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Ben Golden 3 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

The Financially FAT Podcast helps business owners pay the least amount of tax the law allows. Host Ben Golden, a tax strategist and bestselling author, shares real strategies and stories around tax planning, IRS audits, and tax resolution. The show emphasizes being Flexible, Adaptable, and Teachable in business and life. It offers a clear path to financial freedom from the IRS through his Golden Path process. New episodes are released weekly.

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11 | Daniel Schulte - The Truth About Why Your Marketing Does Not Work Oct 13, 2026 33:57 What if you never had to wait on another referral to fill your calendar?Most tax and financial pros grow the same slow way Ben did, one referral at a time, hoping the next one shows up.Daniel Schulte fell into marketing by accident, went from teaching martial arts to running an agency, and now builds systems that bring wealthy clients in on a predictable basis. In this episode, he breaks down the

10 | The Moment That Made Me An Advocate For Taxpayers Oct 6, 2026 10:52 What would you do if the IRS gave you 24 hours to pay $171,000 you did not owe?Ben Golden built his career helping business owners with payroll and taxes. Then the IRS turned on him, demanding $171,000 he says he never owed, with 24 hours to pay.In this solo episode of The Financially FAT Podcast, Ben tells the full story: the logging company client, the revenue officer who told him which assets t

9 | Ray Jordan - What Happens When Your Big Investment Backfires? Sep 29, 2026 12:59 What happens when the upgrade you waited a whole year for nearly breaks your business?Ben sits down with Ray Jordan, COO of Golden Tax Relief, to talk about what it really means to be financially FAT: flexible, adaptable, and teachable. It sounds good on a slide. It felt very different the month a new system brought the firm to a grinding halt.Ben and Ray walk through the pivot from a resolution-o

8 | Trump vs the IRS: Fact-Checking the $1.8 Billion Settlement Sep 22, 2026 06:26 Did Trump really win $1.8 billion from the IRS and become audit-proof for life?A rumor is spreading that Trump won $1.8 billion from the IRS and will never be audited again. Ben Golden says parts of it are true, parts are flat wrong, and the real story is more interesting than the rumor.In this first episode of The Financially FAT Podcast, Ben breaks down the four things almost everyone is getting

7 | 10 Red Flags Your Tax Preparer Is a Fraud Sep 15, 2026 09:53 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

6 | Ray Jordan - How We Kept a Construction Client Out of IRS Jail Sep 11, 2026 19:33 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

5 | Eric Partin - Collaboration Is the New Currency for Advisors Sep 8, 2026 19:14 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

4 | The Truth About What Your CPA Won't Tell You Sep 4, 2026 10:58 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 pla

3 | Andy Bowman - The Truth About Protecting Your Family's Legacy Sep 1, 2026 38:50 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 a

2 | Amanda Argue - How To Make Your Accounting Firm More Profitable With AI Now Sep 1, 2026 34:48 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 l

1 | Welcome To Financially FAT - The Story of 4180 Sep 1, 2026 17:52 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 procedu

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