Ohio Gives Business Owners a Tax Break Most Never Plan Around
Ohio gives business owners a significant deduction on business income. Learn how to plan around the limits and connect state tax rules to your growth.
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Hava Laudon
Hava Laudon is an Enrolled Agent and Certified Main Street Tax Advisor, a QBO ProAdvisor Advanced, Patriot Partner and Jobtread Certified professional, with a B.S. in Ministry Leadership. She founded Mantle Tax Solutions to connect the pieces of a business owner's financial world: tax strategy, bookkeeping, business decisions and the other advisors around them. She works with business owners around Columbus and Central Ohio.
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