Practice bookkeeping and overhead benchmarks, buying or starting a practice, associates and hygienists, equipment, entity structure, and retirement plans for dental, medical, veterinary, chiropractic, and massage practices.
46 guides, each written by a CPA licensed in the US and Canada.
How veterinary practices pay associates through salary, production pay, or ProSal, and the payroll tax and worker classification rules each model triggers.
US TaxHow dental practices get valued, why personal goodwill matters for S-corp owners.
US TaxExplains asset versus stock purchase structure, Form 8594 allocation, and IRC 197 goodwill amortization rules for buying or selling a veterinary practice.
US TaxChiropractors can deduct adjustment tables, X-ray equipment, decompression tables, EHR software, malpractice insurance, and CE courses.
US TaxChiropractic practice tax planning: 1. SSTB: health care. QBI deduction available below $191,950 (single) / $383,900 (MFJ).
US TaxChiropractors with $200,000+ income face the 110% prior-year safe harbor and the Additional Medicare Tax. Chiropractic estimated tax considerations: 1.
US TaxHow daily guarantees, production percentages, and hybrid pay compare, why nearly every associate is a W-2 employee. Dental practices pay associates.
US TaxHow associate dentist pay works, from daily rates to production percentages, and how the buy-in that often follows is valued, structured, and taxed.
US TaxA CBCT unit, a CAD/CAM system, and a full operatory buildout can all be deducted in year one.
US TaxDental practices often pay temp hygienists on a 1099, but the IRS and state agencies scrutinize these arrangements. Covers IRS classification tests, Form.
US TaxDental practices run on unique metrics: overhead percentage, production per hour, collection rate, and hygiene ratio. Covers essential practices, software.
US TaxGroup health, QSEHRA, ICHRA, group life, and fringe benefits for a dental practice: what's deductible, what's excludable to employees.
US TaxThe entity structure a dentist picks affects self-employment tax, liability, associate buy-ins, and sale value. Compare LLC, S-Corp, and sole.
US TaxA dental practice carries more insurance lines than almost any other small business its size: malpractice, general liability, workers' compensation.
US TaxA dentist over 45 with steady profit can shelter $200,000 or more a year by stacking a cash balance plan on a 401(k).
US TaxA dentist starting a practice faces a fork in the road that changes everything about the first-year tax return.
US TaxHow a new dental practice deducts pre-opening costs under IRC 195, classifies build-out spending, decides between buying and leasing equipment.
US TaxEvery deductible expense category for a dental practice, from supplies and lab fees to staff costs, rent, and startup costs.
US TaxNearly every dental practice cost is deductible; equipment comes off in year one through Section 179 (up to $2,500,000 for 2026) or 100% bonus.
US TaxA dental practice sells as assets, and the split on Form 8594 decides the tax: goodwill is capital gain to the seller. Covers key rules, filing.
US TaxThe dental service organization, or DSO, is one of the most consequential structural shifts in the dental industry. Covers key rules, filing requirements,.
US TaxBefore affiliating with a DSO: corporate practice of dentistry rules by state, anti-kickback and fee-splitting exposure, IRC 269A.
US TaxThe self-employed health insurance deduction, HSA eligibility for S-corp shareholders, cafeteria plans, and the ACA employer mandate for practices.
US TaxLocum tenens physicians are independent contractors who owe their own self-employment tax, quarterly payments, and face high-stakes tax home and travel.
US TaxMassage therapy is a specified service trade or business (SSTB) under IRC 199A because it falls under health care. Massage therapy tax planning.
US TaxMassage therapists can deduct massage tables, linens, oils, lotions, continuing education, liability insurance, and home studio expenses.
US TaxMassage therapists must include cash tips in estimated tax calculations. The 30% set-aside rule covers SE tax and income tax.
US TaxMedical practice revenue is never just what gets billed. Here is how to build a chart of accounts that separates charges, contractual adjustments.
US TaxMost physicians must practice through a professional entity, a PC or PLLC, and layer an S-corp election on top for self-employment tax savings.
US TaxTax deductions available to mobile veterinarians and telehealth vet practices, including vehicle expenses, equipment write-offs, home office deductions.
US TaxWhy dentists should hold the practice building in a separate LLC, how the IRC 469 self-rental rule affects the rent.
US TaxExplains why veterinary practice owners should hold their clinic building in a separate LLC, covering rent deductions, self-rental rules.
US TaxHow a physician gets paid, W-2 salary, RVU production, a guaranteed partnership payment, or K-1 share, changes how that income is taxed.
US TaxWhich retirement plan fits a dental practice at each stage, from a solo 401(k) to a Safe Harbor plan with staff to a defined benefit plan layered on top.
US TaxA high-income physician can shelter far more than the standard 401(k) limit using a cash balance or defined benefit plan layered on top of it.
US TaxBefore a dentist picks an entity, the state dental board picks the entity form. A dentist's entity choice runs through two filters, not one.
US TaxHow the sale price of a medical practice gets allocated between goodwill, a non-compete, receivables, and equipment, and what each costs in tax.
US TaxOwning your medical office through a separate entity raises self-rental rules, cost segregation opportunities, and QBI questions that leasing doesn't.
US TaxTax planning for specialty referral and emergency veterinary hospitals, covering high-cost equipment depreciation, multi-doctor partnership structures.
US TaxOpening a new practice and buying an existing one are taxed completely differently, from startup cost limits to purchase price allocation rules.
US TaxPhysicians can deduct medical equipment through Section 179 or bonus depreciation, plus CME, licensing, malpractice insurance.
US TaxStudent loan repayment strategies for veterinarians, including PSLF eligibility, IDR plan tax consequences, the IRC 127 employer repayment exclusion.
US TaxHow veterinary practices should account for drug and supply inventory, manage cost of goods sold, and handle expired medications for tax purposes.
US TaxHow veterinary practices can deduct X-ray machines, ultrasound units, surgical tables, and clinic building improvements using Section 179.
US TaxHow to choose the right entity type for a veterinary practice, including S-Corp reasonable salary rules, QBI limitations for veterinary SSTBs.
US TaxComparing retirement plan options for veterinary practice owners, including Solo 401(k), SEP-IRA, SIMPLE IRA, cash balance plans.