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Podcast: Navigating an Abundant Retirement with Carol Dewey
Episode: Stop Treating Your Business Like a Piggy Bank: How Short-Term Tax Tricks Can Sabotage Your Long-Term Legacy
Description: Many business owners fall into the trap of treating their company like a personal piggy bank. Running lifestyle expenses through the business might feel like a smart tax move today — but when it’s time to sell, those shortcuts can slash millions off your valuation.In this episode, Carol Dewey pulls back the curtain on how “tax tricks” and commingled expenses quietly erode enterprise value, destroy EBITDA multiples, and compromise your long-term legacy. Through real-world case studies — from a dry cleaner to a physician group to a franchisee — you’ll see the hidden cost of short-term thinking and how to rep...