The bestselling Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide, 7th Edition is a must-have for family child care providers. With over 1,000 allowable updated tax deductions indexed alphabetically, this helpful resource has even more valuable information for keeping your business records and saving money on taxes. New sections address the sale of a home and the new IRS ruling that allows family child care providers to use a standard meal allowance rate to claim food expenses.
I've been an author, trainer and advocate for family child care providers since 1981. I conduct training workshops and webinars across the country and write a blog: www.tomcopelandblog.com.
I live in St. Paul, MN with my wife and two cats (Duke and Ella). I'm a graduate of Macalester College and William Mitchell College of Law.
I worked for 28 years at Resource for Child Caring where I was director of Redleaf National Institute, the national center for the business of family child care. I've been on my own as a consultant since 2009.
I enjoy:
* Helping family child care providers understand complex business issues (record keeping, taxes, contracts, marketing, legal, insurance, money management, retirement planning)
* Representing family child care providers at IRS audits (where I've always won)
* Reading on a wide variety of subjects (biographies, classical fiction, history, politics, Mark Twain)
* Listening to jazz, Emmy Lou Harris, Van Morrison, Duke Ellington, Neil Young
