Avoid the 1099 Prepaid Rent Mismatch

Business rent payments to your landlord are reported on IRS Form 1099-MISC, which is due January 31. For the 1099-MISC, do you simply look at your checkbook or payment ledgers to identify the amounts you are going to report? If so, you will create an incorrect 1099...

Answers to Common Section 199A Questions

The Section 199A tax deduction is complicated, and many questions remain unanswered even after the IRS issued its proposed regulations on the provision. And to further complicate matters, there’s also a lot of misinformation out there about Section 199A. Below are...

Five Strategies for Dealing with a Business Loss

If you have a bad year in your business, the new net operating loss (NOL) rules are designed to stop you from using your business loss to find some immediate cash. The new (let’s call them bad-for-you) rules certainly differ from the prior beneficial rules.   Old...

Tax Reform: Entity Choice- Proprietorship or S Corporation?

If you are a high earner AND not in the out-of-favor specified service trade or business group, you may want to consider operating as an S corporation to qualify for the new Section 199A 20 percent tax deduction. If you currently file as a Schedule C taxpayer because...