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NAFCC
1743 W Alexander St
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
Phone: 801-88-NAFCC
Phone: 801-886-2322
Fax: 801-886-2325
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Tom Copeland
Tom Copeland is a licensed attorney who has helped thousands of
providers,
trainers, and tax preparers understand complex
business and tax issues since 1981.
In 2004 he won the
Advocate of the Year Award from the National Association for
Family Child Care. In 1998 he won the Child Care Advocate of the
Year award from the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care
Association. He has represented numerous providers in IRS audits
and has won five US Tax Court cases.
Tom authored two
proposals, adopted by the IRS that significantly reduced the
record keeping requirements of child care providers. The first
IRS regulation
reduced the paperwork for providers who hire
part-time employees. The second
one allowed family child care
providers to use a standard meal allowance rate to
claim food
expenses without the need for food receipts.
Tom conducts
numerous workshops a year on business issues for family child
care
providers, tax preparers, and trainers. He has presented
workshops for six years as part of the Minnesota Farm &
Individual Income Tax Course sponsored by the
University of
Minnesota Extension Service and Internal Revenue Service.
He is the author of the
following books:
Family Child Care Record Keeping Guide
The Family Child Care
Tax Workbook and Organizer
Family Child Care Tax Companion
Family Child Care
Money Management and Retirement Guide
Family Child Care
Business Planning Guide
Family Child Care Marketing Guide: How to
Build Enrollment and Promote Your
Business as a Child Care Professional
Family Child
Care Legal and Insurance Guide: How to Reduce the Risks of
Running Your Business
Family Child Care Contracts and Policies:
How to Be Businesslike in a Caring
Profession
Family Child Care Audit Manual: Strategies
for Protecting Yours Business in an IRSAudit
He has written the following tax
journal articles:
"Family Child Care Tax
Issues", 2002 National Income Tax Workbook, Land GrantUniversity
Tax Education Foundation
"The Unique Business of Family
Child Care", EA Journal, Spring 96
"Market Your Tax
Services to Family Child Care Providers", EA Journal, Jan/Feb 97
"How to Use Form 3115 to Deduct Previously Unclaimed
Depreciation", Tax
Practitioners Journal, Spring 1997
Tom graduated from Macalester College (BA) in 1972 and from
William Mitchell
College of Law (JD) in 1980.
Contact Tom:
1740 Hampshire Court
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-280-5991
tomcopeland@live.com
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