I’m pissed off! You should be too. Here’s why.

It’s started. The huge money grab. Do you know what I’m talking about? Tax policy has quietly shifted without any uprising from business owners like you and me. The most productive people in our society (job creators, profit-producing entrepreneurs, and small business owners) have been singled out to carry the burden of funding runaway government spending. Washington expects you and I to support the least productive part of our population by increasing our tax rates and cancelling important tax deductions for growing companies. Your taxes (and mine) are going up BIG TIME. That is…unless we band together and educate ourselves right now.

Here’s a few examples:
• Top Tier Tax rates increased from 35% to 39.6%
• Obamacare creates 11 brand new taxes while increasing insurance costs for many of us
• 55 tax breaks expired in 2013 including: Section 179 bonus depreciation deduction reduced from $500,000 to $25,000; Work Opportunity Tax Credits for hiring certain employees - expired - gone away; and many more

Running a business requires you and I to do things that MOST people never have to do. We collect taxes for the government every time we make payroll. We contribute 50% +/- of all the social security retirement funds mandated by the government. We pay 100% of state unemployment taxes and 100% of federal unemployment taxes. We contribute more local tax dollars than the average person walking the streets because we purchase thousands of dollars of supplies and equipment each year. Many of us purchase and operate commercial property which further stimulates the local economy with property tax payments. As we buy and sell goods we generate sales tax revenue well beyond the average citizen. You think our political leaders would recognize our financial contributions and treat us special!

I have good news. The government does treat us special! As a business owner and employer we collectively own the greatest TAX REDUCTION strategy known to man. Owning your business IS your ticket to tax reduction! There’s no better way to lower taxes than being a business owner.

However, the tax code is so complex there’s no way you or I can run our business, serve our customers, hire the employees, take care of our families AND become tax reduction experts. So what can we do RIGHT NOW to make sure we pay the lowest amount of taxes possible? There’s one thing. We must educate ourselves! Unfortunately, no one’s talking about this. Well, except ME!

My name is Tony Bass. I am the co-author of The E-Myth Landscape Contractor: Why Most Landscape Companies Don’t Work and What To Do About It. It’s been featured as a Front Page Cover Story this year in Landscape Management Magazine as one of the five must read books for landscape business owners. Green Industry Pro Magazine, Turf Magazine and Hardscape Magazine have all written glowing reviews of my book as well. It’s available on Amazon (notice the 5 star rating) and it can be purchased with a special bonus at www.landscaperbook.com . I have written six other books and audio training programs including The Money Making Secrets of a Multi-Million Dollar Landscape Contractor.

Since 1998 I’ve had the distinct honor to provide almost 300 seminars to professional landscape contractors. My recent client list includes: Rainbird Irrigation, PLANET, Christmas Décor, Nicolock Pavers, CLIP, Landscape Ontario, Michigan Green Industry Association and the Southern Nursery Association. There’s many more industry names I can share. But, I won’t right now. You can easily Google my name and see what you find out. Here’s what you’ll learn.

I started a landscape company from scratch (with no money), built it to a multi-million dollar sales volume with three locations and then sold the business for a seven figure profit allowing me to retire at 41 years old. My former company provided lawn maintenance and landscaping services to commercial, government and residential clients in middle Georgia.

I was awarded two US Patents for equipment designed to improve landscaping productivity. I founded Super Lawn Trucks in 1998, a manufacturing company, which today builds highly customized trucks for landscape companies and government agencies in forty four US states and Canada. I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Georgia. Today I provide business education and consulting services to thousands of lawn and landscape contractors across North America. Many of my clients are enrolled in a membership program I call the Super Lawn Toolkit Marketing and Management Success System.

That’s enough about me. I’d skip the entire bio and background and get straight to the point if I could. But it’s critical you understand that for the last twenty seven years I’ve been included on the list of one of the most financially productive people in our society as a job creator, profit-producing entrepreneur and small business owner. You and I are a minority. Most people have jobs. We CREATE jobs. And now our government is about to bend us over and …. You know what’s next. Your tax bill could easily increase 30% to 50% by the end of this year. That’s why I’m pissed off. I already pay my fair share as a high income producer. How about you? Have you prepared for the huge money grab of 2015?

I believe I have the greatest job, career and responsibility known to man. I get the privilege to teach business owners like you how to increase profits, build a business that works for you (not just BECAUSE of you) and prepare for the FUTURE. But please…recognize this - I am NEVER alone. I have a small army of advisors, coaches, experts and senior counselors that help me each and every month. Frankly…if I didn’t invest in education continually with my POWER TEAM, I wouldn’t be as well prepared to help you.

So here’s what I have done. I have put together a one-day training event for my students. The event is titled the Tax Reduction and Business Automation Summit. It will be held on February 26, 2015 in Atlanta, GA. I have picked this date and location to precede the Green Industry Expo event. If you’ve never attended a GIE event, you’re missing the chance to see the FUTURE of our industry. I want you to attend this event so you can avoid the huge money grab & learn how to stay ahead of the competition.

I’ll be bringing in members of my personal Power Team to assist teaching these classes. It’s likely you won’t know their names. But I assure you, they’re experts in their field. I’ll introduce you to my tax advisors and techno Power Team members very soon. I’ll also introduce you to some of our most profitable Super Lawn Toolkit members in a very special way. Let me explain.
The program is organized into two segments:

1. Tax Reduction Training
2. Business Automation

I want you think about this very carefully. Do you feel like your tax advisor is telling you EVERYTHING you need to know to lower your tax bill? Have you sat down with your tax advisor for three or four hours to build a step-by-step PLAN to lower your tax bill? When was the last time your tax advisor called you up and said, “I have twelve ways to reduce your taxes. Please come to office for a meeting right away.” Based on the conversations I’ve had with my most profitable students, I’d say the chances are next to ZERO this has happened. In fact, I’d be willing to bet your last tax planning session is not much more than a 30 minute phone call. That’s simply not adequate. It’s likely you’re overpaying taxes!

Everything AND anything you can do to lower your taxes is CASH IN YOUR POCKET. Think of it like this. For every dollar you legally deduct in expenses, you saved yourself about thirty cents in federal taxes. For every $1000 in legal deductions, you save yourself $300 in taxes. Depending on where you live, you can add another 5% to 10% for your state’s tax bill!

Tax reduction training will pay you for the rest of your life! You’re going to use this information year after year after year. But it’s not just you we are helping here. Think about how taking advantage of a 100% legal tax deduction of $5000 will lower your tax bill $1500. Just one overlooked tax reduction strategy could fund your kid’s college tuition over the next few years! You must attend this meeting! You work far too hard to needlessly give your money to a wasteful government.

If you think you might exit your business one day, you’ll want to learn how to minimize taxes and maximize sales price. Here’s what you need to know. ANYTHING you can do increase profits and lower expenses provides you a 300% to 400% return on your money. Yes, selling your business COULD (and should) make you a super wealthy person one day. Who’s on your Power Team to coach you through such an important financial (and emotional) transaction? I will teach you what I know!

My goal is to provide you with the most up-to-date strategies to use THIS YEAR to LOWER your taxes. Here’s a short list of what you should expect to learn during the Tax Reduction Portion of this invitation only training event.

• How to maximize your business tax write offs (without creating audit red flags)
• What legal entity is best for you and your business
• How many businesses do you need to maximize write offs and reduce taxes
• How to profit from your vehicles (tax free)
• How to pay for your kids college (tax free)
• How to set up the best retirement plan (and reduce taxes along the way)
• How to lower your costs of health insurance using (legal) tax reduction strategies
• How to write off 100% of meals
• The best way to own and profit from your commercial property
• How to use “gifts” and “leases” to lower taxes
• How to manage the relationship with your accountant, enrolled agent or tax attorney
• Who you MUST add to your Power Team
• And much more

Part two of your training is where we apply E-Myth Strategies utilizing today’s technology. I want to help you grow and manage your business using automation. You may have heard me talk about how I use these very systems to be amazingly productive. The results of being MORE productive than the average business is a high personal income! It’s true. And you could learn these techniques too.

I’m going to introduce you to my techno-power team in a way that allows you to fast-track business automation. In other words… I’ve put together a system to teach you how to automate your sales process in the next few months (during your slow season). What took me 4 years to learn, test, test again, implement, test, test again, try again…fail, learn some more, fail and finally succeed…. you can implement in a fraction of the time for a fraction of what I invested!

Here’s what you need to know. Business Automation IS the next BIG WAY that we LOWER our costs of doing business and TRULY build a business that can work FOR US. WE must do everything we can to use technology to lower costs, speed customer service, collect money and manage relationships…OR…face the fact that we will lose business to those companies who do it first. So here’s what you will learn during this part of the program.

• How business automation is changing the way you can manage your company & client relationships
• How to cash-in on the way people shop today
• Free online tools to promote your company services
• How to automate follow-up of unconverted leads
• How to turn your website into a 24 hour sales person (collect money while you’re not working)
• How to protect your business reputation using online reviews & automation
• How to turn your website into a cash register and money collection portal
• Who should be on your techno-power team
• Four online marketing systems that deliver sales growth month after month
• Prospect list building simplified using technology instead of employees
• How to integrate online and offline marketing activities to boost profits
• And much more

Even if you’re not a techno savvy business owner today, by the end of this program you will understand how to put together an automated marketing and client management system. And when you do…you’ll gain back valuable time to spend with your family. Your company will become more predictable and increasingly more profitable.

The process you will learn has not been covered in ANY of my published books, audio or video training materials. Currently, only a handful of my students have attempted to automate their business. And for these pioneers, they are growing profits and adding revenue at faster rates than most. I’ll show you exactly how a handful of my students are kicking butt using these techniques.

You will leave the day-long workshop with a brand new set of expectations for your business, your personal income and what you must be focused on. You’ll leave with a ton of information that will lower your tax bill. You’ll leave with a complete understanding of how to use automation (the future of business) to increase profits, grow sales and work fewer hours. And there is a few more surprises including:

• A well-organized guidebook to take home
• A healthy lunch and lunch-time networking meeting
• Special discounts for future purchase of products or services
• And much more I simply can’t reveal until you are in the room with me

So…you are invited. But there is a limit to how many people can attend. The room we have reserved will seat a maximum of 50 people. The registration is open on a first-come-first served basis. I am sending this invitation to members of the Super Lawn Toolkit membership list first. You get first chance to claim your seat. We may fill the program from our member list. However, I need you to know two things. First, I’m giving you a HUGE discount towards tuition for this educational program. Second, I will be sending this invitation to non-members a week from now. Once I have 50 business owners registered, I’ll be forced to close registration.

Your registration fee will cover yourself, and a spouse (or business partner) can attend for a small additional fee. This program is designed for OWNERS of companies only. I really don’t recommend bringing employees to this event. The high-level tax reduction strategies simply won’t apply to them…and there is no need to confuse them with discussions about how to maximize your personal income. My recommendation is to attend this program alone or with your spouse.

Register February 13, 2015 and you’ll enjoy a huge tuition discount. You’ll save $200 when you register by this deadline above. If you’re skeptical, come anyway. If by lunch break you haven’t learned enough to lower your taxes by double the cost of tuition, I’ll refund your money and you can leave. You have nothing to lose! Use the order form below or call my office to register. 478-822-9706

See you there! Helping You Profit Greatly… Tony Bass