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What You Need to Know When Your Business Needs Workers

What You Need to Know When Your Business Needs WorkersUsing other people to operate your money machine.

When your business needs other people's time and efforts, you will be subject to a whole range of rules, laws and forms to file. Compliance with these rules, laws and proper filing of forms will save you much trouble in the future. 

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A Story to Grow From: But I have an LLC!

A Story to Grow From: But I have an limited liability entity!It was a fine summer Monday, and Randy was feeling good that his business was finally getting requests for new jobs, more in line with business before the downturn.

He knew what a struggle it had been to stay afloat through the last two years. He felt that he would soon be able to catch up on his past due bills to suppliers. Too much brain damage dealing with constant collection calls and no money to satisfy them.

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What is "Reasonable Compensation"?

What is Reasonable Compenasation to the IRS?Reasonable Compensation is a current high priority issue for the IRS concerning all corporations, especially S corporations

Wage Compensation for Corporation Officers

Corporate officers are specifically included within the definition of employee for FICA (Federal Insurance Contribution Tax Act), FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act), and federal income tax withholding under the Internal Revenue Code. When corporate officers perform services for the corporation, and receive or are entitled to receive payments, their compensation is generally considered wages. Sub-chapter S corporations should treat payments for services to officers as wages, and not as distributions of cash and property or loans to shareholder or limited liability company members.

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