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Zachary Roper: “I can make $150,000 in a business, and by the time I've…”

Featuring: Zachary Roper, Democratic | Candidate for Governor of Wisconsin

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Episode 62: Income Diversification for Long-Term Financial Success with Zachary Roper

Published | Video Starts at 22:50

I mean, I know there are tax brackets, but that, that, that's how it, how it works. And so what I've told my friends, and this is the, the really mind blowing thing, I can make $150,000 in a business, and by the time I've utilized all the tax strategies that I can use to save money from running it through a business, I can actually probably net take home more money from 150,000 of business earnings than 240,000 wages. And so for me, I actually have a, not really a partnership, but I have a relationship with the guy who I paid a lot of money to teach me all this tax stuff. (22:50–23:12)

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Asserts that $150,000 in business earnings can yield more net income than $240,000 in wages due to tax strategies.

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