About the Author:
Tom Copeland is the nation’s leading expert on the business of family child care. A renowned tax and
child care business specialist and licensed attorney, Tom received his BA from Macalester College, and
JD from William Mitchell College of Law. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books
including Family Child Care Contracts & Policies, Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide, Managing
Legal Risks in Early Childhood Programs, Family Child Care Marketing Guide, Family Child Care Money
Management and Retirement Guide, Family Child Care Business Planning Guide, Family Child Care
Legal & Insurance Guide, annual editions of Family Child Care Tax Workbook and Organizer, and Family
Child Care Tax Companion, and Family Child Care Inventory Keeper.