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Length · 28 Jul 2026
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CPA ranks tax strategies on tier listfrom @tylermcbroom

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Overview

A licensed CPA and tax strategist uses a tier list graphic to rank various tax-related actions based on their legitimacy or potential for being considered tax fraud. He evaluates items such as renting a home to a business, writing off a boat, meals, paying a child, accelerated depreciation, and logo-embroidered suits, placing each on the tier list and providing a brief explanation for his ranking.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Establish ranking criteria
  2. 2Introduce debatable item
  3. 3Deliver ranked verdict
  4. 4Provide nuanced justification

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Related videos

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Classification

Concepts
Rapid Fire ListicleExpert Rate/Rank
Elements
Tier List GraphicText OverlayTitle Text HookGraphic Overlay

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook

Tax Fraud Tier List (Licensed CPA and Tax Strategist)

Verbal hook

Tax fraud tier list.

Visual hook

A man sits in a chair in a scenic outdoor location with a large, empty tier list graphic overlaid on the bottom half of the screen, immediately establishing the video's ranking format and creating curiosity.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

A direct, title-card-like statement of the video's format and controversial topic (e.g., '[Topic] Tier List').

Payoff

The video concludes after the final item is ranked. The payoff is the completed, visually filled-out tier list and the cumulative knowledge the viewer has gained from the expert's justifications.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Expert Tier-List Debunk

An expert rapidly ranks common beliefs, myths, or items within their niche on a visual tier list, providing a quick verdict followed by a nuanced justification for each, establishing authority and delivering value through clarification.

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    The Rule Setter

    The creator explicitly defines the meaning of the ranking tiers (e.g., 'S is the worst, D is the best'), establishing the stakes and the logic of the evaluation for the viewer.

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    The Rapid-Fire Gauntlet

    A repeating sequence where a series of items are presented one by one for judgment. The order is intentionally varied (e.g., good, bad, nuanced) to maintain unpredictability and viewer engagement.

Themes

  • Financial literacy
  • Legal compliance
  • Business ownership
  • Wealth management

Techniques

  • Direct-to-camera address
  • Expert commentary
  • Gamification of information

Trends

  • Tier list ranking
  • Financial advice shorts

Post caption

Tax Fraud Tier List (2026) - DM me “SAVE” and I’ll send you the link to book a free tax consultation with my team!

Text overlays

  • title · beginning

    Tax Fraud Tier List (Licensed CPA and Tax Strategist)

  • informational · beginning

    Renting home to business

  • informational · beginning

    Write off boat

  • informational · middle

    Meals by yourself

  • informational · middle

    Paying your 4 year old

  • informational · end

    Accelerated depreciation

  • informational · end

    Logo embroidered suit

Transcript

Tax fraud tier list. Alright. Let's go. Tax fraud. Yes is fraud maxing in the rankings. Renting home to your business. Renting home to your business. That's that's d tier. That's a legitimate thing to do. Augusta rule, rent your house out to your business. You gotta do it for business, but that's d tier. Right off better. Well, put that up to b tier because there are pieces of it, like the food and drinks that you can have, the fuel if you're having a legitimate piece of of time on the on the better, but the actual boat itself, not not a write off. Meals by worse. Meals by yourself, that is a tier. In almost every case, that's not a write off unless you're traveling overnight out of your business area, and then you can eat by yourself. Paying your four year good. Paying your four year old c tier. Now your four year old isn't gonna sit on your board. They're not gonna, you know, do your accounting. But... And this is in certain cases of business. If it makes sense to hire them as models to help with your business and your personal brand, there are business cases where that can be the case. It's not always, but it's an option to look into. Accelerated depreciation. Accelerated appreciation, that's gonna be d tier, fully legitimate as long as you actually use the thing for business. Logo embroidered suit. A tier. And that's assuming the logo is embroidered on the inside of the breast pocket. I think that's getting too cute. Yes. If you have, you know, low... Your logo on a normal shirt, that's normal swag. Having your logo stitched on the inside of your pocket is not really an ordinary and necessary business expense to me.

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