Diane Gardner is an expert tax coach, Quilly award recipient, and best-selling author whose proactive planning approach gives clients a leg up on Uncle Sam and helps them dodge the tax bullet. Diane saves small business clients between $5,000 and $50,000 in as little as 60 minutes!Her tax coaching sessions have resulted in a combined savings of nearly $500,000 to-date — hard-earned profits small business owners would have given to the government by overpaying taxes.Leaving no deduction or credit unexamined, Diane ensures professionals like you pay the least amount of taxes allowed by law.As a licensed Enrolled Agent, Diane prepares returns and helps taxpayers nationwide maximize profits and tax savings. She is a Certified Profit First Professional, QuickBooks Pro advisor, an Accredited Tax Preparer and has elite certification as a Tax Coach.
Diane is the co-author of the best-selling books, Stand Apart and Why Didn’t My CPA Tell Me That? She has also authored three other books including her newest, Stop Overpaying Your Taxes! 11 Ways Entrepreneurs Overpay and How to Stop it Now! She created the nationwide Get Off the Wheel virtual masterminding and coaching program and leads the Business Breakthrough Mastermind Group in her hometown of Rathdrum, Idaho.Diane enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and grandson in her spare time. She serves on the board of the Twin Lakes Friends Camp, which offers summer camp programs for kids, and is active in her church, community organizations and several local Chambers of Commerce.
Current Businesses: Tax Coach 4 You
Definition of Success: Having time to spend with her husband and grandson. Early on it was the money now it's the time to do the things that are important to her.
Secret to Being the Best Mom and Finding the Time to Focus on Business: Give enough space to your children so they can become the people they want to be. Let them do their own thing, but let them comeback when they're ready to talk.
Best Advice:
Get a support group behind you of other business people. Surround yourself with community-Masterminds, Linkedin, neighbors. Find the money to get a coach of some sort.Time Savers: Have the younger children help. Her husband is great at helping around the house especially during tax season.
Recommended Books: The 5 Love Languages, Three Feet from Gold, The Slight Edge.
Recommended Apps: Outlook
Contact Information: Tax Coach 4 You, Get Off the Wheel
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