Tax & Wealth Management, LLC.

Tax & Wealth Management, LLC. No annoying tax professional lingo. Just straight, authoritative and friendly trustworthy advice. Visit: www.taxwealthmanagement.com
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At Tax & Wealth Management we take pride in being accessible and responsive to your specific needs and adhering to the highest standards of service and professional ethics. We work with you on a personal level to determine the best solution for your unique needs, and then couple it with our seasoned expertise to achieve the best possible results. In 2011, Tax & Wealth Management was established as

the formal organization for carrying the tax preparation side of the business. Our founder Jeff, has been designated as an Enrolled Agent by the Internal Revenue Service, a designation requiring a comprehensive knowledge of the tax code that allows him to represent clients before the IRS. These designations provide that Jeff is held to the strictest standards in terms of knowledge, continuing education, and ethics. Jeff is also a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals. We are your trusted partner in success. Our firm is large enough to offer a full range of professional services at a fair price, but small enough to give you the individual attention that you deserve. Rest assured that when a need arises, our firm is ready and capable to handle everything for you so you can focus on what matters most to you.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†?Yes, your S corp can reimburse you through an Account...
09/09/2026

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†?

Yes, your S corp can reimburse you through an Accountable Plan, which is a formal arrangement for handling those reimbursements.

For example, say you paid $6,000 in qualifying business expenses personally. Without an Accountable Plan, your S corp gets no write-off for those expenses.

With an Accountable Plan:
โ€ข Your S corp claims the $6,000 deduction
โ€ข Your K-1 taxable income is reduced by $6,000
โ€ข The $6,000 reimbursement isnโ€™t included in your W-2 wages
โ€ข The reimbursement goes back into your personal account tax-free

If business expenses keep coming out of your personal account, it could be time to make sure your S corp is reimbursing you the right way.

09/09/2026

AI can give you financial advice, but new Stanford research found that the quality of that advice depends on how you ask for it.

It's okay to ask ChatGPT your tax questions, but youโ€™re better off talking to a tax professional (something even it recommends) before executing any advice you find on there. Because even if it gives you an answer, you might not be asking the right question.

But we do.

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/07/ai-financial-investing-advice-research

๐——๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ?Third-party payment apps report your gross transfers to the IRS.Say y...
09/07/2026

๐——๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ?

Third-party payment apps report your gross transfers to the IRS.

Say you originally bought a couch for $1,200 and later sold it through Cash App for $400.

If you keep the record showing what you originally paid, you can prove that $400 transfer wasnโ€™t a $400 gain. You sold the couch at a loss.

Don't rely only on PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, or whichever payment platform you're using to track things for you.

Keep the records that show what those payments actually represent.

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€?Getting paid via Venmo or PayPal doesn't automatical...
09/04/2026

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€?

Getting paid via Venmo or PayPal doesn't automatically make your side income a business. The IRS looks at how you operate and whether your primary goal is making a profit.

If you keep separate books, set aside regular work hours, and take on ongoing gigs like freelancing or tutoring, you're operating as a business.

If you're just making money here and there from something you do for fun, like streaming or selling a few crafts, that's usually hobby income. You aren't really trying to make a living off it.

This distinction completely changes your tax setup. Business owners report their earnings on Schedule C and can deduct ordinary expenses to lower what they owe. If your side income is more of a hobby, you report the earnings on Schedule 1 as other income, but you can't write off any expenses against it.

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† โ€œ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜?Itโ€™s the social media term for getting more value from your money, lik...
09/03/2026

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† โ€œ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜?

Itโ€™s the social media term for getting more value from your money, like cutting expenses or even putting rewards points to use.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ?

๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ?If youโ€™re operating as a sole proprietor, thereโ€™s no legal se...
09/02/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ?

If youโ€™re operating as a sole proprietor, thereโ€™s no legal separation between you and your business.

So if your business canโ€™t pay a creditor or gets hit with a lawsuit, your personal savings, home, or vehicles could be exposed too.

As your business grows, make sure the way you operate reflects that growth.

That may mean forming an LLC or corporation, then moving your business banking, contracts, insurance policies, vendor accounts, and payment processors into the companyโ€™s legal name.

The goal is to create a clearer line between what belongs to you personally and what belongs to the business.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต? ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

08/31/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป?

Draw cash strategically across three accounts to keep your tax bill as low as possible.
โ€ข Pull just enough from your Traditional IRA or 401(k) to fill up the lowest tax brackets (10% or 12%).
โ€ข Cover remaining living expenses with taxable savings or brokerage cash so you don't push yourself into a higher bracket.
โ€ข Use tax-free Roth IRA dollars for big one-off expenses with zero tax impact.

Balancing your withdrawals this way keeps your overall tax rate low and can even unlock 0% capital gains rates.

08/28/2026

๐—”๐—บ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—œ?

You could be. Time to fix that.

(We already make sure all privacy settings are enabled for any AI tools we use here.)

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-keep-ai-conversations-private-chatgpt-gemini-copilot-claude/

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?Consider looking into the R&D tax c...
08/27/2026

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

Consider looking into the R&D tax credit.

Eligible small businesses can apply up to $500,000 per year of their R&D credit directly against quarterly payroll taxes. That cuts your quarterly payroll bills almost immediately, keeping extra cash in your bank account to hire talent or fund new projects.

To prepare for claiming it, build your paper trail early:
โ€ข Flag projects as they start
โ€ข Keep basic project logs
โ€ข Make sure contractor agreements state your business owns all the work

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?A core strategy we suggest during this ...
08/26/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

A core strategy we suggest during this retirement gap is a Roth conversion staircase:
โ€ข Move funds from your traditional IRA into a Roth IRA when your income sits in lower tax brackets.
โ€ข Pay taxes today at low rates so that money and its future growth stay 100% tax-free.
โ€ข Convert in stages each December to fill your target bracket line, instead of moving a single lump sum that spikes your tax bracket.

๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ: Pay the taxes using cash outside your IRA, such as a high-yield savings or taxable brokerage account. Withholding tax money directly from the IRA reduces your tax-free shelter and triggers a 10% IRS penalty if you're under age 59ยฝ.

If you recently left your job or plan to step away soon, DM us to find out how to map out your retirement gap.

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