378 : Craig Cody It takes a plan to reduce your ecommerce taxes Take it from a CPA

Published: March 4, 2019, 3 a.m.

b'How much did you pay in taxes in 2018? Was it less than 2017? If so was it due to you planning or making less money? What if you could make more profit (after tax) with lower revenue? Could you? According to Craig you can . With a plan. Check out his free checklist (e-book) and see what you could do. Great advice for this tax (political) time of year.

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Here is transcript- It is automated so it is not perfect but it does seem to get better over time.

Craig:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 00:00\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Now there\'s a lot of stuff that\'s automated, so they say, you know, tax returns are being processed and all that other good stuff. Um, but God forbid that you had an issue going on and everything stopped.

Cool voice guy:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 00:11\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Welcome to the ecommerce momentum podcast where we focus on the people, the products, and the process of ecommerce. Selling today is your host Stephen Peterson.

Stephen:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 00:25\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 If you\'re ready to set up a strong, reliable accounting system when it\'s a real strong foundation for your business. Well we think we have the answer for you. If this is from accounting, we will go, you\'re here listening to us on this podcast. We set up a course and it\'s called Amazon accounting simplified. Yup. Simple. And we only say Amazon yet it\'s really all across ecommerce. We\'re talking about integrating quickbooks into your existing or new ecommerce business. And New is great because you could set it up right that way, but if you have an existing business, how do you integrate, how do you get, um, quickbooks online specifically?'