Physician Tax Planning Guide (2026): Save More, Avoid Surprises

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Taxes shouldn’t feel like a pop quiz. Yet for a lot of high-income physicians, that’s what it turns into. You go through the year, you work hard, you save what you can, then you get the number. Sometimes it’s fine. Sometimes it’s a punch to the gut. And even when it’s fine, you still wonder…

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Why January Is the Best Time to Build a Tax Roadmap

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January feels calm for about five minutes. Then you’re back in clinic. Your schedule fills up. Life starts running again. And tax planning turns into “we’ll deal with it later.” That’s the exact reason January matters. If you’re a physician with high income, your tax outcome doesn’t get decided in March or April. It gets…

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Physicians’ Guide to Estimated Tax Penalties

As a physician, you know the United States operates on a “pay as you go” tax system. This means you must make income tax payments to the IRS throughout the year as you earn income, whether through withholding, estimated tax payments, or both. If you underpay your taxes during the year, the IRS assesses estimated…

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