8d • START HERE
Why We Require Citations — The Principle Behind the Rule
Why This Community Has a Citation Standard
I want to explain why we have the rule about citations, because it's the reason this community exists.
Every free resource for 1099 anesthesia providers — every Facebook group, every Reddit thread, every locked Google sheet passed around at conferences — suffers from the same core problem: confidently wrong advice repeated until it sounds like truth.
I've lived this. My own accountant told me I couldn't use the Augusta Rule because I'm not a golfer. That's an actual thing that was said to me by a licensed professional I was paying to handle my taxes. It's also completely wrong — Augusta, Georgia is a zip code, not a qualifier. IRC Section 280A lets any homeowner rent their primary residence to their business for up to 14 days a year, tax-free.
If I had accepted that claim without pushing back, I would have lost thousands of dollars every year for the rest of my career. Because he said it with confidence, and because he had credentials, and because I didn't have a framework to verify.
That experience is why this community has a citation standard.
Here's what the standard actually requires:
When you make a claim about tax law, you cite IRC code, Treasury regulations, or IRS publications.
When you make a claim about contract law, you cite statute, case law, or published attorney opinion.
When you make a claim about regulatory compliance, you cite CMS, DOL, OSHA, or state-level primary sources.
When you make a claim about professional standards, you cite AANA, NBCRNA, MGMA, or peer-reviewed nursing journals.
When you share your own experience, you label it clearly as experience: "In my situation, in 2024, my CPA and I used X strategy and the result was Y. Here's the relevant IRC section."
That last one matters. Personal experience IS citation — as long as you're honest about what it is and include the underlying law or regulation that applies.
What the standard does NOT require:
You don't have to footnote every sentence. You don't have to cite a source for obvious facts. You don't have to be a lawyer or a CPA to post. You don't have to get every detail perfect.
What you have to do is this: if you're making a claim that another member might act on, you give them the reference they need to verify it themselves.
That's the whole standard.
Why this protects you, not just the community:
The citation standard isn't about bureaucracy. It's about self-protection — yours, not mine.
The moment you get in the habit of demanding citations from others, you start demanding them from your CPA, your attorney, your financial advisor, your recruiter. You stop accepting "because I said so." You start asking "what's the underlying law?"
That habit — not any specific piece of tax strategy — is what separates 1099 providers who build wealth from 1099 providers who leak it every year without knowing.
If you leave this community tomorrow having learned only one thing, let it be this: credentials are not a citation. "Because I said so" is not a citation. Confidence is not a citation.
A citation is a citation.
Moderation:
Posts that violate the citation standard will typically be replied to with a simple request: "Can you point to the source?" This isn't aggressive — it's the standard. If the poster provides one, great. If they can't, the post may be edited or removed.
Repeat offenders — members who consistently post unverifiable claims — will be removed from the community. That's rare, but it has happened.
I moderate this personally when I can. Kaitlan helps. We're not perfect. If you see a post that violates the standard, flag it for us. Community self-moderation is part of the design.
This is the one rule that makes everything else in this community work. Everything else is negotiable. This isn't.
— Richard
1
0 comments
Why We Require Citations — The Principle Behind the Rule
skool.com/1099anesthesiaadvantage-1915
Stop leaving six figures on the table. Tax strategy, contracts, and 1099 income for anesthesia providers — built by one of your own.
Leaderboard (30-day)
1
+4
2
+1
Powered by