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Yes, you can hire your child to work in your business.
But “they’re family” is not a tax strategy.
The job still needs to be real.
The work needs to be age-appropriate.
The pay needs to be reasonable.
And the business still has to follow the employment rules that apply to minors.
That is the part most business owners skip.
They hear the strategy online and assume it is as simple as moving money to their child and calling it payroll.
It is not.
State law matters.
The type of work matters.
Documentation matters.
Entity structure matters.
A parent’s sole proprietorship may be treated differently than an S corp or C corp.
Done correctly, this can be a legitimate way to involve your child in the business, teach responsibility, and create earned income.
Done casually, it can become a compliance problem.
Comment FAMILY and we’ll walk through what business owners should review before putting a child on payroll.
07/15/2026
Your books can look clean while your runway is already shrinking.
That is the problem with accounting built only for tax filing.
It may record what happened.
But it does not always show what the founder needs to decide next.
A third of startup failures cite running out of cash or failing to raise capital.
And many founders do not realize the issue early enough because their financials are not built to show:
• True gross margin
• Actual net burn
• Current runway
• Recurring versus non-recurring revenue
• Cost of revenue versus operating expenses
• Where cash is moving across product, sales, marketing, and G&A
The accounting method matters too.
Cash-basis books may feel easier, but they can make margins and burn look cleaner than they really are.
Accrual accounting gives founders and investors a more accurate view of performance.
Example:
A B2B SaaS startup thinks it has 18 months of runway.
On cash-basis books, net burn appears to be $150K.
After rebuilding the financials on an accrual basis, true net burn is $200K.
Runway is actually 12 months.
That six-month gap did not appear when the company ran out of cash.
It was already sitting inside the accounting.
Better books do not change reality.
They reveal it early enough to adjust hiring, spending, and fundraising before the problem becomes urgent.
DM us “BOOKS” and we’ll show you what investor-ready startup accounting should include.
Save this post before your next fundraising round.
Your kids believe what they watch more than what you say.
You can tell them to chase their passion.
To help people.
To make an impact.
To work hard.
To build something of their own.
But the lesson lands differently when they get to see it.
When they see dad doing the work.
Taking the risk.
Showing up consistently.
Building something with purpose.
That is the part Greg and John think about as fathers and founders.
Not just telling their kids what is possible.
Showing them.
Because more is caught than taught.
And the example your children see every day may become part of the way they understand work, leadership, service, and impact.
The business is not just what you build.
It is what your family watches you become while building it.
Comment LEGACY if you are building something your family can learn from.
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