Master Your Taxes: Expert Mike Jezowshack’s Strategic Planning

person-iconby Ed Parcaut calender-icon11 Jun, 2026

Episode Summary

In this episode of Inner Edison, Ed Parcaut sits down with Mike Jesowshek for a practical and eye-opening conversation about tax planning for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Mike shares how he moved from online marketing and accounting into full-time tax strategy after seeing too many business owners treated taxes like a filing problem instead of a planning opportunity. The conversation covers S corporations, business deductions, software, home office strategy, hiring your kids in the business, and one of Mike’s most important concepts: moving after-tax spending into pre-tax spending. This is a strong episode for any entrepreneur who wants to stop being reactive and start being strategic.

Episode Highlights

  • Mike explains how client frustration led him from accounting into full-time tax planning
  • He shares lessons from selling most of his accounting firm to focus on strategy
  • The episode breaks down the difference between tax prep and true tax planning
  • Ed and Mike discuss why many business owners misunderstand what their CPA is actually doing
  • Mike explains when S corporation status makes sense and when it does not
  • The conversation explores how the tax code is built around incentives, not punishment
  • Mike introduces the mindset of turning after-tax spending into pre-tax spending
  • Real examples include the home office deduction and hiring your kids in the business

Noteworthy Quotes

  • “Tax planning is done between January and December. Tax filing is done after the year’s over.”
  • “Quarterly estimated tax payments are planning for what you owe, but not truly planning how to lower it.”
  • “The tax code was written to incentivize people to do certain things.”
  • “The government’s not going to come knocking and tell you what deductions you missed.”
  • “How do we take spending you’re already doing and turn it from after-tax spending into pre-tax spending?”

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If you know a business owner who feels frustrated every tax season, send them this episode. Inner Edison is about smarter growth, better strategy, and the lessons that help entrepreneurs build stronger businesses, and this conversation with Mike Jesowshek delivers exactly that.