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Tax planning shouldn't begin when the year is already over.
We work alongside your tax professionals to help identify and coordinate planning opportunities before important financial decisions are made.
The Challenge
Tax preparation and tax planning are not the same thing.
Most business owners work with a CPA who does an excellent job preparing their tax returns. But tax preparation looks backward — it reports what happened. Proactive tax planning looks forward, and it happens throughout the year.
The decisions you make about your business structure, how you pay yourself, how your retirement plan is designed, and how you time income and deductions can all have significant tax implications. When these decisions aren't evaluated together — and in advance — opportunities are missed.
Why It Matters
The financial consequences of reactive tax planning
- Business and personal tax decisions made in isolation may not be optimized
- Retirement plan contributions may not be structured to maximize deductions
- Compensation strategies may not reflect the most tax-efficient approach
- Timing of income and deductions may not be coordinated
- Exit and succession planning may not account for tax impact
- Charitable strategies may not be coordinated with overall planning
Strategies to Consider
Tax planning areas worth evaluating
Strategy360 Group coordinates with clients' tax professionals and does not provide tax advice. All tax-related strategies should be reviewed with a qualified tax professional.
How Strategy360 Helps
Coordination, not preparation.
- We work alongside your CPA and tax professionals — not in place of them
- Help identify potential tax-planning opportunities before important decisions are made
- Coordinate retirement plan design, compensation, and benefit strategies from a tax perspective
- Facilitate communication between your tax, legal, and financial professionals
- Review strategies as the tax environment, your business, and your personal situation evolve
Questions to Ask
- 1.Are your business, retirement, and compensation decisions being evaluated together from a tax perspective?
- 2.When does your tax planning conversation typically happen — before or after the year ends?
- 3.Is your retirement plan designed to maximize your contribution potential as the owner?
- 4.Has your business structure been reviewed in light of current tax law?
- 5.Are your CPA and financial advisor coordinating with each other?
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