Episode 183: FLASHBACK — Essential Tax and Business Structure Tips for Therapists [featuring Daniel Rowe]

In this flashback episode, I talk with Daniel Rowe, a CPA and tax attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina, as he shares invaluable insights into financial planning, bookkeeping, and business formation for mental health professionals and other service providers.

Key takeaways:

1. Understanding Business Formation: Daniel emphasizes the importance of having tailored advice for forming your business entity, whether it's a PLLC or an S Corp, and why understanding these structures is crucial to your financial health.
2. Bookkeeping Simplified: Daniel discusses the importance of professional bookkeeping and the benefits of integrating tools like QuickBooks and Xero to streamline your financial processes.
3. Proactive Financial Planning: Don’t wait until tax season to address your finances. With the right CPA who understands your industry, you can set yourself up for success year-round.

If you're a business owner in the mental health or medical field looking for neurodivergent-affirming financial advice, this episode is a must-listen!

More about Daniel:

Daniel is a CPA and tax attorney who works with people and businesses in the creative and professional services fields. His firm advises large and small businesses that operate in the space of making people feel good, moved - something. This includes a focus on therapists, doctors, coaches, and others who sell their time and their expertise to help improve their clients' lives.

Daniel has over 20 years of tax advisory and compliance experience at firms of varying sizes. Prior to forming D.Rowe Tax, he was a tax partner in a Los Angeles-based public accounting firm and legal of-counsel to a Chicago-based law firm. He has authored numerous tax articles and presented tax seminars to thousands of CPAs and tax professionals around the country. Daniel has also taught masters-level tax courses at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His passion for teaching and learning is what sets him apart and allows him to communicate with clients in a way that makes tax law both understandable and manageable.

D.Rowe Tax's mission is to make the complicated tax code and legalese more approachable and less stressful, allowing clients to focus on their business of doing meaningful work.

• Website (updated): droweco.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drowetax

–––––––––––––––––––––

***This episode is the 9th of 10 episodes that All Things Private Practice is re-releasing for 2025. Please enjoy, and we'll be back with new content, resources, and guests in a couple of months.

–––––––––––––––––––––

🎙️Listen to more episodes of the All Things Private Practice Podcast

🎙️Spotify

🎙️Apple

🎙️YouTube Music

▶️ .css-j9qmi7{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:2.8rem;width:100%;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:start;justify-content:start;padding-left:5rem;}@media only screen and (max-width: 599px){.css-j9qmi7{padding-left:0;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;}}.css-j9qmi7 svg{fill:#27292D;}.css-j9qmi7 .eagfbvw0{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:#27292D;}