{"podcast":{"title":"Hidden Money Podcast","slug":"hidden-money-podcast-6320033","podcast_index_feed_id":6320033,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/hidden-money-podcast","website_url":"https://www.hiddenmoney.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/pfgqD0rdGVN59IUUoYT6knxyf8_lQ2e_BhJgHWFO_l0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMTJi/MjljMDYzOGNkYzM4/ODQ1MzkwYmE0YmYw/NjllNS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Mike Pine and Kevin Schneider","episode_count":122,"summary":"In the Hidden Money podcast, you'll learn how you can legally use the tax code to your financial advantage. There’s wealth inside the tax code. Taxes aren’t the enemy. Most people hate taxes (and pay more than they should). But when you view taxes only as an evil expense, you miss out on legal ways to grow your wealth. Unlock the secrets to saving tax and building wealth with the Hidden Money Podcast! 🎧💰 Hosted by Mike Pine and Kevin Schneider.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T04:24:24.781283+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-money-podcast-6320033"},"episode":{"title":"If You Have High Income But No Time","slug":"if-you-have-high-income-but-no-time","published_at":"2026-09-08T13:14:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-money-podcast-6320033/if-you-have-high-income-but-no-time","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-money-podcast-6320033","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/ba6659cb","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/ba6659cb/7d68ca1e.mp3","summary":"On this week's episode: high earners often assume the more they make, the more they owe, and don't ask what the tax code already has built in for them. Four things hiding in plain sight: $50,000 into the right strategy can come back as a $250,000 deduction — a five-time return, backed by an independent valuation, not a guess. If you clear $500,000 a year and skip tax strategy, your biggest expense isn't your mortgage. It's the IRS, and withholding hides the number so well most people never add it up. That same $50,000 contribution saved $86,000 in federal tax in a single year. No property to manage, no material participation, no time required. Overpay your taxes by $36,000 instead of investing it, and in 20 or 30 years you're down $144,000. The real risk was never the strategy. It's doing nothing. Chapters [00:00] Introduction: high income, no time for tax strategy [00:01] The hamster wheel: why working harder doesn't fix a tax bill [00:05] The real cost of not planning: your biggest expense at $500K+ [00:07] Why Q4 is the worst time to start (and the best time to act) [00:08] Strategy one: the zero-time-commitment charitable deduction [00:12] Real numbers: how $50K became an $86K tax save [00:17] The biggest risk is doing nothing [00:20] Buyer beware, and why \"more likely than not\" still isn't a guarantee [00:25] Next week's cliffhanger: a passive deal with cash flow and ROI Get in touch: https://www.revotaxpayer.com/?utm_source=revo-taxpayer&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=s4e27-if-you-have-high-income-but-no-time&utm_content=show-notes#contact-1 Take our 5 minute tax assessment: https://www.revotaxpayer.com/?utm_source=revo-taxpayer&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=s4e27-if-you-have-high-income-but-no-timeutm_content=show-notes#taxassistant Connec…","meta_description":"On this week's episode: high earners often assume the more they make, the more they owe, and don't ask what the tax code already has built in for them. Fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1662,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hidden-money-podcast-6320033/episodes/if-you-have-high-income-but-no-time/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-money-podcast-6320033/if-you-have-high-income-but-no-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}