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By Spiro Leunes, CPA | CEO, MRL Advisory Group – New Jersey and New York Dental CPAs As of October 4, 2026. Tax law changes frequently, and the rules, limits and deadlines described below may not be in effect when you read this. Every December I get the same phone call. A practice owner has just looked at a tax projection for the first time all year, the number is bigger than expected, and he wants to know what he can still do about it. The answer is always the same. Less tha

By Spiro Leunes, CPA | CEO, MRL Advisory Group, New Jersey and New York Dental CPAs Ask a dentist what their daily production goal is and I usually get one of three answers: a round number that sounds good, a number a consultant gave them four years ago, or a blank stare. When I ask where the number came from, the conversation is over. A daily production goal is arithmetic. It comes from what the practice has to bring in over the next 12 months, spread across the days you'll

By Spiro Leunes, CPA | CEO, MRL Advisory Group, New Jersey and New York Dental CPAs A DSO has made an offer for your practice, and the number on the first page is bigger than anything you expected. Six times EBITDA, maybe seven. Total value well above what you assumed the practice was worth. Before you get attached to that number, understand what it is made of. In my experience the headline is the least informative number in the whole package. What matters is how much of it i