The Schedule K-1 can be tied to different tax returns, depending on how the business was created. The K-1 tax form varies slightly depending on whether the ownership structure is a...
Posted by Larry Hurt on 07/23/2020
The trader tax status (TTS) constitutes the treatment of business expenses and offers several significant tax advantages to qualified active traders. The first step is to determine...
Posted by Advanced Accounting & Tax Planning on 04/20/2020
One of the many questions I get as a tax and financial advisor is what business structure to choose when you are starting a business. Liability notwithstanding, a big determining factor...
Posted by Terrance Hutchins, CLU, CFP, RICP, EA on 01/21/2020
I remember it was the last semester of college and had a full blown case of senioritis. I was working on my final project for my capstone business course regretting that I had waited...
Posted by Terrance Hutchins, CLU, CFP, RICP, EA on 01/21/2020
There are critical tax favorable circumstances for Independent Contractors (IC) versus workers. ICs deduct costs of doing business, though, the new tax law (TCJA) suspended "unreimbursed...
Dividends are a type of investment income that is stock generated, and also from mutual funds containing stocks. They stand as a taxable share of corporate profits that are paid out...
Posted by LLOYD J CAZES CPA on 07/25/2019
There is no hard-and-fast method for differentiating between a hobby and a real business based on a tax return. There is no way to tell a business from a hobby except by the use of...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 07/25/2019
Traders or merchants who qualify for the trader's tax status (TTS) as a sole proprietorship, S-Corp or partnership (including hedge funds), wonder if they should use the tax treatment...
Posted by John Pournaras Agency on 04/09/2019
A lot of people are still very confused and have little or no knowledge about S-Corporation. So it has become imperative to enlighten these people and set the record straight about...
Posted by Advantage Tax Services, Inc. on 02/25/2019