If you have an office in your home that qualifies for the home-office deduction and you employ a cleaning lady who maintains both your home and your home office, there are a couple of tax considerations to keep in mind. The amount you pay your cleaning lady for her...
When your S corporation covers or reimburses your more-than-2-percent-shareholder-employee health insurance expenses, it classifies the payments as box 1 W-2 wages but not box 3 or box 5 wages. When calculating the amount eligible for the Form 1040 self-employed...
There are two important issues related to health insurance deductions for S corporations. First, if you own more than 2 percent of an S corporation, there are three steps you need to follow to claim a deduction for health insurance: • Step 1. The cost of the...
All good things must come to an end. On December 31, 2022, one of the best tax deductions ever for businesses will begin to phase out: 100 percent bonus depreciation. Since late 2017, businesses have used bonus depreciation to deduct 100 percent of the cost of most...
At first glance, the corporate tax rules for forming an S corporation appear simple. They are not. Avoid these mistakes when you convert to an S-corp. Basic Requirements Here is what your business must look like when it operates as an S corporation: 1. The S...
