BIOGRAPHY:
Tom Copeland, JD, is a renowned tax and child care business specialist. A licensed attorney, Tom graduated from Macalester College (BA) in 1972 and from William Mitchell College of Law (JD) in 1980. He trains thousands of family child care providers, trainers, and tax preparers each year on important business issues, including record keeping, taxes, marketing, contracts, and legal issues. Tom is also the author of many books and resources for family child care providers. Currently, he is a consultant for the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC).
In 2003, he won the Friends of NAFCC Award from the National Association for Family Child Care. In 1998, he won the Child Care Advocate of the Year award from the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association. He has represented numerous providers in IRS audits and has won three US Tax Court cases. In 2003, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2003-22 that allows family child care providers to use a standard meal allowance rate to claim food expenses. Tom was the author of the proposal that led to this rule.
Stay updated on Family Child Care business issues with Tom Copeland's blog at www.tomcopelandblog.com, email Tom Copeland at tomcopeland@live.com
ASK TOM COPELAND YOUR CHILD CARE BUSINESS QUESTIONS!
For the past several years Tom Copeland has answered business questions from family child care providers across the country as part of his consulting partnership with the NAFCC.
Tom has helped providers with questions in the areas of record keeping, taxes, marketing, contracts, legal, insurance, money management, and retirement planning. He has written nine books on the business of family child care and has represented numerous providers in IRS audits. He’s the leading national expert on the business of family child care.
Now you can ask Tom your questions for FREE. Simply click on the link below, and you can read his articles or email him.
E-mail Tom Copeland at tomcopeland@live.com
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