Paying Your Child: W-2 or 1099? Here’s a question I received from one of my clients: “I will hire my 15-year-old daughter to work in my single-member LLC business, and I expect to pay her about $12,000 this year. Do I pay her through payroll checks and file a W-2?” My Answer Yes. And W-2…
Self-Employment Taxes for Partners and LLC Members Here’s a question: Does a member of a limited liability company (LLC) or a partner in a partnership have to pay self-employment taxes on the member’s or partner’s share of the entity’s income? Incredibly, the answer is not always clear. If you are a general partner in a…
Self-Employment Tax Basics If you own an unincorporated business, you likely pay at least three different federal taxes. In addition to federal income taxes, you must pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, also called the self-employment tax. Self-employment taxes are not insubstantial. Indeed, many business owners pay more in self-employment taxes than in income tax.…
Investing in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) The Fed is finally taking aggressive action to fight inflation, but will it work? Where’s the stock market headed? Who knows? Real estate might be a good inflation hedge, but it’s a non-liquid asset and no sure thing. Clearly, this is not a great environment for investors or retirement…
New Business Tax Credits for Your Electric Vehicle Purchases You may have heard that the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act includes an expanded tax credit for electric vehicles. Although this personal credit has gotten most of the publicity, the new law launched a new commercial clean vehicle credit—specifically for business-use electric vehicles. And it’s much…
Claiming the ERC When You Own Multiple Entities Do you qualify for the employee retention credit (ERC)? Did you claim it? It’s not too late. You can still amend your 2020 and 2021 payroll tax returns. Remember, this can be worth up to $5,000 per employee in 2020 and up to $7,000 per employee per…
New and Improved Energy Tax Credits for Homeowners The president signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on August 16, 2022. It contains some valuable tax credits for homeowners. When it comes to taxes, nothing is better than a tax credit since it is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in the taxes you must pay (unlike a…
Earn 9.62 Percent Tax-Deferred Interest with Series I Bonds Inflation is seldom a good thing. But when it comes to investing, the U.S. Treasury Department has an inflation opportunity that’s downright amazing. You can buy bonds that pay 9.62 percent interest—tax-deferred—with no downside risk, and with no state or local income taxes when you cash…
Claim Your Employee Retention Credit If you had W-2 employees in 2020 and/or 2021, you need to look at the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). As you likely know, it’s not too late to file for the ERC. And now is a good time to get this done. You can qualify for 2020 credits of up…
Buying an Electric Vehicle? Know These Tax Law Changes There’s good and bad news if you’re in the market for an electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The good news is that the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act includes a wholly revamped tax credit for electric vehicles that starts in 2023 and continues through 2032.…
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