Accquip

What risks would you to take to ensure your agency survives? 🤔

If you could predict the exact date your business would run out of cash, would you be willing to take those risks?

Too many digital agencies play it safe and unwittingly contribute to their business’ stagnating decline 😖

The culprit?

👉A lack of financial clarity and foresight👈

💸What are your gross margins vs what should they be?
💸How many days until you go bankrupt?
💸Which projects were wildly profitable and which ones tanked?
💸What is the #1 priority in your business right now?
💸When should you hire your next employee?
💸How much should you budget for sales & marketing?

☝️These are questions that give you clarity to keep you from stagnating.

They are also the types of questions we answer with you on a weekly and monthly basis.

If you're sick of the complete lack of responsiveness from your current accountant, it’s time to switch.

We work with software dev agencies, design agencies, marketing agencies, and other digital agencies who have reached $500k+ in annual revenues. 

Bootstrapping requires a responsive finance partner with experience in this space, as your cashflow situation is likely to change on a weekly basis.

Working with Accquip, you'll know the exact date your business will run out of cash 📅

We'll work together weekly to strategize the actions you need to take to ensure you stay properly capitalized and running for the foreseeable future.

We'll also work on retrospectively analyzing project profitability so you know which clients and projects to pursue in the future (and which to avoid at all costs).

We're a full-service shop, so we take care of the BORING but important financial aspects in your software business:

👉Payroll & payroll tax compliance
👉Accounting & bookkeeping
👉Client billings
👉Budgeting

DM me to learn more.

Founder

The DevLaunch Podcast

Podcast Host

Tax-Minded

Tax-Minded is an exclusive community of finance professionals committed to advancing the practice of tax. 

Here, tax pros become tax bros, sharing knowledge, offering mutual support, and growing together. All the positives of public accounting without the burnout and office drama

Whether you're seeking expertise or camaraderie, you'll find a space that feels like a team of co-workers and friends, all focused on helping you excel in your career.

Versique Search & Consulting

Director Of Accounting

Salo

Finance Consultant

C.H. Robinson

-Led a team of four corporate accountants and managed the global intercompany network of over 30 accountants worldwide.
-Developed and implemented a standard intercompany accounting process, including the creation of video learning content to educate users on how to reconcile intercompany, the institution of a standard 
monthly calendar cycle and monthly newsletter, and the establishment of global KPIs
-Spearheaded the development of a comprehensive global intercompany policy, gathering industry best-practices through continuing education courses and interviews with finance professionals from other 
organizations, organizing a cross-functional committee of key stakeholders within C.H. Robinson’s finance functions, and publishing the policy on time
-Administered global account reconciliation SOX program (utilizing BlackLine), conducting periodic training events for end users, establishing alternative review procedures for auto-reconciled balances, and leading a team to provide general support services for end users
-Facilitated the global implementation of the Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) tool, developing standard corporate training materials, conducting both train-the-trainer and end user trainings, coordinating project timelines and communications, and determining the policies that inform 
the technical setup of the ARCS environment
-Performed monthly close processes surrounding ASC 606 revenue recognition

Corporate Accounting Manager

Salo LLC

Salo, LLC is the leader in driving business outcomes by leveraging talent in finance, accounting and human resources; as well as finance and accounting search services. Our award-winning firm is among the fastest-growing contract staffing companies in the country with offices in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago.

To learn more about the Compass Program, please visit: http://salollc.com/finance-job-placement/compass-program/

Compass Program Member

Grant Thornton LLP

Audit Senior Associate

Wilson Aesthetics, LLC

For my part as Co-Owner, I took an active role in reviewing accounting records for completeness & accuracy, aided in the preparation of taxes, developed the pricing of photography packages, and established the company budget.

Co-Owner

Accounting Intern

Fractional CFO & Business Coach to AMBITIOUS software dev agency owners | Build your dream business without selling your soul to VCs | I offer a course for beginners to learn DIY bookkeeping | 😎 Girl dad

Digital agencies are brutal 😩




What other business deals with as many feast & famine cycles?

🙅‍♂️None🙅‍♂️

It is an easy model to start…
…but requires balls of steel to endure.


Here are THREE questions to ponder:

1️⃣ Does my accountant know how to keep me in the game?

2️⃣ Are they giving me the advice I need to grow without dying of revenue indigestion?

3️⃣ Have they helped me plan my exit?



Be real with yourself.

If you answered “no” to all three…
you’re playing with fire. 🔥 

Agency work is tough as it is.

Get the right advisor in your corner.


There is a light at the end of this tunnel.

It’s up to you whether it’s
blue sunny skies ☀️ 
or a train 🚂 

Tony Wilson, CPA, CMA

Tyler D Harris, CPA

Senior Tax Accountant

Gursey | Schneider LLP

Tax Manager

Tax Supervisor

SingerLewak LLP

Senior Accountant - Tax

Ovist & Howard, CPA's

I help small businesses and individuals optimize profits for additional tax savings.
I conduct audits in various industries including construction, HOA's, and non-profits.

Staff Accountant

FreedomCare Benefits

- Implemented Excel template to upload multiple accounting transactions into QuickBooks 
- Utilized Excel VBA to populate and print statements directly from Excel for 200+ customers 
- Special projects, monthly closings, bank reconciliations, IT system audits, AP/AR 
- Synchronized local server with Microsoft SharePoint to facilitate departmental communication 
- Utilized macros to organize data and upload thousands of entries from Excel into Quickbooks, reducing entry time from 16 hours to about 10 minutes.

Accounting Assistant

•      Explain to employees the benefits offered through their employer's self-insured plan
•      Assist employees with enrollment
•      Sell additional health products to help them meet their needs.
•      Field 80+ calls per day during open enrollment.

Benefit Customer Service Representative

American National

•	Explained, recommended, and sold insurance products based in identified needs
•	Increased agency sales, referrals, and client retention
•       Averaged 20+ sales per month

Multiple Line Agent

•       Software Manipulation
•       Client Relationship Management
•       Needs Based Selling
•       Learned Strategies for Closing Sales

Multiple Line Agent Intern

Senior Health Group

Assisted clients in choosing a medicare plan that best fit their needs. 
Made medicare easy to understand.
Used leads to find new clients and set up appointments.

Senior Agent

I help business owners save millions in taxes using advanced tax strategies.

I moved to Hawaii with my wife and three kids for better work/life balance.

Tyler D. Harris, CPA, CMA

Three tax planning strategies I learned in my first year on the job, and why they're not as powerful as people think:

1. Defer revenue - for cash-basis taxpayers, don't go to the bank for a few days, and don't check your mail. The idea is that if you don't collect the revenue, it's not taxable.

In theory this is fine. It gets you a one-year deferral, so it's really only a time-value of money play. Assuming you can get a 20% return on the tax savings, deferring the tax might be worth up to 10% of the revenue deferred.

Not bad if you do it every year and are growing. The marginal benefit is only the new profit that is deferred until the next year.

2. Accelerate expenses - for cash-basis taxpayers, spend all of your cash at the end of the year. If you still have profit, take out a loan and keep spending.

Honestly, this is basically the short-term rental strategy in real estate, except it's way easier. Be careful not to buy capital assets that aren't subject to bonus depreciation.

Again, this is just a one-year deferral, and if you're prudent, you'll only spend money on things that you actually need and will grow the business.

3. Buy assets - this is basically the same as the point above. Buy a new SUV over 6,000 pounds and write it off.

It's a big deduction, but ultimately it's just a deferral strategy as well. You'll have taxable depreciation recapture when you sell.

My takeaway?

I left that firm. I thought it was all baloney and not much of the work we did was a value-add. 

Real tax planning isn't tax deferral alone. I felt that there was a better way - a way to get permanent savings if you were smart.

I was right. 

Give me a follow. 

I'll share some of the strategies that lead to permanent savings tomorrow.

I help entrepreneurs worth $40M-$400M save $1M+ in tax.

"Defer taxes"

Here are 3 strategies to PERMANENTLY reduce your tax bill:

1. Even out your income.

The more tax brackets you can consistently fill out each year, the better. 

For example, a married couple making $2.25m over three years will save the most money if their income is $750k each year vs. $250k in one year and $1m in the others.

Using the 2025 brackets, evening out your income would save at least $34k in tax.

2. Optimize your QBI deduction.

The QBI (or Section 199A) deduction is based off of 20% of your business income. It's based on a few factors, including total wages paid by the business, total income, and the unadjusted basis of your assets (UBIA). 

If these ratios are off, your deduction is limited. For an operating company, the optimal ratio is 28.6% of wages to income.

For example, let's say you're a solo owner making $1 million in an S-corp before wages. You pay yourself a reasonable salary of $286k instead of $100k, you save yourself $20k in taxes.

3. PTET deduction 

If you're a business owner making $600k or more, this probably makes sense for you.

The Pass-Through Entity Tax allows a passthrough to pay taxes on behalf of it's owner and get a federal tax deduction. 

Example: $1 million in business income. 9.3% PTET paid to California results in a $93k deduction and a $34k federal tax savings.

TLDR. 

If you're a business owner making $1 million or more per year, you can easily save 60k+ of taxes per year using just these strategies alone!

These are just the beginning.
What are some tax strategies you love?

Put them in the comments 👇

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