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Main Street Business

#479 Tax Strategies, Asset Protection, and Estate Planning for Farmers

Main Street Business

Mark J Kohler and Mat Sorensen

Tax Reform, Irs Updates, Financial Reporting, Management, Business Structure, Accounting, Legal Compliance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Tax Strategies, Tax Tips, Estate Planning, Tax Prep

4.8584 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Main Street Business Podcast, hosts Mark J Kohler and Mat Sorensen delve deep into the challenges and opportunities of running a farming operation. They provide their expert insights on eight distinct, yet interconnected, farming strategies that can help both budding and seasoned farmers. Here's what you can look forward to: A detailed examination of the S Corporation strategy, highlighting how it can enhance tax efficiency and profitability in farming operations.An ...

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The problem many farmers have is they buy more stuff they don't need to save taxes,

0:05.0

or they put all their money back in their business rather than peel it out.

0:09.0

And many of you believe, right?

0:11.0

Your best investment is back into yourself, back into your farm.

0:16.0

I know it!

0:17.0

But it's elusive.

0:18.0

It's deceiving.

0:20.0

It's a trick.

0:22.4

We need to stop the insanity.

0:29.3

The problem is when you go buy something, it's not a dollar for dollar deduction against the tax.

0:31.6

It's a deduction against the gross income.

0:36.7

I've got eight tips for you today.

0:41.7

We're going to talk about the S-Corporation Strategy, the asset protection balance of left, side, right side, and the trifecta.

0:43.5

Number three, for those of you that might be stuck in a C corporation or a mess owning

0:47.9

real estate in a corporation.

0:49.6

Four, we're going to be talking about the transition to the next generation.

0:53.8

Five, overbuying equipment

0:55.6

we don't need. Yes, you know who you are out there. Six, being land rich, cash poor. How did we

1:02.7

get there? How do we get out? Number seven, the estate plan, which is related to the farm

1:07.6

transition. And then number eight, maintaining your entities, having a board of

1:12.6

directors or board of advisors with your family, because business is family, farming is family.

1:17.4

And yes, I'm a Yellowstone fund. And I was going to wear my Yellowstone sweatshirt because I set

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