Good problem to have. Hard problem to solve. Your business made money. You have 4 options for what to do with it.
Where the money can go
Pick one.
Three of them cost you. One of them pays you.
01 / 04
Buy more equipment.
More trucks. New machines. More expansion.
Tradeoff
Capital locked up in depreciating assets.
02 / 04
Pay bonuses.
Reward the team. Then pay employer taxes on those bonuses.
Tradeoff
Cash leaves the business — and the tax stack adds up.
03 / 04
Pay taxes.
Write a painful check to the IRS.
Tradeoff
Gone.
04 / 04
→ The smart play
Pay yourself.
What Fortune 500 companies and smart business owners do differently. Use an 831(b) micro-captive to fund a captive insurance company you own. Convert ordinary income into long-term capital gains.
The reframe: instead of paying the IRS, pay yourself.
See your specific numbers.
30 minutes with Jason. Your contribution, your tax position, your state. Nothing generic.