Wealth Game
By Brent Bement, CPA
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Episodes: 166
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Ever wondered why the "wealthy" pay such a low tax rate? Grow your wealth through smart investments, and keep more of your wealth by reducing your taxes. Hosted by Brent Bement, CPA, CVA: Real estate investor and President of a CPA firm that provides tax and investment strategy services across the nation.
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166 - Tax Planning vs Tax Preparation: Why April Is Too Late
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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165 - Cabin burns down - do you get a deduction on personal property losses
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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164 -Setting up your kids Trump Accounts + Business owner strategy
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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163 – Cost Segregations: Big 1st year deductions for real estate investors + 100% Bonus Depreciation is back
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May 08, 2026 |
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162 - Are solar tax credits gone for good + an alternative
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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161 - Have an old building? Get a huge tax credit
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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160 - Completely tax free dividend and gain income - planning for low income years
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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159 - Deduct your vehicle loan interest - even if you don't have a business
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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158 - Trump Accounts - how to claim the $1,000, strategies, and who can put money in
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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157 - Unlocking the Power of Captive Insurance for Your Business
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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156 - Tax Loss Harvesting - Strategically Sell Your Crypto, Metals, or Stocks
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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155 - Fractional Share Properties - Pros & Cons + Watch Out for Unusable Deductions
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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154 - Tax Season Arrives - What Everyone Can Do To Prepare
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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153 - Understanding Opportunity Zones - Tax Benefits for Investors
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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152 - Step 8 - Investment Planning - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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151 - Step 7 - Tax Exempt Income & Cash Flow - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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150 - Step 6 - Converting Income Types - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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149 - Step 5 - Tax Brackets - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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148 - Step 4 - Entity Structure - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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147 - Step 3 - Tax Credits - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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146 - Step 2 - Defer Income-Accelerate Expenses - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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145 - Step 1 - Deductions - Tax Strategy Framework
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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144 - Tax Strategy Framework summary - 8 Key Items to Consider
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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143 - Avoid paying tax on gains through Opportunity Zone investments
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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142 - LLC Myths & What They Really Mean for Taxes and Wealth
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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141 - Owning Real Estate in Self Directed Retirement Accounts
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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140 - Sell a business tax free? Up to $15 million tax free gain under new law
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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139 - Can a Doctor’s Note Make the IRS Pay for Your Pool?
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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138 - Big Beautiful Bill - 9 key items for individuals, investors, and business owners
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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137 - Self-Directed IRAs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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136 - Paying tax on something you didn't sell - Realized vs Unrealized Gains
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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135 - Using 1 Bitcoin to Retire Tax Free in 10 Years
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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134 - How To Turn Your Toys into tax deductions (RV, boat, 4 wheeler, Sports Cars)
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May 30, 2025 |
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133 - How to Use Real Estate Losses as a Passive Investor
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May 23, 2025 |
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132 - 2025 Tax Law Change - One Big Beautiful Bill Status
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May 16, 2025 |
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131 - Introduction to the Bement & Co Tax Personas
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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130 - 10 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - And the winner is....
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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129 - 9 of 10 Trump vs Harris tax battle - Death and Estate tax
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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128 - 8 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - Real Estate Investors
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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127 - 7 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - Renewable Energy Tax Credits
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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126 - 6 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - Can Tariffs Replace Income Taxes
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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125 - 5 of 10 Trump vs Harris tax battle - Itemized Deductions Removing $10k cap on Property Tax Deduction
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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124 - 4 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - Corporate Tax Rates
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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123 - 3 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - Tax Free Income
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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122 - 2 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - 100% Bonus Depreciation or Business Standard Deduction
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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121 - 1 of 10 Trump vs Harris Tax Battle - Child Tax Credits
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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120 - 3 Tax Free Proposals by Donald Trump
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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119 - Possibly the worst way to be taxed - and some better alternatives
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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118 - Bonus depreciation going away - Here's the alternative using 179
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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117 - Tips for avoiding the 10% IRA penalty for early withdrawals
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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116 - Gift Taxes and Understanding a Gift of Equity
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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115 - Is it Deductible? The POND Method
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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114 - How to write off travel expenses you're already paying
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May 17, 2024 |
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113 - Extensions: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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112 - Last-Minute Tax Strategies - 5 Things to Consider
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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111 - Bement Blueprint - The 3 key entity structures for everyone
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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110 - NEW Tax Updates Tax Relief for American Families & Workers Act of 2024
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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109 - Get a Tax Deduction for State Taxes You're Already Paying
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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108 - Capital Gains & Tax Reduction Strategies
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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107 - Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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106 - Year-End Tax Strategies for Maximizing Deductions & Reducing Taxable Income
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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105 - Part II Exemptions to the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Form
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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104 - Part I Beneficial Ownership Information Form
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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103 - 3 Tax Credits You Don't Want to Miss Out On
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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102 - How to Write Off Expenses for Your Home
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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101 - Understanding Capital Gains Tax
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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100 - Wealth Game Alliance Announcement
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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99 - 2nd chances - Redo your tax return for a refund
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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98 - Marriage and Taxes - 3 Tax Strategies for Couples
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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97 - Audit-Proof Your Tax Returns - Keeping Smart Tax Records
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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96 - R_D Tax Credit
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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95 - Tax Lien Investing
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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94 - Investing in Gold & Silver
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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93 - Investing in Art
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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92 - Guns - Investment and my history with them
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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91 - Become a hard money lender
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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90 - Tax Planning with Trusts - Charitable Remainder Trusts
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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89 - Maximizing Deductions - Making the Most of Itemized Deductions
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May 11, 2023 |
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88 - Adjusted Gross Income - banks care about it and what changes it
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May 10, 2023 |
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87 - Taxable and Non-Taxable Income
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May 09, 2023 |
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86 - How the Tax System Works
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May 08, 2023 |
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85 - How can I buy a property with a family member
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May 07, 2023 |
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84 - Benefits of being a Real estate professional
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May 06, 2023 |
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83 - Gifting money to your kids tax free
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May 05, 2023 |
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82 - You need a personal financial statement
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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81 - 2 key items for Analyzing investments
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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80 - Saving for college. 529s or ESA plans
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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79 - How many LLCs should I form
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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78 - UPDATE to 2023 Electric Vehicle credits
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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77 - Key benefits of leverage - using other peoples money
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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76 - Should you prepay your taxes and the law behind it
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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75 - Commercial vs personal loans - which one is better
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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74 - What is Cap Rate and how to use it in your investment analysis
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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73 - HSAs - Health Saving Accounts - saving tax in three ways
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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72 - Tax planning - Deferring income and accelerating expenses
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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71 - 10 year-end tax saving ideas
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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70 - Tax planning - start with a tax projection and estimate
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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69 - $600 IRS 1099 law - Is the IRS coming for you
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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68 - Private foundations - fulfill a charitable purpose and get a tax deduction at the same time
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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67 - Get a deduction with no cash out of pocket
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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66 - Buying business vehicles - to buy with cash or loan and calculating deduction
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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65 - What investments give tax breaks
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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64 - Roth IRA investments
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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63 - Investment Options - Why invest in dividend paying stocks
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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62 - Investment Options - Annuities - good or bad
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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61 - Investment Options - Investing with Insurance Plans - Whole vs Term Life policies
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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60 - Investment Options - Oil and gas investments
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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59 - Investment Options - CDs and Money market funds
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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58 - Investment Options - Mutual funds vs direct stock investment - pros and cons
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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57 - Focus on growing the value of your own business
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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56 - What types of investments are there
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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55 - Bonus depreciation ending - When do the laws change
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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54 - New 2023 Standard deduction amounts - IRS Update
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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53 - Am I taxed on the ERC credits
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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52 - Do I need to pay taxes on my PPP loan
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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51 - How to use other people's tax brackets
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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50 - How do I pay myself from my S Corporation
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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49 - Accredited investor status
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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48 - What's a flow through entity
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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47 - Hour requirements in your investments and the impact on taxes
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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46 - How do the rich pay a lower income tax rate
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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45 - Conservation easements - get a deduction without giving away your land
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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44 - What type of entity do I need
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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43 - Should I convert my IRA or 401(k) to a Roth
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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42 - Should I contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA-401k
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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41 - Real estate asset types for investment
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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40 - What is a Revocable Trust (or irrevocable) and should you set one up
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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39 - Tax free benefits for your employees
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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38 - Strategies for business owners 4 main categories
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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37 - Per diem - bigger deductions with less out of pocket
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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36 - Tax strategies for real estate
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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35 - Real estate professional - You or your spouse should quit your job
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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34 - Real estate professional status benefits and requirements
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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33 - S corporation benefits and should you convert your LLC
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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32 - How to buy real estate with little or no money down
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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31 - Tips for new real estate investors
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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30 - How to buy real estate in an LLC
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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29 - Itemized Deduction Bunching Strategy
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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28 - How do tax brackets work - Our tiered tax bracket system
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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27 - Hiring your spouse
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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26 - Personal loan or commercial loan for short term rental property
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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25 - Muni bond investments - invest right and get tax free growth
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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24 - Multiply your tax deductions with leverage + a crypto mining rig example
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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23 - $10,000 Student Loan forgiveness - hack to get around the income limit
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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22 - ERC credits - how to claim the $26,000 per employee credit, and their tax impact
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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21 - Sell your crypto now - then buy it right back for taxes
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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20 - Holding companies and why you should have one
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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19 - Should you own your personal home through a trust
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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18 - What entity structure should I have for my rental properties
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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17 - How is crypto taxed
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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14 - Big changes coming to electric vehicle tax credits in the inflation reduction act
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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15 - How to make $500k and pay no income tax - one example
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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16 - Should I form an LLC to own real estate
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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13 - Donor Advised Fund - charitable giving strategies
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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12 - Sell your personal home tax free
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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11 - How to do a 1031 exchange
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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10 - RV Rental - save on taxes and make money
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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9 - What is a syndicated investment deal
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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8 - How heavy does my car need to be for a deduction
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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7 - What is a cost segregation in real estate
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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6 - 4 benefits of real estate
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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5 - 4 ways an LLC can be taxed
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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4 - Augusta rule - Have your business rent your home tax free
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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3 - Short term rental loophole
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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2 - Pay your kids and get a deduction
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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1 - Intro Episode - Tax savings isn't just for the wealthy
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Aug 01, 2022 |