Profitable Painter Podcast

Send us Fan Mail If I had to grow a painting business to $500K from scratch today, here's what I'd do. Brandon Pierpont from Painter Marketing Pros and I walk through the money side and the marketing side of that first stage. Know Your Numbers & Save Big in Taxes, Daniel Honan, CPA Every episode is made for painting business owners. Follow the show so the next one downloads automatically. WANT ME TO LOOK AT YOUR NUMBERS? Join 600+ painting contractors who know exactly where their money...

Send us Fan Mail Want to raise your painting prices but worried you'll lose money if you lose a few jobs? In this episode, I break down how to raise painting prices without losing money. We test an increase that adds more dollars to the average job, see what it does to your close rate, and find how many jobs you can afford to lose before it stops paying off. Know Your Numbers & Save Big in Taxes, Daniel Honan, CPA Every episode is made for painting business owners. Follow the show so th...

Send us Fan Mail Learn the 4 stages of a Painting Business, from startup to $3M+, and the financial tests to pass before scaling, hiring, increasing marketing spend, or building a company that can run without you. Know Your Numbers & Save Big in Taxes, Daniel Honan, CPA Every episode is made for painting business owners. Follow the show so the next one downloads automatically. FREE BOOK FOR PAINTING CONTRACTORS Free, just cover shipping. Get your copy here: profitablepaintercpa.com/boo...

Send us Fan Mail When does growth pay off in a Painting Business? Daniel Honan, CPA, and Cody Hall break down the 4 stages of a painting business and what to focus on with your money at each one. In the startup stage ($0–$350K), pricing with production rates and a 50% gross profit target on residential repaints is what gets you to the next level, along with staying compliant on taxes and knowing when to consider an S corp. In the build stage ($350K–$1M), they cover hiring your first admin and...

Send us Fan Mail Here are the tax mistakes Painting Business owners keep making. Daniel Honan, CPA, and Cody Hall break down when switching to an S corp starts to make sense, the costs that come with it (filing Form 2553, running payroll for yourself, an extra tax return, and solid bookkeeping), and why staying an LLC means paying an extra 15.3% in self-employment tax on your profit. They cover how the IRS judges a reasonable S corp salary and how to set yours from the roles you actually do, ...