Introduction Most taxpayers spend more time shopping for a new television than planning for one of their largest annual expenses: taxes. Effective tax planning occurs throughout the year and allows taxpayers to make informed financial decisions before it is too late. What Is Tax Planning? Tax preparation reports what already happened. Tax planning helps influence what happens next. A properly executed tax plan evaluates income, business profits, investments, retirement contri

Who Is Really Preparing Your Tax Return? When most taxpayers hire a CPA firm or tax professional, they assume the person they're speaking with is also the person preparing or reviewing their tax return. In today's accounting industry, that assumption is not always correct. As accounting firms continue to face staffing shortages and increasing workloads, many firms have turned to outsourcing and offshoring as a way to manage capacity. In some cases, portions of bookkeeping, pa

This short article explaining how a holding company structure works by leasing to the operating LLC and why many successful business owners choose it.

Colorado Enterprise Zones have been around since 1986, and numerous modifications have taken place over the years. Basically, business located within one can receive tax credits for a number of different expenses that they would have made anyway! Sometimes the Enterprise Zone Credit ends up being the deciding factor of weather to make an investment or not. Click HERE to lookup your business address to see if you qualify. The Credits & Incentives Job Training Credit - Busin

This article provides a quick breakdown of business operating structures. It details self-employment or payroll taxes, and the advantageous that S-Corporations have over the others.

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One of the biggest advantages of an S-Corporation is the ability to reduce self-employment taxes. However, that benefit comes with one of the most misunderstood requirements in the tax code: reasonable officer compensation. Every year, we meet business owners who have heard they can save thousands of dollars by electing S-Corporation status. What many don't realize is that the IRS requires shareholder-employees to pay themselves a reasonable wage before taking distributions.