Business Tax

An overview of how the different types of business losses are treated in your tax return. Net Operating Loss (NOL): The TCJA limited taking business loss. When the net business income from Schedule C/E is negative, a NOL is generated. It can offset income from other sources up to 80% of the Taxable Income. Any […]

Both Bonus Depreciation and Section 179 Expensing allows capital expenditure (CapEx) to be deducted from business income, but key differences exist between the two methods. The TCJA liberalized writing off capital costs with the introduction of a Bonus Depreciation. Section 179 Expensing is still available for taking CapEx deductions. We show the similarities and key

Also known as QBI or 199A deduction, the TCJA introduced a new significant 20% deduction for small and medium business owners. The benefit phases out for service businesses with profits >$161/$321 (Single/MFJ), while they phase in for non-service businesses based on wages paid and property value. Sole Proprietors, LLCs and S-Corps use pass-through taxation in

S-Corp receives a favorable tax treatment when compared to a Sole Proprietorship, by splitting its earnings between Salary and Unearned Distribution, and in which the latter is not subject to Self-Employment tax. The Self-Employment (SE) tax is the employee and employer portions of the FICA tax. The FICA tax has two components: Social Security tax

Taxation and management overhead dictate the choice of business structure. The latter includes, in increasing order of complexity, Sole Proprietorship, LLC, S-Corp and C-Corp. The simplest corporate structure is Sole Proprietorship for which the only paperwork required is capturing your business revenue and expenses in Schedule C. However, this structure offers no separation between personal