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You Don’t Have to Be Wrong to Lose an IRS Audit
Carie Pace, Managing Partner at Alpina Tax & Accounting Services. The Internal Revenue Service has ramped up enforcement with tens of billions in new funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. And they’ve been clear about the target: Successful business owners....
5 Hidden Cash Flow Leaks Caused by Poor Tax Planning
Carie Pace, Managing Partner at Alpina Tax & Accounting Services. The Problem Most Business Owners Don’t See (And How Smart Business Owners Fix Them Before It’s Too Late) You’re watching your cash. Revenue. Expenses. Margins. Payroll. But there’s one place cash...
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...
Hidden Tax Credits and Incentives Most Business Owners Miss (2026 Tax Planning Guide)
By Carie Pace, Managing Partner at Alpina Tax & Accounting Services. Many business owners ask the same question: “Am I paying more in taxes than I should?” After years advising businesses, the answer is often yes, not because of errors, but because of missed...
Your Accountant Filed It Correctly. That’s Not the Same as Optimized.
The tax code changed. Your entity probably didn't. At your revenue level, that gap has a dollar amount — it compounds every year you don't close it. You have a real business. Real revenue. Real risk taken. Right now, a significant amount of what you've earned is...
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...
