Influencer Tax Write Offs

You’re a content creator or influencer and have a growing audience. You’ve just started to make money from sponsorships, affiliate links, and YouTube. Which means you’ve also just started to worry about how much the big, bad IRS is going to take. And if you’re not strategic, they’ll skin you alive, because that’s how they […]

Is your CFO an imposter?

Your business / startup is scaling, and you now need a great CFO. You start imagining the perfect person: they have top grades at an Ivy League school, they’re also a CPA, they’ve had experience in public accounting and also a decade+ of experience as a controller. And, if you’re lucky, they were the CFO […]

Employee Stock, Options, and Taxes

In today’s job market, companies are having a hard time hiring talent. When a prospect walks through the door, the expectation has become, “Show me the money!” Common ways companies show employees “the money” is through employee benefits such as: 401(k) retirement matching, family health insurance, on-site child day care, remote work, and company stock […]

QSBS Exemption

One of the lesser known tax breaks that’s available for small businesses is the Qualified Small Business Stock Exemption. It was originally passed into law in 1993 to encourage small business growth and entrepreneurship. It’s very technical, but if you qualify you can legally avoid getting taxed. What is Qualified Small Business Stock? Qualified Small […]