Tyler D Harris, CPA

Senior Tax Accountant

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.

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Tyler D. Harris, CPA, CMA

A client copied me on an email with a lender this week.

Immediately, I reached out to the client to tell him to hit the brakes. A small change could save him $25k per year in taxes.

He's refinancing his home down from a 7.72% rate to a 5.75% rate.

At face value, it's a huge win.

But here's how he can make it even better. 

Currently, only the interest related to the first $750k of home acquisition interest is tax deductible.

With a mortgage balance of about $1,750,000, only about 43% of his mortgage interest is tax-deductible.

He is planning on pulling $150k of equity for home repairs, meaning his new loan amount will be $1.9 million at 5.75%. Overall, his rate drops quite a bit, but only 39% of his interest will be tax deductible.

He happens to have a decent amount of liquidity right now, so my suggestion is this:

1. Pay the original mortgage down to $750,000.
2. Wait about a month
3. Refinance at $1,900,000
4. Use $750,000 to pay off the original balance
5. Use the remaining $1,150,000 to invest into either his company or his portfolio.

At the end of the month, he's in the same financial position except for his taxes will drop.

Now he will be able to deduct all of the home interest and the rest of the interest will be deductible against his investment income.

This results in about $25k of annual tax savings (37% Fed and 11% HI), and the tax savings reduces his effective interest rate from 6.13% down to 2.99%.

Check out the math below and let me know if you have any questions.

Tyler Harris CPA

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

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I'm looking for a CPA or EA in NYC for one of my client's best employees. 

Hoping to keep her fees less than $1k. Here's a quick rundown of her situation:

$200-$300k of wages as follows:

One W-2 through May 2025. She received 6 months severance when her company was acquired. She did contract work for a few months before starting at my client's company. 

Currently single. Engaged to be married in 2026.

I need someone who can handle a (likely) simple Schedule C as well as a couple of W-2's.

That's about it, from what I know.

Please tag someone in the comments or reach out if interested.

There is a lot of fear around stripping profits from a C-Corp.

"The IRS wants you to pay a dividend"

"You shouldn't avoid double-tax"

These are the claims, but they are based on old facts.

Before 2017, corporate tax rates were 35%. This meant if you pulled a dividend from the company at the highest brackets, your combined Federal tax rate was was about 50.47%.

If you paid yourself a big salary you would pay about 43.4%.

If you paid an S-Corp management company the rate was as low as 39.6%, but probably closer to 43%.

This meant the IRS was losing at least 7% when people avoided double tax!

Now? 

The rates are a lot closer:

Double tax: 39.8%
Wages: 40.8%
S-Corp: 37%-40.8%

There's barely a difference!

So don't believe the hype. 

C-Corps aren't terrible.

They are about as tax-efficient as any other structure.

But please, consult a professional to make sure you choose the right structure for your company.

I'm currently on the phone with the IRS resolving a $13,722 error that would have cost 5 minutes of attention.

In January 2025, Los Angeles County had some serious wildfires. A large portion of Pacific Palisades burned to the ground - entire neighborhoods.

As a result, both the IRS and the CA FTB extended disaster relief via payment postponement for all Q4 2024 estimates, 2024 balances, and Q1, Q2, and Q3 2025 estimated tax payments.

This means that the $13,722 underpayment below should have been waived, but the tax preparer (not us) failed to apply disaster relief to the taxpayer's account.

Instead, they calculated an underpayment penalty and had the client voluntarily pay it.

I've been busy resolving issues like this over the past couple of months.

We applied this disaster relief to all of our clients since our office is in Los Angeles County for their 2024 tax returns. 

Our clients will also get this relief for their 2025 tax returns. For some of them, I've seen over $100k of interest savings just by avoiding these penalties and delaying their payments.

If you weren't aware of this previously, check your tax returns and make sure you have disaster relief applied to your account if you were entitled to it.

Over the last 25 years, I’ve spent the majority of my working hours in 1-on-1 conversations with the best leaders out there.

Nothing intrigues me more than the tension they feel between deep impact and personal happiness.

For 18 years in the Christian non-profit sector and now 6 leading my own executive coaching firm, I have had the privilege of walking alongside leaders who are shaping their organizations and their communities.

And quietly getting more and more curious about their own lives. 

I partner with CEOs and business owners who are impacting others in powerful ways - and longing for lives that feel a bit more balanced, sustainable, and fun.

Alongside my team, I support Christian organizations with tailored coaching, leadership development, and consulting services, helping them deepen their missional impact by investing in their key leaders. 

If you’re leading world-changers and need some help - let’s talk. 

Shane Arthur

Chick-fil-A offering free ice cream to families who put their phones away for the entire meal.

Let that sink in. 

One of the largest restaurant chains in the country felt the need to incentivize presence.

And honestly? I get it.

Phones didn’t just sneak into our lives. 
They moved in and set up shop. 

I’ve sat at tables with people I love, all of us together, all of us somewhere else. 

When I see this, I don’t think it’s gimmicky at all. 

Connection has to be chosen. Protected. 

Sometimes even incentivized.

And friends, ice cream isn’t what we’re hungry for.

It’s deep relationships and real fellowship. 

Permission to be with each other again. 

#1 meal no pickles? Anyone?

*****

- Yes, you're welcome to repost this for your people! ♻️

Appreciate y’all! 

Shane Arthur

Helping faith-driven CEO’s lighten the load | Founder, Arthur Coaching | Advisor to $10M+ non-profit orgs

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