Category: Business Taxes

Building credit for a small business is difficult, especially if you do not want to post a personal guarantee. It is possible, though, if the following guidelines are followed: Get in touch with us for more ideas to help in all aspects of your business.

You may be aware of widely circulated promotions — ads on radio and the internet — touting refunds involving Employee Retention Credits. The IRS says these are a blatant attempt to con ineligible people to claim the ERC credit. The problem is widespread enough to make the IRS’s annual “Dirty Dozen” list. The promotions are […]

In alignment with IRS requirements, there are certain businesses that must file Schedule K-2 and Schedule K-3. Ultimately, any pass-through entities that have relevant international income, deductions, credits or other miscellaneous items must submit completed Schedule K-2 and Schedule K-3 forms. What is Schedule K-2 and Schedule K-3? Schedule K-2 is associated with Partner’s Distributive Share […]

Are you worried about the likelihood of your business being audited by the IRS? If so, there are a lot of preventive red flags that you can keep an eye out for when looking to protect your business from being the focus of an audit. Returns are often selected for audits as a result of […]

Below are federal payroll tax rates and benefits contribution limits for 2023. Social Security tax In 2023, the Social Security tax rate is 6.2% for employers and employees, unchanged from 2022. The Social Security wage base is $160,200 for employers and employees, increasing from $147,000 in 2022. Self-employed people must pay 12.4% on the first $160,200. Medicare tax In […]

S corporations allow the business to pass corporate income, losses, deductions and credits through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. But with those great advantages come many rules, including those related to compensation. Shareholder-employees may think there’s no practical difference between income as an owner and income as an employee, but they’d be wrong. […]

The operative word for business deductions is business. Generally speaking, the money that people spend to improve their appearances, their general health or their sense of well-being proves to be nondeductible personal expenses. Still, the line between business and personal is often so thin that the courts must intervene, notes Julian Block, who was with the […]

You can generally deduct the amount you pay your employees for the services they perform. The pay may be in cash, property or services. It may include wages, salaries, bonuses, commissions or other noncash compensation such as vacation allowances and fringe benefits. A fringe benefit is a form of pay for the performance of services […]

The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This means that individuals and households that reside or have a business anywhere in the state of Florida qualify for tax relief. The tax relief postpones various tax filing and payment deadlines that occurred starting on September 23, 2022. As […]

The federal government’s Employee Retention Credit proved to be a lifeline for many businesses and their employees. The eligibility rules were complex and changed over time, as noted in an extensive IRS chart. Not all owners may have been able to figure out whether they were eligible; however, the IRS is giving them a break: Even […]