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Formation (Election) of an S-Corp

  • Date: October 30, 2023
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
There is a misconception floating around out there that an S Corp is a standalone entity. Not true. There are several entity types, but the three most common are[...]
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Electing S-Corp Filing Status, Retroactive for 2025

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
Yes, you are able to engage in revisionist history and retro activate your S Corporation election to January 1, 2020, and have your income avoid a large chunk of self-employment taxes. Which year? Good question, and Yes, of course, it depends. First [...]
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Another Option, Dormant S Corp

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
Not sure if you want to have a full-blown S Corporation? The break-even point where an S Corp makes sense is about $30,000 in net income after expenses (remember, our all-in S corporation package is $2,940 and the savings is 8 to 10%- $2,940 divided [...]
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Missing Payroll, Now What

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
There is a near certainty that we can make the S Corp election retroactive to January 1 of 2020. As mentioned earlier, one of the pillars of S Corps is to pay a salary to the shareholders. If you are reading this after Thanksgiving dinner and yet [...]
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Mid-Year Payroll

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
It’s July and your golf game is just as crummy as it was in May so you start focusing on your business. You talk to us, and we decide that the S corporation election is the way to go. We don’t go back to Q1 and Q2, and run late payroll. That is an [...]
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Nuts and Bolts of the S Corp Election

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
Behind the scenes there are some technical things going when electing to be an S Corp. The LLC essentially transfers all of its assets and liabilities to the corporation in exchange for the corporation’s stock and then distributes stock to its [...]
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Ineffective S Corp Elections

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
Behind the scenes there are some technical things going when electing to be an S Corp. The LLC essentially transfers all of its assets and liabilities to the corporation in exchange for the corporation’s stock and then distributes stock to its [...]
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S Corp Equity Section

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
Massaging of the equity section of your balance sheet is required when being taxed as an S corporation. But what if the underlying entity is an LLC? Good question. We believe, for elegance sake, that an LLC being taxed as an S corporation should walk[...]
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Terminating S Corp Election

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
S Corps have relished being the class favorite for all kinds of reasons as stated in this book. However, the original C Corp could be making a comeback based on flawed logic from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017[...]
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Distributed Assets

  • Date: December 28, 2024
  • By: Jason Watson, CPA
  • Categories: Chap 6 - S Corporation Election
When you revoke S corporation status, you will trigger a taxable event. A potentially big one. Upon revocation, assets are distributed to the S Corp shareholders at fair market value. Cash is easy. An automobile is generally not a big deal. But real [...]
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