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What Your CPA Wants You to Know

What Your CPA Wants You to Know

By: Carson Sands CPA & Teran Sands MBA.
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A podcast for entrepreneurs! We are a husband and wife team running our CPA firm together. We know just how difficult it can be to take your business dream to a reality. Our mission for this podcast is to guide, empower, and educate entrepreneurs in an easy-to-understand way! We want business owners to have the information that they need when they need it, AND without the hefty accounting invoices from a CPA! Follow along for practical advice, tips, and tricks from a CPA who knows what it is like to run a business, and strategies to keep your business thriving from an MBA! We will also show you how to run a business while keeping your family and sanity intact along the way!

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  • 101. Stop Dreading Tax Season: Our Solution for Year-Round Accounting Peace
    Jun 11 2025

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    We created our monthly accounting plan to solve the recurring problem of clients coming to us at tax time with messy books and missing tax-saving opportunities, and after nine months with our beta group, we're sharing how it's working and opening up a few more spots.

    • Our monthly accounting plan provides accountability and real-time bookkeeping support, like having a personal trainer for your finances
    • Works better than self-doing, external bookkeepers, or costly internal accountants who often create more problems
    • Includes monthly one-hour calls at reduced rates with private booking link and priority access
    • Tax returns completed by January with no extensions needed because books are maintained throughout the year
    • Free tax projections eliminate surprises at tax time
    • Covers QuickBooks training, reconciliations, tax strategy, retirement planning, and business decisions
    • Costs $225/month with no contracts and consistently saves clients more in taxes than they pay for the service
    • Email reminders on the first of each month highlight important deadlines and considerations



    If you're interested in one of our limited spots, you can email us directly at carson@sandco.net

    You can also book a discovery call with us to address any questions you have on the monthly accounting plan HERE


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    24 mins
  • 100. The One Where We Celebrate Our 100th Episode!!!
    May 28 2025

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    We celebrate our 100th episode by giving listeners a behind-the-scenes look at our podcast journey, from inception to production challenges to our biggest wins.

    • Started the podcast in January 2023 to help people we couldn't take on as clients
    • Purchased a podcast course for $150 which provided crucial guidance on equipment, hosting, and editing
    • Recording during tax season was challenging but strategic, as downloads are highest in the first half of the year
    • Initially scripted episodes but became more comfortable with time, though still prepare notes for specific tax regulations
    • Hired an editor (Kevin) which made continuing the podcast possible
    • Our top three episodes: QuickBooks, paying kids from your business, and common startup mistakes
    • Biggest wins include the personal finance series and S Corp series, which have helped listeners save thousands in taxes
    • Moving to a bi-weekly schedule to make production more manageable
    • Planning a second, more personal podcast focused on family life

    Thanks for helping us reach 100 episodes! We'll continue providing tax and accounting wisdom every other week, focusing on the latest tax code changes and business strategies to help you save money.


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    Here's where you can find us! Follow along on Instagram for lots of free content for business owners daily!



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    34 mins
  • 99. The Tax Strategy Your CPA Never Told You About! The Augusta Rule
    May 14 2025

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    The Augusta Rule offers a legal way to transfer money from your business to yourself tax-free by renting your home to your business for up to 14 days per year. This often-overlooked tax strategy allows business owners to deduct the rental expense from their business while receiving tax-free personal income.

    • Rent your personal residence to your business for up to 14 days annually without paying personal tax on that income
    • Your business can deduct the rental payment as a legitimate business expense
    • Determine fair market rent by researching comparable event spaces in your area
    • Create and maintain a formal rental agreement between yourself and your business
    • Document each use with invoices and calendar entries
    • Pay yourself from your business account using traceable methods (transfers, checks, digital payments)
    • Monthly strategy sessions are ideal for implementing this strategy while staying under the 14-day limit
    • Take photos and keep notes from meetings as supporting documentation
    • Rental payments of approximately $1,000 per day are typical, depending on your location

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    12 mins
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This podcast is amazing. Teran and Carson are awesome teachers and make these topics so easy to understand. It is no wonder small business owners (and others!) love working with them and that their business has grown so quickly. I absolutely recommend this podcast if you want to learn more and understand accounting and tax information.

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This podcast is everything I am looking for! The information is relatable and easy to understand for me... aka... a non tax person!! Thank you for all the work!

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