How to Stop Scrambling at Tax Time: An Optometrist's Guide to Quarterly Tax Payments

About this episode

This episode provides a practical framework for optometrists to plan their quarterly estimated tax payments to avoid stress at tax time.

Questions? Thoughts? Send a Text to The Optometry Money Podcast! We'll answer your question on the show. It's tax day — and whether you're celebrating a finished return or still working through an extension, tax payments are on your mind. In this episode, we walk through a practical framework for planning your quarterly estimated tax payments so you're not scrambling, stressed, or surprised come tax time. We cover the two ways ODs pay taxes through the year, IRS safe harbor targets to a...

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Host: Evon Mendrin CFP®, CSLP®

Topics covered

• tax planning
• quarterly tax payments
• optometry finance
• IRS guidelines
• tax strategies

Keywords

• tax payments
• optometrist
• quarterly taxes
• IRS safe harbor
• tax strategies

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Organizations: IRS, The Optometry Money Podcast

Places: tax day

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