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Strategic Wealth & Corporate Advisory
Protect Your Legacy, Not Just Your Entity.
Strategic tax planning, corporate compliance, and wealth protection for CEOs, delivered through a virtual-first advisory model designed to meet you wherever you build.
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Aseret Bibo
Founder & Lead Strategist
About the Woman
Meet Aseret Bibo: The Architect and The Engineer of Business Legacy.
Aseret started in boardrooms, and she started in the books. Years of bookkeeping revealed a pattern hiding in plain sight: hard-working founders building real revenue, yet quietly bleeding it back out through overpaid taxes, fragile structures, and unprotected personal wealth.
Bookkeeping→Wealth Strategy
That insight became DAMA. Today she leads founders through the full arc — from cleaning up the corporate structure to engineering a tax-efficient, exit-ready strategic asset. The mission is simple: make sure the wealth you build is the wealth you keep.
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Registered Tax Preparer #A360690
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Growth · Tax · Protection
Legacy
Designed for the Long Lasting
Client Journey
Three Steps. Real Movement.
Before we build together, let’s make sure we align.
30-Minute Strategy Call
Let’s review the recommended path, scope, investment, and what it looks like to move forward.
Review Your Next StepYour Engagement Begins
Once your agreement is signed, onboarding begins and your engagement window officially opens. You’re connected with the DAMA team, your scope is activated, and The DAMA Method goes into motion.
Not ready for the full build?
Start with the Structure.
DAMA doesn’t stop at registration. Our Launch Kits help you understand the documentation behind your business structure, the compliance that follows, and the ongoing maintenance required as your business grows. Because forming the business is only the beginning, the paper trail behind it is what helps build a stronger foundation.
Build with intention. Invest with clarity. Scale when you’re ready.
Sole Proprietorship Launch Kit
$297.00Get the Sole KitLimited Liability Company Launch Kit
$397.00Get the LLC KitCorporation Launch Kit
$497.00Get the Corp KitPartnership Launch Kit
Coming Soon!Non-Profit Launch Kit
Coming Soon!The pathway at a glance
Four phases / one clear directionThe Architecture of a Stronger Business.
Business Blueprint
Audit & RoadmapSchedule Your BlueprintBusiness Compliance Edit
Cleanup & CorrectionMaximize Tax SavingsFast Track 90
Transformation & BuildAccelerate Your GrowthBusiness Management Solutions
Manage & ScaleOperate With ConfidenceThe new way to work
Built for the Modern CEO
We are a virtual-first advisory firm, giving founders direct access to business strategy, tax, compliance, and wealth guidance without geography defining the relationship.
Engagement PeriodQuarterly contract based for each service provided.
No geography limitsYour advisory relationship travels with your business.
Southern CaliforniaAppointment Only in Rancho Cucamonga location.
Meet virtuallyIn-person appointments available by request.
The Service Quadfecta
Four Pillars. One Wealth Machine.
Integrated advisory for the full arc: from the structure beneath the business to the wealth beyond it.
The Foundation: Growth & Structure
Business Blueprint & CEO Advisory. We architect the entity, engineer the operating systems, and consult you to lead as an owner not an operator chasing every fire.
The Engine: Tax & Compliance
Proactive mitigation and corporate cleanup. We turn your tax bill into a strategy lever and your compliance from a liability into a competitive, audit-ready advantage.
The Reward: Wealth & Protection
Life, health, and investment strategies. We move profit off the table and into protected, compounding wealth, so your legacy outlives the business itself.
Government Readiness
In collaboration with government contracting consultants, we build your compliance and operational foundation, support contract development, and manage the bid process, while trusted partners handle execution.
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Know Where You Stand
Before Tax Season Hits
Answer a few quick questions about your business and get an illustrative snapshot of your self-employment/payroll tax and income tax, based on your actual structure, then talk to DAMA about the exact numbers for your situation.
Understanding Your Bracket
How Your Business Structure Actually Gets Taxed
Before you run your own numbers below, here’s the short version of how the IRS actually treats each type of business, and why the same revenue can produce three very different tax bills depending on how your business is set up.
Key Takeaways
- C-Corporations are taxed once, at the business level, at a flat corporate rate, entirely separate from your personal return.
- S-Corporations split owner income two ways: a W-2 salary (subject to payroll tax) and distributions (not subject to payroll tax). Both still land on your personal return.
- Sole proprietorships and single-member LLCs have no legal separation between the business and the owner: all net income is taxed as personal income, plus self-employment tax on top.
- Federal tax brackets are progressive: each bracket only taxes the slice of income that falls inside it, never your entire income at the top rate.
How Federal Tax Brackets Work
The federal income tax system is progressive: your taxable income is divided into slices, and each slice is taxed at its own rate. A C-Corporation skips this system entirely and pays one flat rate directly at the business level. Everyone else, S-Corp owners, sole proprietors, and single-member LLC owners, has their business income folded into their personal return, where it’s taxed slice by slice using the same seven brackets below.
2026 Federal Income Tax Brackets · Single Filer
| Taxable Income Over | But Not Over | Your Tax Is |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $12,400 | 10% of taxable income |
| $12,400 | $50,400 | $1,240 plus 12% of the amount over $12,400 |
| $50,400 | $105,700 | $5,800 plus 22% of the amount over $50,400 |
| $105,700 | $201,775 | $17,966 plus 24% of the amount over $105,700 |
| $201,775 | $256,225 | $41,024 plus 32% of the amount over $201,775 |
| $256,225 | $640,600 | $58,448 plus 35% of the amount over $256,225 |
| $640,600 | — | $192,979 plus 37% of the amount over $640,600 |
2026 Federal Income Tax Brackets · Married Filing Jointly
| Taxable Income Over | But Not Over | Your Tax Is |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $24,800 | 10% of taxable income |
| $24,800 | $100,800 | $2,480 plus 12% of the amount over $24,800 |
| $100,800 | $211,400 | $11,600 plus 22% of the amount over $100,800 |
| $211,400 | $403,550 | $35,932 plus 24% of the amount over $211,400 |
| $403,550 | $512,450 | $82,048 plus 32% of the amount over $403,550 |
| $512,450 | $768,700 | $116,896 plus 35% of the amount over $512,450 |
| $768,700 | — | $206,584 plus 37% of the amount over $768,700 |
2026 Federal Income Tax Brackets · Head of Household
| Taxable Income Over | But Not Over | Your Tax Is |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $17,700 | 10% of taxable income |
| $17,700 | $67,450 | $1,770 plus 12% of the amount over $17,700 |
| $67,450 | $105,700 | $7,740 plus 22% of the amount over $67,450 |
| $105,700 | $201,775 | $16,155 plus 24% of the amount over $105,700 |
| $201,775 | $256,200 | $39,213 plus 32% of the amount over $201,775 |
| $256,200 | $640,600 | $56,629 plus 35% of the amount over $256,200 |
| $640,600 | — | $191,169 plus 37% of the amount over $640,600 |
Figures reflect 2026 IRS thresholds, applied after your standard deduction, rounded to the nearest dollar for illustration. Self-employment tax is a separate 15.3% (Social Security + Medicare) on top of the above for sole proprietors, single-member LLCs, and S-Corp salaries. C-Corporations pay a flat rate at the business level instead of these brackets.
A Worked Example
Say you run a single-member LLC with $100,000 in net business income and file as Single. Because an LLC has no separation from its owner, that full amount flows to your personal return, where it’s taxed bracket by bracket, not at one flat rate.
- 10% on the first $12,400 $1,240
- 12% on the next $38,000 (from $12,400 to $50,400) $4,560
- 22% on the remaining $33,500 of taxable income $7,370
Individual income tax$13,170
Add roughly $14,130 in self-employment tax on the full $100,000, and your total federal tax lands around $27,300, an effective rate of about 27.3% on your total income, even though your top marginal bracket is only 22%.
DAMA Tip: Your marginal rate is the rate on your last dollar earned, not what you pay on your whole income. Your effective rate, what you actually pay divided by what you actually earned, is almost always lower. It’s also why structure matters: that same $100,000 produces a very different total tax bill depending on whether it flows through a sole prop, an S-Corp, or a C-Corp taxed at the business level. That’s the structural question DAMA helps you get ahead of, before it becomes a number an accountant hands you in April.
Curious what this looks like with your own numbers?
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The combined estimate above, based on 2026 federal figures only (state tax not included).
Illustrative estimate only, not tax advice. This calculator provides a general, illustrative approximation based on limited inputs for planning purposes only. It does not constitute tax, legal, or financial advice and should not be relied upon for filing or decision-making. Actual liability depends on your complete financial picture. Please consult DAMA Design & Build Inc. or a licensed tax professional for guidance specific to your situation.
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