About this episode

In this episode, Chris Naugle and Mark Myers discuss transforming tax liabilities into strategic capital through innovative tax planning strategies.

Most people treat taxes as a cost. Something to minimize, settle, and handle once the year is done. But what if that framing is the problem? What if you start treating your tax burden like a profit center, instead? By making that shift, taxes stop being about what you owe and start becoming a question of where that capital should actually go. In this episode of Money School Elite, I sit down with Mark Myers to unpack how that shift plays out in practice, and what it looks like to operate at the strategic layer of tax planning rather than just the compliance layer most people are familiar with. Mark works with high-income earners and business owners who are already doing everything right on paper, but haven't been exposed to the kinds of strategies that sit above traditional planning. In this conversation, we get into how solar can be used to replace a tax payment with an income-producing asset, how multiple layers of tax treatment can be stacked within a single strategy, and how the sale of a business can be structured to defer and control the tax event. About the Guest Mark is a Tax Savings Architect and the founder of TaxWise Partners. He brings over 20 years of successful…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Naugle

Guest: Mark Myers

Topics covered

• tax planning
• strategic capital
• business operations
• income-producing assets
• tax savings strategies

Keywords

• tax liability
• strategic capital
• tax planning
• income-producing assets
• business sale
• tax savings
• high-income earners

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TaxWise Partners

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