Family Child Care Business Planning Guide

Tom Copeland is the nation’s leading expert on the business of family child care. A renowned tax and child care business specialist and licensed attorney, Tom received his BA from Macalester College, and JD from William Mitchell College of Law. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books including Family Child Care Contracts & Policies, Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide, Managing Legal Risks in Early Childhood Programs, Family Child Care Marketing Guide, Family Child Care Money Management and Retirement Guide, Family Child Care Business Planning Guide, Family Child Care Legal & Insurance Guide, annual editions of Family Child Care Tax Workbook and Organizer, and Family Child Care Tax Companion, and Family Child Care Inventory Keeper.

Bill Porter became a tax professional in 2008 when he started his company Pride Tax Preparation in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. After passing the "Special Enrollment Examination" with the IRS to become an Enrolled Agent, he soon realized that most tax returns of child care providers were either incorrect or missing important deductions, so he decided to specialize his business towards helping child care providers. When preparing tax returns, he focuses on ensuring everything is correct and using all allowable deductions so his clients can have the best outcome.