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09/23/2026

Missed the deadline. Owe more than you can pay. Extension almost up. Behind does not mean broken. It means it is time to realign. Six grounded moves to take control. 💙

One: start with what you do have. Income estimates, any 1099s or W-2s or K-1s that arrived, payments you made, expenses tracked anywhere. Incomplete is fine. You need momentum, not perfection.

Two: send a payment, even a small one. Owe fifteen thousand and can only send three? You are already in a better position than doing nothing. Partial payments reduce the balance that penalties and interest are calculated on every month.

Three: know the penalty structure. Failure to file runs at five percent per month up to twenty-five. Failure to pay runs at half a percent. That gap is why we say file on time even if you cannot pay in full.

Four: request missing information today. Waiting on a K-1, a corrected form, or a P and L? Ask now with a deadline. We often act as the go-between so you do not have to chase it yourself.

Five: look at your payment options. Short-term plans under 180 days have no setup fee. Long-term installment agreements cover larger balances. Both slow the compounding. We find the one that minimizes your total cost.

Six: work with someone who helps you stay ahead. Most people fall behind because they are busy, not careless. Year-round strategy with a CPA turns the annual scramble into a calm rhythm.

Let us catch up together and build forward with clarity.

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09/23/2026

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Before you book your first job, make sure your business ""vault"" is built. Starting as an LLC isn't just about taxes—it's about protecting your family's future while you build your legacy.
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09/21/2026

Life happens. A health scare, a diagnosis, a parent who needs you. A hard year can also bring tax relief. Here is what medical expenses women business owners can actually claim. 💙

What qualifies: doctors, therapy, prescriptions, medical equipment, and travel to appointments. Gym memberships, general supplements, and elective cosmetic work usually do not. The line is between care and wellness.

The 7.5 percent rule: only expenses above 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income are deductible. At one hundred thousand in AGI, that line is seventy-five hundred. In a tough year at sixty thousand, it drops to forty-five hundred. Lower income means a lower threshold and more of what you paid qualifies.

Home modifications: ramps, rails, lifts, and air filtration for medical needs can count, minus any increase in your home's value. An eight thousand dollar lift that adds two thousand in value is a six thousand dollar deduction.

Caring for others: expenses you paid out of pocket for a spouse, a dependent child, or a dependent parent can qualify as your deduction too, as long as you paid and they qualify as your dependent.

Itemizing is required: medical above the threshold, mortgage interest, property taxes, and charitable giving. If that total beats the standard deduction, itemizing wins. We run both scenarios.

If you scaled back to care for yourself or someone else, your income dropped, your threshold dropped, and more of what you paid qualifies. With good records, that hard chapter becomes strategy.

You do not have to figure it out alone. Let us walk through it together.

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09/16/2026

You left the partnership. The tax side stayed. Here are five steps to clarity, even before the K-1 arrives. 💙

Step one: understand what the K-1 tells you. In a partnership you are taxed on your allocated share, not on what you were paid. If the partnership was profitable in the year you left, your K-1 may show taxable income even if you received nothing. Know this early and you can plan for it.

Step two: ask, in writing. Request that the final 1065 was filed, a date for your K-1, your exact ownership period, and any 1099s issued in your name. A CPA can make that request as a neutral third party.

Step three: waiting is not a strategy. File an extension with an estimated payment, or file a best estimate from prior years and amend when the K-1 arrives. Either way, file on time and avoid penalties.

Step four: know the full scope. You may still owe even if the business dissolved early, paid you nothing, or earned very little. A qualified advisor reads the whole picture so nothing surprises you after you believed it was over.

Step five: plan forward with better boundaries. Before your next venture: a clear operating agreement, separate accounts, and a CPA in the room before you sign.

You are not behind. You are ready for better support.

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Stop playing middleman between your bookkeeper and your CPA.If you’re constantly forwarding reports, explaining transact...
09/14/2026

Stop playing middleman between your bookkeeper and your CPA.

If you’re constantly forwarding reports, explaining transactions twice, or trying to make sure your bookkeeper and tax professional are working from the same numbers, something is off.

You have a business to run. You shouldn’t have to be the person connecting all the dots behind the scenes.

When bookkeeping and tax planning operate separately, it can mean slower answers, missed opportunities, messy year-end cleanups, and a lot more stress for you.

At Insogna CPA, we believe your books and your tax strategy should work together.

Clean financials. Proactive tax planning. One team that understands the bigger picture.

Less back-and-forth. More clarity for your business.

Ready for accounting that actually feels connected? Talk to Insogna CPA on insognacpa.com

09/10/2026

Dissolution is not one filing and done. Book it in sequence and most of it is deductible. Here is what counts and how to handle the final year. 💼

Sort every cost into three buckets first. Ordinary wind-down fees like state filing, registered agent termination, and final franchise reports are deductible now. Deal-specific costs reduce your sale proceeds instead. Penalties are never deductible.

The state franchise wrap-up follows the same logic. Current-year franchise tax and the final no-tax-due report fee are deductible. Late fees are not. Pay on time, document the amounts.

Four journal entries, in this order. Accrue final expenses to establish cutoff. Dispose of every asset with the gain or loss recognized on the final return. Write off prepaids prorated to the months you operated. Final distributions reduce basis.

Filing order matters. Some states require clearance before they will process a dissolution. Plan the sequence before you file. Cash basis deducts when paid. Accrual deducts when incurred.

Then work the checklist. Dissolution filed. Final franchise report paid. Disposals documented. Prepaids prorated. Final return box checked on every federal and state filing. Clearances obtained.

Book it right and most of it is deductible. Make your exit quiet.

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09/08/2026

Most owners overpay by planning in April. Plan all year instead. Six simple moves that maximize profit and minimize stress. 💼

One: revisit your entity structure. The setup that fit at two hundred thousand in revenue rarely fits at two million. Structure should be revisited actively, not defaulted into indefinitely.

Two: time income and expenses on purpose. Accelerate a purchase, defer an invoice. Small shifts in December change your bracket and determine which deductions land in this year's return versus next.

Three: pay yourself the right way. Reasonable salary plus distributions. Get the split wrong and you either overpay payroll tax or invite IRS scrutiny. Get it right and you are optimizing your single largest compensation decision.

Four: fund retirement before year end. A Solo 401k or SEP-IRA turns tax dollars into your own balance sheet. Reduce taxable income and build personal wealth at the same time.

Five: claim the deductions you already earned. Home office, mileage, equipment, software, professional fees. Document throughout the year. A deduction without documentation is not a deduction.

Six: tune your quarterly estimates. Underpay and owe penalties. Overpay and you loaned the IRS money interest-free. The right amount, each quarter, based on what the business is actually earning.

Tax planning is a year-round decision, not an April event.

Schedule a tax planning session at insognacpa.com today.
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09/01/2026

One LLC is holding three businesses. Here are five signs it is time to split them apart. 💼

One: each line runs on its own economics. Different customers, margins, and risk profiles blended into one P and L produce a number that guides nothing. You cannot manage what you cannot measure separately.

Two: one lawsuit reaches everything. Assets, contracts, and cash in a single entity all share one risk. Separation contains it. A claim against one line does not automatically extend to everything else you own.

Three: the building should not sit inside the business. Property in its own entity protects the asset, creates a clean arm's length lease with the operating company, and simplifies a future sale of either.

Four: outside money needs a clean container. Investors fund entities, not line items inside a blended company. Without a separate entity there is nothing for capital to cleanly attach to.

Five: you want to sell one part, not all of it. Buyers acquire entities. A line of business inside a blended LLC is not acquirable in any clean sense. Split first, then sell.

Structure is not paperwork. It is how you protect growth.

At Insogna CPA in Texas, we help you build the entity arrangement that fits where the business is actually going.

Schedule a structure review at insognacpa.com today.
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