Compensation Planning – Paying Yourself the Smart Way

Carie Pace, Managing Partner at Alpina Tax & Accounting Services. You have a payroll department, a benefits administrator, and an HR system. And you are almost certainly the worst-compensated person in your own company — from a tax efficiency standpoint. Not...

Where Tax Strategy and Business Reality Meet

By Carie Pace, Managing Partner at Alpina Tax & Accounting Services. After two decades in Accounting, I’ve learned something important:  Tax Strategists think structurally first. Business owners think outcome first. Neither approach is wrong. In fact, both...

 Exit Strategy or Tax Trap? The Difference Is Planning

You’ve built something real. Years of risk. Late nights. Payroll pressure. Strategic reinvestment. Now you’re thinking about selling—and finally stepping into the next chapter, possibly retirement. But here’s what many owners don’t realize: The biggest tax event of...