Category: Dental CPA Blog

The government does not hold any grudges against independent contractors. Employers who attempt to avoid paying employment taxes by falsely classifying employees as independent contractors are another story. The government doesn’t like anyone who evades paying taxes. Independent contractors are valid in various industries given the proper circumstances, including dentistry. However, the government has and…Read More→

  Here is another great post from our friend Sandi Hudson at Unlock the PPO. Sometimes we get calls from new dental school graduates or dentists getting ready to buy their first practice and they have questions about how PPOs work. Insurance seems to have a language of it’s own and if you are looking to learn…Read More→

  Here is another great post from our friend Sandi Hudson at Unlock the PPO. Many dentists are already aware of the changes that recently happened with Delta in California. To summarize, new contracts with Delta in Cali are being required to participate at the PPO level as opposed to signing up as a Premier dentist…Read More→

  Here is a great post from our friend Sandi Hudson at Unlock the PPO. Feel like you’re pulling your hair out trying to figure out insurance? Even with the ease of electronic insurance filing there is still a large administrative cost associated with being an in-network provider. Delayed insurance payments, yearly maximums that have…Read More→

  As I am looking for a new job, I have seen some positions that are asking for the Dentist to work as an Independent Contractor. My previous associate positions have been as an employee so I am not too familiar with an Independent Contractor position.I am looking for some big pros and cons to taking a position as…Read More→

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Our friend Sandy Pardue from Classic Practice Resources has a brilliant checklist for a dentist to refer to in order to reduce the opportunity for fraud and theft in the dental office. You can view this dental fraud checklist here. For more information, please contact info@dentalcpas.com   Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest – sign up for our newsletter

We’ve read through the tax legislation passed by our lawmakers and signed by the president.  We’ve highlighted the areas that we think will impact the majority of our dental clients. We focused on the issues our clients have some control over in terms of planning and minimizing the additional tax burden. The items below include laws that…Read More→

  Here is a guest post from our friend Mike Pedersen of AZNetMarketing. Most dentists I talk to have a strong desire to grow their dental practice. Many have even hired so-called SEO gurus, website designers, local ranking experts, and consultants, but with very little success. With the competitive landscape for most business niches, dental is…Read More→

  We have heard from our clients and others in the dental community that supply and lab companies are raising their rates at least 2.3% across the board due to the new medical device excise tax. This across the board raise may be nothing more than a move to use this new tax as an…Read More→