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California Payroll Tax Forms Prepared in Five Minutes

May 20, 2015 By Stephen Nelson CPA

If you’re preparing the California payroll tax forms for a single shareholder-employee corporation, you can make the process pretty easy. In fact, … [Read more...] about California Payroll Tax Forms Prepared in Five Minutes

Filed Under: Bookkeeping, business taxes, Corporate taxation, management

Avoiding State Payroll Taxes

May 18, 2015 By Stephen Nelson CPA

The trick to keeping your payroll processing quick and simple is to minimize the busy work involved. In fact, I think what you do in a … [Read more...] about Avoiding State Payroll Taxes

Filed Under: Bookkeeping, business taxes

Will Obamacare Penalties Kill Your Small Business?

May 11, 2015 By Stephen Nelson CPA

So the first thing I need to say, before you jump to any wrong conclusions, is this: This blog is only about the nuts and bolts of you running a small … [Read more...] about Will Obamacare Penalties Kill Your Small Business?

Filed Under: business taxes, management, New business

Making Shareholder Distributions Look Reasonable to an IRS Agent

April 15, 2015 By Stephen Nelson CPA

S corporation shareholder-employees definitely need to make sure their salaries look reasonable. That’s the key point you want to take away from the … [Read more...] about Making Shareholder Distributions Look Reasonable to an IRS Agent

Filed Under: Bookkeeping, Corporate taxation, management

Five Best Small Business Tax Loopholes

March 30, 2015 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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  About this time every tax season, as the April 15 deadline fast approaches, newspapers and magazines often run articles about the best … [Read more...] about Five Best Small Business Tax Loopholes

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Getting a Great Tax Return Prepared for Less than $100

April 21, 2014 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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  I had a couple of people challenge me this tax season on our pricing. One guy called on the telephone asking if we’re actually … [Read more...] about Getting a Great Tax Return Prepared for Less than $100

Filed Under: business taxes, personal finance, Software

Smart Wealth Strategies of the One Percent

January 27, 2014 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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The personal wealth statistics supplied by the IRS (which I’ve blogged about in other posts here like Joining the Top Five Percent or Top One Percent … [Read more...] about Smart Wealth Strategies of the One Percent

Filed Under: management, New business, personal finance

Texas, Taxes, and Your Small Business

October 3, 2013 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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Over the next few weeks, I’m going to cover several topics related to state taxes, including how to legally employ people (including yourself) in … [Read more...] about Texas, Taxes, and Your Small Business

Filed Under: business taxes, Corporate taxation, New business

Quick and Dirty Payroll for One-person S Corps

July 25, 2013 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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Not every one-person corporation pays or even can pay an annual salary of $40,000 to the shareholder-employee. But a salary of $40,000, it turns out, … [Read more...] about Quick and Dirty Payroll for One-person S Corps

Filed Under: Bookkeeping, business taxes Tagged With: Payroll, S corporation

Steps for Electing Sub S Status for Washington LLC or Corp

July 11, 2013 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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In earlier posts, I've described how to set up your own Washington corporation or limited liability company. And I've talked about the rules for and … [Read more...] about Steps for Electing Sub S Status for Washington LLC or Corp

Filed Under: business taxes, Incorporation, New business

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