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Lifecycle Financial Planning: Getting Money to Small Business Owners

Stop overpaying the IRS: Master the tax-efficient strategies for extracting cash from your C-Corp, S-Corp, or Partnership.

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Lifecycle Financial Planning: Getting Money to Small Business Owners

What You'll Learn

check_circleCompare the basic tax implications of distributions from a C-Corporation, S-Corporation, and Partnership
check_circleCalculate the tax implications of cash distributions and property distributions from S-Corporations and Partnerships
check_circleCalculate tax basis for a partnership and an S-Corporation
check_circleIdentify the factors that establish reasonable compensation, reasonable rent, and reasonable loans between a closely-held entity and its owner

About This Course

Financial planning for a small business is inherently tied to the owner. When you plan for the future of the company, you are planning for the individual as well. Trying to get the owner additional cash from his/her company is a common issue faced by many advisors.

However, it is important to realize that the form of that cash movement may result in very different tax implications. Using easy-to-understand examples and cases, this course will explore the common methods used to transfer cash from a small business to the owner himself/herself. We will look at how the tax implications differ depending on entity type and the form of payment.

Who Should Attend:

CPAs and financial advisors who work with small business owners.

Your Instructor

David Peters
David Peters

CPA, CFP, CLU, CPCU, MST, MBA

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David Peters is the Founder and Owner of Peters Professional Education in Richmond, VA. He is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) with Peters Financial LLC. He brings over 20 years of experience in financial services, including three years in the hedge fund industry and six years in insurance. David was the first Chief Financial Officer of Compare.com, where he served for more than three years. He holds four master’s degrees, contributes frequently to professional publications, and is a nationally recognized CPE instructor and discussion leader for Surgent seminars and a former instructor for Don Farmer. David received the AICPA Outstanding Facilitator Award in 2021, 2023, and 2024 as well as Surgent's Outstanding Discussion Leader awards in 2019 and 2022. He also co-authored the Virginia CPA Ethics course in 2018, 2019, and 2020, which is a requirement for all CPAs licensed in Virginia. Through Peters Professional Education, David is the author and instructor for over 125 recorded on-demand CPE courses and leads private trainings, in-person tax seminars, and quarterly live tax update webinars. His areas of instruction include accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics, and he regularly teaches professionals across the United States.

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