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 result in taxable wages to you.
Many of our clients have taken opportunities to live and work in various parts of the world, such as Switzerland, and have concerns about their U.S. tax obligations. We want to alert you to the tax implications you might encounter as a U.S. citizen living or working abroad. We’re going to use Switzerland in our
Here’s some crucial information on how to document expenses during business travel. Corporation or proprietorship? If you operate as a corporation, the corporation should reimburse you for the travel expenses or pay for them directly. Remember, you can’t deduct employee business expenses on Form 1040 anymore due to changes brought by the Tax Cuts and
As a small employer (fewer than 50 employees), you should consider the Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA) as a good way to help your employees with their medical expenses. If the QSEHRA is indeed going to be your plan of choice, then you have three good reasons to get that QSEHRA plan in
For 2024, you can elect the de minimis safe harbor to expense assets costing $2,500 or less ($5,000 with audited financial statements or similar). The term “safe harbor” means that the IRS will accept your expensing of the qualified assets if you properly abided by the safe harbor rules. Here are three benefits of this
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 mileage and provide an adequate record.