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Business Planning

Run the tax side of your business right from day one

This track is the operating manual for a small business owner's tax life: setting up, deducting, paying yourself, hiring, saving for retirement, and taking the twenty percent deduction. Every course ends with a document you can hand to a bookkeeper or CPA.

Side-business owners, solo professionals, and small companies with a few employees.

This track is for you if

  • You run a side business, solo practice, or small company
  • You are unsure whether you are paying yourself the right way
  • You want to put away more for retirement through the business

How the track builds

  1. 01

    Set up the business and deduct your startup costs

  2. 02

    Take every legitimate deduction with records to back it up

  3. 03

    Pay yourself and your family correctly

  4. 04

    Finish with retirement plans and the qualified business income deduction

Courses in this track

  • 4.1

    Starting a Business the Right Way: Setup, Startup Costs, and Your First Tax Year

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    Set up a new business so the tax side is right from day one, deduct your startup costs, and get through the first tax year without penalties.

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  • 4.2

    Business Deductions A to Z: Home Office, Vehicles, Meals, Travel, and Equipment

    Coming soon

    Take every legitimate business deduction with the records to back it up, and know exactly where the lines are.

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  • 4.3

    Paying Yourself: Draws, Salary, Distributions, and Reasonable Compensation

    Coming soon

    Pay yourself the right way for your entity, set an S corporation salary that saves payroll tax without inviting an audit, and run payroll correctly.

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  • 4.4

    Hiring: Employees Versus Contractors, Payroll Compliance, and Hiring Your Family

    Coming soon

    Classify every worker correctly, run payroll that stays compliant, and put your children and spouse on payroll legally to cut the family tax bill.

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  • 4.5

    Retirement Plans for Business Owners: SEP, SIMPLE, Solo 401(k), and Cash Balance

    Coming soon

    Pick the retirement plan that lets you put away the most money at the lowest cost for your situation, and set it up before the deadline.

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  • 4.6

    The Qualified Business Income Deduction: The Twenty Percent Deduction Made Simple

    Coming soon

    Calculate your qualified business income deduction, understand the income limits and the service business rules, and structure to keep it.

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What every course includes

  • A narrated lesson of 45 to 60 minutes, produced as audio
  • A designed slide deck you download and keep
  • A computational workbook that runs the actual legal tests
  • A toolkit of checklists and protocols
  • A legal authority appendix carrying the two-pass vetting protocol

Want this applied to your facts?

The curriculum teaches the framework. If you would rather have it run against your own returns and structure, that is the paid consult track.

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Educational material from the private client curriculum of Brian T. Boyd. This is legal education for a general audience, not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by purchasing, viewing, or using it. Tax outcomes depend on your facts and your state.