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Blood, Sweat & Business presents Kaizen Time: Best Way to Use Subcontractors - An episode by Kaizen CPAs + Advisors focused on effective subcontractor management tips. Featuring boxing gloves as a symbol of strength and preparedness in business.

Working with Subcontractors: Do It the Right Way

What are the best practices when working with subcontractors? Some may come into your business to do work, but others may be representing you....

Knock out year-end payroll tasks with Kaizen CPAs + Advisors! Kaizen Time podcast cover featuring boxing gloves and tips on essential tax and payroll fixes for smooth compliance and big savings.

Essential Year-End Payroll and Tax Moves for Big Savings

As the year wraps up, it’s crunch time for payroll and tax adjustments! In this Kaizen Time episode, Brian Bride, Director of Payroll...

Kaizen Time: Maximize Your Real Estate Taxes with Cost Segregation

Maximize Your Real Estate Taxes with Cost Segregation

Your property is one of the most valuable assets your business may ever have. You are constantly building equity, but can you get even more out...

Kaizen Time: Beware of the top five IRS red flags to avoid unwanted tax surprises.

The Top 5 IRS Red Flags

No one wants to call the Internal Revenue Service or worse yet to get a call requesting taxes owed. The IRS has picked up on trends that...

Kaizen Time: How to Evaluate Your CPA's Performance

Evaluate Your CPA's Performance

It can be difficult to measure your CPA’s performance without an in depth understanding of tax. Fortunately, there are a few simple questions...

Kaizen Time: Learn the tops 3 tax strategies your CPA could be missing.

3 Tax Strategies Your CPA Could Be Missing

What are the 3 Most Commonly Missed Tax Strategies that CPAs make? Keep an eye out for managing officer compensation in S corporations,...

Kaizen Time: Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) in 2024

What Has Changed With The Employee Retention Tax Credit?

The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) helped many small businesses through a tough time, but what is happening with it now? We drill down...

Understanding how S corporations are taxed and learn when to switch for your business.

How Does an S Corporation Get Taxed?

Confused about S corporations and their taxes? In this episode of Kaizen Time, we go through key concepts like owner's compensation, K-1 forms,...

Learn how to smoothly transition ownership of a small business.

How to Smoothly Transition Ownership of a Small Business

Unsure where to start with transitioning your small business? There are four main options for transitioning a business: selling to a private...

Discover the Backdoor Roth IRA and how it can help you maximize your retirement savings.

The Backdoor Roth IRA & Your Early Retirement

Have you maximized your Roth IRA? You may be surprised to know there is another way to set aside funds, a backdoor Roth IRA. On Kaizen Time we...

What is pass through entity taxation and how does it work?

What is Pass Through Entity Taxation?

Why should you care about Pass Through Entity Taxation? To put it simply this minor change could be bringing in an extra $10,000 in tax savings...

What to Know Before Selling a Small Business

What to Know Before Selling a Small Business

Are you planning to sell your small business soon? In this episode we discuss how selling your business for a profit should be done years in...

Wrap up the year stress-free with our tips for end-of-year planning for your small business.

Cut the Stress from End of the Year Planning

The year draws to a close and with comes the stress of trying to wrap up – along with Christmas presents – everything for your small business. ...

New FinCEN requirement for reporting Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) in 2024

What You Need to Know About BOI & FinCEN

FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) now requires BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information) to be reported in 2024 to crack down on money...

LLC, S Corp, or C Corp the right choice for your business now and in the future?

Is LLC, S Corp or C Corp Right for YOUR Future

Is the legal structure for your business the right one today? What about next year? We break down the implications of each legal structure to...

Discover the power of implementing depreciation early and gain flexibility in your business operations.

How to Use Depreciation and Tax to Your Advantage

Uncover the secrets to maximizing your depreciation deductions before the year wraps up! Timing is everything, and in this episode of Kaizen...

Discover the benefits of end-of-year bonuses for small businesses and how they can be used as a tax strategy.

End of Year Bonuses

Unlock the secrets to maximizing your year-end bonuses while optimizing your tax position! In this episode of Kaizen Time, we break down the...

Discover how to distinguish between good and bad debt and harness its power for growth.

Strategies for Managing, Reducing & Controlling Debt

Not all debt is bad, in fact debt can be a powerful tool that small businesses can utilize to grow. In this episode we discuss way to avoid the...

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