PART 10 — Your Final Pre-2026 Year-End Checklist: The Physician’s Last Chance to Lock In Tax Savings
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits This is it.The final part of the series.The one that pulls everything together. If you’re like most physicians, December shows up fast.You’re juggling call shifts, family events, holiday travel, and the final push of…
Read MorePART 9 — The Coming 2026 Tax Cliff: What Physicians Must Do Now Before Rates Spike
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits There’s a quiet deadline approaching.A big one.And most physicians aren’t hearing enough about it. January 1, 2026. That’s when the current tax rules expire.Rates rise.Deductions shrink.Phaseouts tighten.Brackets shift upward.And the “discounted” tax environment you’ve…
Read MorePART 8 — Energy Credits, Home Improvements, and Clean Vehicle Incentives Doctors Should Use Before 2026
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits Most physicians don’t think about tax credits when they replace a water heater, buy a car, or update their home.You’re busy.You’re working long shifts.You’re juggling charts, kids, call, and everything else life drops on…
Read MorePART 7 — Depreciation, Bonus Write-Offs, and Big Equipment Purchases: What Doctors Should Do Before 2026
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits Every physician hits a point in Q4 where the same question pops up: “Should I buy this equipment now… or wait until next year?” And you can feel the hesitation.Not because the equipment isn’t…
Read MorePART 6 — Business Deductions Doctors Must Use Before Year-End
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits By the time Q4 rolls around, every physician with 1099 income starts asking the same question:“Did I actually track everything I can deduct this year… or did half of it slip through the cracks?”…
Read MorePART 5 — Tax-Loss Harvesting for Physicians: The Smart Year-End Move You Still Have Time to Make
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits There’s a moment every physician has when looking at their investment account in Q4.Sometimes it’s excitement.Sometimes it’s dread.Sometimes it’s just confusion about why everything seems to be “up and down” at the same time.…
Read MorePART 4 — How Doctors Should Time Income and Expenses in Q4
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits There’s a moment in Q4 where everything speeds up.Your work schedule picks up.Your reimbursements shift.Your 1099 checks hit at random times.And your accountant suddenly wants numbers you don’t have yet. This is normal.Doctors run…
Read MorePART 3 — Roth Conversions Before 2026: Why Doctors Should Act Now
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions & Credits There’s a moment every doctor has when they first hear about Roth conversions.It’s usually the same reaction: “Wait… so I move money from pre-tax to Roth… pay tax once… and it grows tax-free forever?…
Read MorePART 2 — The Top Retirement Moves Doctors Should Make Before December 31
From the series: Are You Ready for 2026? The Top 20 Year-End Tax Tips to Maximize Your 2025 Deductions If you’re a physician, year-end retirement planning isn’t optional.It’s mandatory.You feel it every fall — the rush, the deadlines, the stress of looking at your contributions and wondering if you “did enough.” This part of the…
Read MorePART 1: How Year-End Tax Planning Works for Physicians in 2025
Are You Ready for 2026?This 10-part series walks physicians through the most important year-end tax strategies before the 2026 tax changes hit.Short, clear, and practical — each guide breaks down the real moves doctors can take now to reduce taxes, protect income, and get ahead of rising brackets.If you want a simple roadmap for 2025…
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