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Three things California business owners think they know about taxes — let's check the tape.
Bonus depreciation conformity, the SALT cap, California's top tax rate — some of these are myths, some are facts. Knowing the difference is the gap between a tax plan and a tax surprise.
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Most S-corp owners pick a salary once and never look at it again. That's not a strategy — that's a guess.

Three tax structures — and most business owners end up in the wrong one.
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New 1099 doctor? Here's the mistake we see constantly: waiting until the income rolls in to set up your S-Corp. 🩺
Once you're seeing patients, changing your EIN, payroll, and banking becomes a headache you don't need. Set it up right before day one.
Operational simplicity now = savings later.
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You’ve heard these before. Not all of them are true.

S-Corp owners: That "tax-free" distribution isn't automatically tax-free.
It's only tax-free up to your stock basis — think of it as a bucket that fills with taxed income and drains with every distribution. Once it hits zero, anything more you pull out is taxed as capital gain.
Run your basis before year-end and before any big distribution. 👇 DM us "BASIS" and we'll walk you through it.

Most business owners close on commercial real estate and find out later what they left on the table. These three decisions happen before the ink dries.

An LLC sounds like a strategy, but for most business owners, that's not really what changes the tax outcome.

Real estate tax strategies, ranked. Cost seg hits. 1031 defers. Grouping election is the one nobody talks about. Which one surprised you?

Small business and real estate tax strategies, ranked.
A low W-2 might look smart until the full analysis says otherwise. Cost seg hits. 1031 defers. And some of the most powerful moves are the ones nobody talks about.