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If you operate your business as a C or an S corporation, and if you loan money to the corporation or the corporation loans money to you, you need documentation that the loan is indeed a loan. With the S corporation, the loan that fails as a loan can...

Can you deduct the costs of real estate seminars and boot camps? The ability to deduct these costs largely depends on the nature of your real estate activities—are they considered a business or an investment? This distinction is crucial for understanding your tax obligations. If your real estate activities...

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to provide valuable insights regarding the tax implications of business meals. As you may already be aware, there is a contradiction in the tax laws regarding personal living expenses, specifically personal meals and business meal tax deductions. This is...

The individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) allows businesses of all sizes, from large corporations to small businesses like yours, to reimburse employees for their personally purchased health insurance expenses. The ICHRA is particularly beneficial for businesses with fewer than 50 employees because they are not obligated to provide...

We have some critical updates on the pass-through entity tax (PTET), which has recently become the rule in most states rather than the exception. The PTET enables owners of pass-through businesses, such as S corporations and multi-member LLCs, to navigate around the $10,000 annual limit on state and local...

If you are thinking about offering your employees the new individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA), take a moment to read the insights below. Class size rule. You face the class size rule only if you offer a traditional group health plan to one class of employees and an...

The distinction between repair expenses and improvement costs can impact your tax benefits. The tax law categorizes repair and improvement costs differently. Repair expenses are generally more beneficial for tax purposes, providing greater after-tax cash value than the depreciation deductions you would get from improvements or additions. One key...

If you own your own business and operate as a proprietorship or partnership (wherein your spouse is not a partner), one of the smartest tax moves you can make is hiring your spouse to work as your employee. But the tax savings may be a mirage if you don’t...

As an owner of a corporation and an employee within that corporation, you may be eligible for a home-office deduction if It’s important to note that your home-office deduction opportunity changed with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which discontinued employee business expenses as itemized deductions from 2018 to...

I wanted to take this opportunity to touch base regarding the federal income tax rules on the “kiddie tax” and its potential impact on your financial strategy for your child(ren). In brief, the kiddie tax was enacted by Congress to prevent parents from passing investment income to their children,...

I am writing today to bring to your attention a crucial aspect of business tax deductions: mileage logs. In most court cases, taxpayers lose vehicle expense deductions because they cannot present a credible business mileage log. The IRS code forbids deductions for vehicle expenses when taxpayers cannot prove the...

Have you established a 105-HRA, Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA), or Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) to reimburse your employees for medical expenses? If so, congratulations! These HRAs are a great way to pay your employees’ medical expenses and obtain a tax deduction. But all three...