Paying your kids through the business
When it can make sense, what changes by entity type, and why timesheets, job duties, W-2 handling, and actual payment matter.
Free guide for 1099 and owner income
The Solopreneur Tax Strategy Playbook
Ten tax decisions that matter before the return is prepared. Built for independent contractors, Schedule C filers, consultants, realtors, trades, coaches, and S-corp-curious owners who make enough money for the details to matter.
- Kids on payroll, done with records
- Solo 401(k) savings example using 2026 limits
- S-election fit check and reasonable W-2 pay
What the guide covers
The moves that need clean books before they work.
The offer is intentionally not a basic deduction checklist. Social traffic already knows mileage exists. The guide is for owners who need a decision path.
Solo 401(k) tax-deferral math
A plain-English example using current contribution limits, with the catch that employee deferrals and employer contributions need the right compensation base.
S-election fit test
When an S election starts to become worth modeling, when it is just extra payroll work, and why shareholder pay cannot be guessed after December.
W-2 wages you pay yourself
How reasonable compensation, retirement contributions, QBI, cash flow, and payroll timing pull against each other.
Accountable plan reimbursements
The underused S-corp recordkeeping habit that can make reimbursements cleaner when the business connection and documentation are real.
Home office without sloppy math
Regular, exclusive use, storage exceptions, and why the deduction is easier to defend when the books separate owner payments from business costs.
Health insurance and HSA planning
Where the self-employed health insurance deduction enters the return and why payroll structure changes the answer for S-corp owners.
QBI, estimates, and year-end cleanup
Why pass-through income, retirement deductions, self-employment tax, and estimated payments should be reviewed while there is still time to act.
Why this converts better
The guide sells the monthly close without sounding like a pitch.
Most owners do not wake up wanting bookkeeping. They do want to know whether they are missing a tax move. This funnel meets them there, then shows the common constraint: the strategy is only useful if the books are current enough to model it.
Social hook
Tax strategy for 1099 earners making real money.
Free guide
Give the valuable decision path before asking for a call.
Friction cut
Only ask for name, email, role, and entity status.
Next step
Offer a Tax Strategy Readiness Review tied to QBO cleanup.
Get the free guide
Download the playbook, then check whether your books support the moves.
The guide is educational, not a tax opinion. If the ideas apply, the next step is a clean monthly close and a scoped review before implementation.
Best follow-up offer:
Tax Strategy Readiness Review for independent contractors and owner-operated service
businesses. Free for qualified monthly bookkeeping applicants.