Business owner planning

Financial planning for business owners and entrepreneurs.

We help owners turn business success into personal wealth: paying yourself and saving efficiently, coordinating taxes with your CPA, building assets outside the company and preparing for the day you sell or step back.

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Your business is part of your plan, not all of it.

For many owners, the business is both the biggest asset and the biggest risk on the balance sheet. Profits get reinvested, personal savings come last, and the plan for life after the business stays vague.

We look at the business and the household together: how you take money out, how much you keep inside, what you’re saving outside, what you’ll owe in taxes and what the business needs to be worth for your goals to work.

A personal financial plan that accounts for how your business pays you
Retirement savings structured for owners, not just employees
Tax planning coordinated with your CPA throughout the year
A plan to build wealth that doesn’t depend on one company

01 — Retirement plans

Saving as an owner

Owners often have more ways to save for retirement than employees, and more decisions to make.

Choosing a plan: Solo 401(k), SEP IRA and other plan types differ in how much you can save, cost and administration. The right fit depends on your income and whether you have employees.
Coordinating with payroll: How you pay yourself can affect how much you’re able to contribute. We look at both together with your CPA.
Investing the plan: We manage plan and personal accounts as one portfolio so your overall allocation stays on target.
Planning for employees: As you hire, we help you think through how plan choices affect both you and your team.

02 — Tax planning

Taxes, planned ahead

Business income can swing a lot from year to year. Planning before year-end gives you more options.

Year-round projections: We estimate your household tax picture as the year unfolds, not just at filing time.
Working with your CPA: Questions like entity structure, owner compensation and state elections such as New Jersey’s Business Alternative Income Tax (BAIT) are coordinated with your tax professional.
Timing income and deductions: Strong years and slow years call for different moves, from retirement contributions to charitable giving.
Investment tax efficiency: Asset location and tax-aware investing help keep more of what your business earns.

03 — Beyond the business

Building wealth outside the company

Diversifying away from the business gives your family options if the company has a hard stretch.

Cash flow & reserves: Separating business and personal reserves, smoothing irregular income and setting a sustainable owner’s pay.
A diversified portfolio: Steadily investing distributions into a portfolio that doesn’t rise and fall with your industry.
Insurance review: Reviewing disability, life and key-person coverage needs. We don’t sell insurance.
Family priorities: Home, education and the goals the business is meant to fund in the first place.

04 — Exit & succession

Planning a sale, succession or next chapter

The most valuable planning usually happens years before a transaction.

Knowing your number: What the business needs to be worth, after taxes, to support the life you want afterward.
Preparing for a sale: Understanding how deal terms and timing can affect what you actually keep, coordinated with your CPA, attorney and any M&A advisor.
Succession & continuity: What happens to the business, and your family, if something happens to you. We coordinate with your estate attorney.
After the sale: Turning sale proceeds into a diversified portfolio and a plan for income and the next chapter.

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Reliant Wealth Advisory, LLC does not prepare tax returns or provide legal advice. We help business owners evaluate the financial and tax implications of their decisions and coordinate with their CPA, attorney and other advisors. Retirement plan rules and contribution limits change and depend on individual circumstances.