Gwinnett Co-Op burglary A Clarkston man, already serving time in a work-release program for burglary convictions, is now facing fresh charges tied to last month’s break-in at the North Gwinnett Co-Op’s Second Blessings Thrift Store in Buford. Lavan Hickman, 38, was charged with burglary and second-degree criminal damage to property after investigators determined he left the Gwinnett County Correctional Institute on work release before committing the Aug. 19 crime. Surveillance footage showed someone smashing a window with a rock to enter the store, causing over $10,000 in damages. Stolen items included a cash box, money bags, and a Sony camera. Kim Phillips, the co-op’s executive director, expressed heartbreak but also compassion. We’ll have closing comments after this. Break 4: Ingles Markets Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.gwinnettdailypost.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Produced by the BG Podcast Network Show Sponsors: www.ingles-markets.com  www.kiamallofga.com #NewsPodcast #CurrentEvents #TopHeadlines #BreakingNews #PodcastDiscussion #PodcastNews #InDepthAnalysis #NewsAnalysis #PodcastTrending #WorldNews #LocalNews #GlobalNews #PodcastInsights #NewsBrief #PodcastUpdate #NewsRoundup #WeeklyNews #DailyNews #PodcastInterviews #HotTopics #PodcastOpinions #InvestigativeJournalism #BehindTheHeadlines #PodcastMedia #NewsStories #PodcastReports #JournalismMatters #PodcastPerspectives #NewsCommentary #PodcastListeners #NewsPodcastCommunity #NewsSource #PodcastCuration #WorldAffairs #PodcastUpdates #AudioNews #PodcastJournalism #EmergingStories #NewsFlash #PodcastConversations See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Retirement Key Radio
    Retirement Tax Traps: What the IRS Doesn't Want You to Know

    Retirement Key Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 14:39


    Think your taxes will drop in retirement? Think again! Financial advisor Justin Dobak reveals how taxes can quietly erode even the most carefully crafted retirement plans. From Social Security surprises to required minimum distributions and estate planning pitfalls, this episode breaks down the tax buckets, strategies for Roth conversions, and smart ways to gift or donate for maximum efficiency. Tune in for actionable insights to help you build a smarter retirement tax strategy—before the IRS comes knocking. Schedule your complimentary appointment today: TheRetirementKey.com Get a free copy of Abe’s book: The Retirement Mountain: The 7 Steps To A Long-Lasting Retirement Follow us on social media: YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedInSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Apartment Building Investing with Michael Blank Podcast
    MB489: Keep More. Pay Less. Scale Faster. How Smart Investors Save Six Figures on Taxes with Cost Segregation - With Sean Graham

    Apartment Building Investing with Michael Blank Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 33:05


    If you're serious about building wealth through real estate, you can't afford to ignore the tax side. In this episode, CPA and active investor Sean Graham breaks down how cost segregation and bonus depreciation can save you (and your investors) tens or even hundreds of thousands in taxes—without changing your investment strategy. We cover how to use cost seg the right way, why most CPAs are doing it wrong, and what high earners need to know about the latest tax bill that could bring back 100% bonus depreciation. Whether you're a GP looking to raise smarter or an LP trying to boost after-tax returns, this episode is non-negotiable.Key TakeawaysWhat Cost Segregation Actually Does for YouReclassifies components of a property to accelerate depreciation over 5–15 years instead of 27.5 or 39.Allows investors to take massive deductions in year one—sometimes more than the cash they put into the deal.Creates phantom losses on K-1s that can offset other passive income or gains.Bonus Depreciation: What It Is, and Why It Matters100% bonus depreciation (introduced in 2017) allows investors to deduct qualifying property in year one.It's phased down since 2023 but may return under new legislation.Huge benefit for both LPs and GPs—particularly when paired with proper tax strategy.Using Cost Seg to Raise Capital More EffectivelySmart GPs use depreciation estimates during the raise to attract savvy investors.Many LPs care more about the tax benefits than the projected cash flow.For deals over $1M, cost seg should be factored into your underwriting and pitch.The “Look-Back” Strategy for Missed DepreciationAllows owners to retroactively apply cost segregation—even years after purchase.No need to amend prior tax returns; benefits can be taken in the current year.Especially powerful when strategic timing aligns with real estate professional status.Avoiding Common CPA MistakesMany CPAs aren't familiar with real estate—leading to missed deductions and bad advice.Make sure your tax pro understands real estate-specific strategies like bonus depreciation, short-term rental loopholes, and REPS.Ask the right questions: Do they know how to handle depreciation recapture? Real estate professional status? IRA investing?How to Work with a Cost Segregation Firm the Right WayInvolve a cost seg firm early—before closing—so you can plan ahead and market benefits to investors.Studies typically cost $5K–$10K, but often result in six-figure tax savings.Smaller properties can use a “condensed engineering study” for reduced fees without sacrificing IRS compliance.Connect with SeanMavenCostSeg.com/Blank Connect with MichaelFacebookInstagramYouTubeTikTokResourcesTheFreedomPodcast.com Access the #1 FREE Apartment Investing Course (Apartments 101)

    Moms Talk Autism Podcast
    The Autism Tax

    Moms Talk Autism Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 43:43


    We're talking about the “Autism Tax”—not a bill from the IRS, but the hidden costs families like ours face every day. From therapies and medical expenses to careers put on hold and time stretched thin, this invisible weight is heavy. In this episode, we share our own stories and shine a light on the resilience it takes to carry it all. Because while the “tax” is real, so is the strength of our community. Want to share your Autism or Disability Tax story? Email us at hello@momstalkautism.com

    SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE– Business Tax, Financial Basics, Money Mindset, Tax Deductions
    276 \\ The Triple-Tax Advantage That Could Save You Six Figures

    SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE– Business Tax, Financial Basics, Money Mindset, Tax Deductions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 20:48


    Most business owners are missing out on one of the most powerful tax strategies available. In this episode, you'll learn how a Health Savings Account (HSA) can give you triple tax savings, grow your money for decades, and help you keep more of what you earn. We'll break down the new rules, bigger contribution limits, and smart strategies to turn your HSA into a retirement powerhouse. This is simple, legal, and works for almost any business owner. If you've been looking for real tax tips and ways to keep more profit in your pocket, this is for you. Stop overpaying the IRS. Start using the same wealth planning moves the pros use. Your future self will thank you—so hit play now and learn how to keep thousands more every year.   Next Steps:

    Federal Tax Updates
    No Tax on Tips: Who Made the List and What It Means

    Federal Tax Updates

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 56:59


    Roger and Annie break down the preliminary list of occupations qualifying for tax-free tips, including some unexpected entries like plumbers and digital creators. They discuss the compliance headaches ahead with retroactive implementation but no updated forms until 2026. The conversation shifts to serious concerns about proposed IRS budget cuts and workforce reductions that could undermine tax enforcement when it's needed most.SponsorsPadgett -  Contact Padgett or Email Jeff Phillips(00:00) - Introduction and Greetings (01:25) - Upcoming Tax Deadlines (02:41) - No Tax on Tips: New Guidelines (04:16) - Industries and Occupations Affected (12:25) - Compliance and Documentation Challenges (16:24) - W-4 and W-2 Form Changes (26:04) - Call to Action: Comment on Proposed Forms (30:27) - Upcoming Changes to W2 Forms (31:16) - New Codes for Tips and Overtime (33:38) - IRS Budget Cuts and Workforce Reduction (36:42) - Impact of Budget Cuts on IRS Operations (39:29) - Challenges in IRS Enforcement and Compliance (48:12) - The Role of Practitioners and IRS Communication (55:00) - Future of IRS and Tax Law Changes (56:40) - Conclusion and Listener Engagement Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE for listening to this episode.Connect with the Hosts on LinkedInRoger HarrisAnnie SchwabReviewLeave a review on Apple Podcasts or PodchaserSubscribeSubscribe to the Federal Tax Updates podcast in your favorite podcast app!This podcast is a production of the Earmark MediaThe full transcript for this episode is available by clicking on the Transcript tab at the top of this pageAll content from this podcast by SmallBizPros, Inc. DBA PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES is intended for informational purposes only.

    The Academy Presents podcast
    Why Quality Matters in Cost Segregation with Diana Gipe

    The Academy Presents podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 20:41


    What does it mean when a cost segregation company has zero IRS disallowances in 18 years of business—and why does that matter more than ever with the IRS forming dedicated cost seg review teams? In this episode, Angel Williams sits down with Diana, Director of Operations at Core, to discuss why quality matters more than price in cost segregation services. Diana explains Core's rigorous engineering process, including on-site property visits and detailed documentation that has resulted in zero disallowances over 18 years. She reveals how the IRS has formed specialized cost segregation review teams as bonus depreciation approaches its sunset, and shares practical strategies like lookback studies for older properties and piggyback studies for renovations. This conversation covers the difference between fly-by-night operators doing "virtual walkthroughs on cell phones" versus professional engineering firms, plus Core's additional services including tax credits and disposition studies. [00:01 - 06:00] Quality vs. Price in Cost Segregation Why Core's 18-year track record with zero IRS disallowances matters for audit protection How the IRS has formed dedicated cost segregation review teams as 100% bonus depreciation sunsets The difference between $2,000 "trunk of the car" operators and professional engineering firms [06:01 - 12:00] Engineering Process and On-Site Visits Why Core's engineers visit every property instead of relying on virtual walkthroughs How detailed documentation includes everything from flagpoles to flooring materials The value of engineers advising on CapEx spending before renovations begin [12:01 - 17:00] Lookback and Piggyback Studies How 481 forms allow one-time lookback studies for properties purchased 3-5 years ago Why piggyback studies can accelerate depreciation on completed renovations separately The strategic timing of cost segregation for capital improvement projects [17:01 - 20:40] Beyond Basic Cost Segregation Services Disposition studies for properties undergoing major renovations or demolition Additional tax credit services: 45L credits, 179D credits, and green retrofits How Core acts as a "business consulting firm" rather than just a cost segregation provider Connect with Diana and Core: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianagipe/ Key Quotes: "Out of that 18 years, we've had zero disallowances. And that's because our engineers take this serious. A lot of them have worked internally for the IRS." - Diana Gipe "It's like winning the lottery. Do you want your money now or later? It's yours. Just take it now while it's still here." - Diana Gipe Visit sponsorcloud.io/contact today and unlock $2,000 of free services exclusively for REI Rocks community members! Get automated syndication and investor relationship management tools to save time and money. Mention your part of the REI Rocks community for exclusive offers. Help make affordable, low-cost education summits possible. Check out Sponsor Cloud today!  

    Brown Ambition
    I Owe The IRS $5,000 and Have $11,000 of Credit Card Debt — Now What?

    Brown Ambition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 24:00 Transcription Available


    This week’s listener, “Beth,” is stuck between tax debt and credit card debt—plus the anxiety that comes when you’re a little bit of a rebel, chasing that nonprofit art life immigrant parents never signed off on. (We see you, Beth!) Mandi shares lessons from her own contractor journey, breaks down why the IRS is no joke, and gets honest about how hard it is to face down those phone calls and official forms. You’ll hear: • Why tax debt takes priority (because the IRS does NOT play, y’all) • Smart ways to negotiate payment plans (and what “offer in compromise” means) • Real talk on avoiding credit card traps, balance transfers, and why budgeting apps like Rocket Money and Monarch can help you see the whole mess clearly • Which debt payoff method actually works for real people (snowball vs. avalanche, plus why momentum matters) • How to keep your sanity and your community close—because shame and overwhelm are not welcome on this show • Lifting each other up and why it’s ok to slow down, set boundaries, and put self-care first (even free self-care counts!)If you’ve felt stuck, overwhelmed, or just wish you weren’t facing those numbers alone, this is the episode for you. Write in, DM, or leave us a voice memo with your story—we’ll show up, judgment free. RSVP FOR MY FREE WEBINAR 9/25: How to Use AI To Master Your Money + Career In a Challenging Economy RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://www.irs.gov/help/let-us-help-you IRS PHONE DETAILS: Individuals800-829-10407 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time Businesses800-829-49337 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time https://www.rocketmoney.com/ https://www.monarchmoney.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE– Business Tax, Financial Basics, Money Mindset, Tax Deductions
    275 \\ No Tax on Tips? Why This “Win” Could Be a Compliance Nightmare

    SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE– Business Tax, Financial Basics, Money Mindset, Tax Deductions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 19:43


    The IRS just made a big move that could cause headaches for business owners—and most people have no idea it's coming. In this episode, you'll learn what their new decision means for tracking tips and overtime pay, why the current tax forms won't help, and how to protect your business from costly mistakes. We'll cover simple tax tips and smart strategies to keep your payroll records audit-ready while helping employees get every dollar they're owed. You'll also hear how turning this challenge into a tax savings opportunity can boost your reputation and improve employee trust. Don't wait until tax season to figure this out—listen now so you can stay ahead and keep your business in control.   Next Steps:

    Optimal Business Daily
    1808: Tax Fraud - Are You Unintentionally Committing it by Vicki Cook and Amy Blacklock of Women Who Money

    Optimal Business Daily

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 10:11


    Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 1808: Vicki Cook and Amy Blacklock clarify how the IRS distinguishes between willful tax fraud and unintentional negligence, emphasizing that intent is the deciding factor. They outline the serious consequences of fraud compared to the penalties for honest mistakes, helping readers better understand how to avoid costly missteps when filing taxes. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://womenwhomoney.com/willful-tax-fraud-unintentional-negligence/ Quotes to ponder: "Fraud requires an intentional act." "The difference between willful tax fraud and unintentional negligence comes down to intent." "Negligence may lead to penalties and interest, but fraud can result in criminal charges." Episode references: Internal Revenue Service - Taxpayer Rights: https://www.irs.gov/taxpayer-bill-of-rights IRS - Accuracy-Related Penalty: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc306 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Agent of Wealth
    How to Help Your Adult Children Buy a Home

    Agent of Wealth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 18:26


    Housing prices are at record highs, leaving many parents wondering: “How will my kids ever be able to afford a home?”In this episode of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, host Marc Bautis explores how parents can help their adult children buy a home without jeopardizing their own financial future. He breaks down four common strategies, explains the tax and planning implications of each, and shares how to approach the conversation with your family.In this episode, you will learn:How gifting a down payment works, including 2025 gift tax rules and limits.What's involved in setting up an intra-family loan – and how to keep it IRS-compliant.The risks and responsibilities of co-signing a mortgage.How buying a home and renting it to your child can benefit both parties.Alternative approaches such as shared equity agreements and covering ongoing costs.Why open and honest communication is the most important part of any plan.And more!Resources:Episode Transcript & Blog | Episode 164 - How Families Can Balance Paying For College And Saving for Retirement | Bautis Financial: 8 Hillside Ave, Suite LL1 Montclair, New Jersey 07042 (862) 205-5000 | Schedule an Introductory Call

    The Jasmine Star Show
    Tax Secrets Every Entrepreneur Should Know with Karlton Dennis

    The Jasmine Star Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 58:35 Transcription Available


    Let's be real—taxes aren't sexy… but keeping your money? That is hot.In this episode, I'm sitting down with Karlton Dennis, a licensed tax strategist who's on a mission to help entrepreneurs stop overpaying the IRS and start building generational wealth.From tax write-offs to entity structure to real estate hacks—you name it, Karlton breaks it down with energy, clarity, and humor. (Yes, we actually laughed while talking about tax codes. Who knew?)And here's what makes Karlton different: He doesn't just focus on taxes. He helps you think like a CEO and build a wealth plan that aligns with your vision.Here's what we cover:Why your business structure matters more than you think (S-corp vs LLC vs sole prop—oh my!)How to LEGALLY write off things like your home, travel, kids, and even your car

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    FINAL SOLUTION: How To Solve America's Black Problem

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 102:28


    Paul Reyes exposes the betrayal of American patriots like US Army veteran Nathan Cruise, jailed for daring to challenge corrupt cops who let Antifa run wild. Tune in as we uncover the tyranny subverting our God-given rights Iryna Zarutska, a White woman, was brutally murdered on a Charlotte train by a career criminal who bragged about killing a "White girl." Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    Kirk Assassination Littered With Mossad Fingerprints

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 67:53


    Charlie Kirk was assassinated on stage at Utah Valley University, a chilling hit with Israeli fingerprints, timed with 9/11's anniversary to push chaos and strip our freedoms. Tune in as Frankie Stockes exposes the cabal's plot, from vanishing jets to pro-trans ammo, designed to silence truth and crush liberty! Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
    SHOCKING Evidence: Trump's Epstein Connections UNMASK the Global Jewish Pedo Network Controlling Washington!

    The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 90:44


    New evidence has surfaced in the Trump-Epstein pedo ring scandal, including a Trump-sketched drawing of a naked young girl and a picture of Trump purchasing a "fully depreciated" woman. Chris Sky joins Stew to shred the MAGA-tard lies and demand tribunals as America wakes up to these child-molesting tyrants. Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special