by Molen & Associates | Aug 9, 2026 | Small Business
Most tax strategies require you to give something up — higher contributions, deferred income, more complexity. The Augusta Rule is one of the few that generates a deduction for your business while putting tax-free dollars in your pocket simultaneously. But it only...
by Molen & Associates | Aug 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Funding officially opened on July 4, 2026 for Trump Accounts, the new child savings program created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and codified in the tax code as Section 530A. If you have kids or grandkids under 18, or you’re expecting a child in...
by Molen & Associates | Aug 2, 2026 | Bookkeeping
A Houston contractor we work with hit $2.8 million in revenue last year and still couldn’t tell us, off the top of his head, whether his crews were profitable job by job. His books were clean. His bookkeeper reconciled every account on time. But clean books and...
by Molen & Associates | Jul 26, 2026 | Small Business
Paying your children to work in your business is a legitimate tax strategy — not a loophole, not a gray area. The IRS explicitly allows it, and when done correctly, it shifts money from a high tax bracket to a low one (or eliminates tax on it entirely), while teaching...
by Molen & Associates | Jul 24, 2026 | Individual Tax Preparation
The United States has a pay-as-you-go tax system. Employees handle this automatically through withholding. But if you’re self-employed, receive investment income, run a pass-through business, or have any income not subject to withholding, you’re...
