What if the person you trusted with your taxes is the reason the IRS comes knocking?

Most people never suspect their tax preparer until the IRS shows up, and by then, it is their name on the return, not the preparer’s. Ben Golden opens with a client who trusted the wrong person and paid for it.

In this solo episode, Ben breaks down 10 clear red flags that separate a risky preparer from a fraudulent one, from cash-only payments and missing receipts to refunds routed to the wrong account, unsigned returns, and refund guarantees no honest professional can make.

Whether you file your own taxes or hand them off, this is the consumer protection conversation that could save you years of penalties and stress. Learn the warning signs, ask the right questions, and never outsource responsibility for your financial life. Listen now.

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What do you do when a client owes the IRS over a million dollars in payroll taxes, then opens a second company to dodge it?

Ben Golden sits down with his COO, Ray Jordan, to break down one of the firm’s toughest resolution cases. A construction company lost money on big contracts, stopped paying payroll taxes, and came to them owing the IRS over a million dollars.

Ben and Ray explain what trust fund taxes really are, why an IRS 4180 interview can put an owner’s personal assets on the line, and how a risky move to open a second company nearly turned a civil case into a criminal one.

It is a story of panic, strategy, and a second chance that ended with no jail time and a payment plan the client could live with. If you run a business, this is why you never face the IRS alone. Listen now.

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What if your biggest competitor could become your most valuable teammate?

After more than 30 years in insurance, Eric Partin was content but not satisfied. So he flew across the country to a 3-day retreat and let someone blow up the way he did business.

In this episode, Ben sits down with Eric Partin, co-founder of EDP Assurance and author of Collaboration Is the New Currency, to talk about trading competition for collaboration, why the right 100 clients beat chasing 1,000, and how a Virtual Family Office serves people better than any solo advisor can.

Eric also shares the mindset shift that ended his high-pressure selling for good, and the one question that gets clients to sell themselves. Listen now.

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What if your CPA is doing everything right, and you’re still overpaying the IRS?

Ben Golden loves great CPAs. Some are the smartest people he knows. But most business owners expect their CPA to do something they were never hired to do, and it quietly costs them money every year.

In this solo episode, Ben breaks down five conversations your CPA may never have with you, why tax preparation and tax planning are two different jobs, and how one business owner uncovered six figures in legitimate savings after shifting to proactive planning.

If you only think about taxes in March, you are already too late. Here is how to work with the tax code instead of against it. Listen now.

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What good is protecting your valuables if you lose sight of your values?

Andy Bowman spent decades helping wealthy families protect what they own. Then a trusted business partner running a Ponzi scheme cost him seven figures and shook him to his core. That betrayal reshaped how he thinks about protection, and it is why values now come before valuables in every plan he builds.

In this episode, Andy and Ben get into asset protection as building a castle before the barbarians arrive, why your estate paperwork is a love letter to your family, and how a virtual family office keeps your most important advisors in the same room. They also talk about being FAT, flexible, adaptable, and teachable, and how one hard lesson can change your trajectory.

If you have built something worth protecting but never asked what it is really for, this conversation is for you. Listen now.

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What happens to your firm when AI can prepare a thousand tax returns before lunch?

Amanda Argue helped build Instead, one of the first companies in decades licensed by the IRS across every form and state. She and Ben get into what agentic AI really means for tax and accounting.

They cover the difference between a chat assistant and an AI agent, why eighty to ninety percent done is the new starting line, and how the accountant’s job shifts from doer to reviewer. Amanda also makes the case for ending hourly billing for good.

The firms that stay flexible, adaptable, and teachable will pull ahead. The ones that wait may fall behind. Listen now.

What would you do if the IRS gave you 24 hours to pay a $171,000 debt that was never yours?

In the first episode of The Financially FAT Podcast, Ben Golden opens with the night that shaped everything. A revenue officer read his personal net worth back to him and told him to pay a logger client’s payroll taxes by morning.

Ben walks through the arrangement that put him on that account, the IRS procedure the agent skipped, and the old manual he found at 3 in the morning that changed the outcome. He also unpacks what FAT really stands for, Flexible, Adaptable, Teachable, and where it came from.

This is the origin of the show, who it is for, and the one thing Ben wants every owner who feels alone to hear. Listen now.

We’re thrilled to share that our very own Ben Golden, Owner and CEO of Golden Tax Relief, was recently featured on the All In Podcast!

Listen in as Ben discusses his tax journey, the challenges he’s overcome, and the proven strategies that make Golden Tax Relief a trusted name in the industry.

Don’t miss this inspiring and educational conversation!