Taxpayer's Comprehensive Guide to LLCs and S Corps: 2020 Edition

This is our eighth edition (2020 Edition).How can I avoid self-employment taxes? This simple question was the inspiration for creating an article describing the benefits of an S Corporation. That original article, which was about four pages long, quickly became a series of KnowledgeBase articles on WCG (formerly Watson CPA Group) website. The articles touched on basic topics such as how to elect S Corp status, shareholder payroll, reasonable salary determination and liability protection. Those broad topics demanded much more information, both horizontally by spanning into more related issues, and vertically by digging deeper into the granular yet riveting levels of the tax code. Beyond general S Corp benefits, our 2020 edition of this book will show you-1. Entity Structures, and Custom Multi-Entity Arrangements2. The Fallacy of Nevada Corps3. State Taxes, Nexus, FBA Problems, and Liability 4. S Corp Benefits, Tax Savings 5. Avoiding Self-Employment Taxes6. The 185 Reasons an S Corp or LLC Might Stink7. Forming and Operating an S Corp8. Late S Corp Election9. Determining Reasonable S Corp Shareholder Salary10. Section 199A Business Tax Deduction11. Tax Deductions, Fringe Benefits, Kids on Payroll and Cars12. Properly Paying for Health Insurance13. Small Business Retirement Planning with Your S CorpEach week we receive several phone calls and emails from small business owners and other CPAs across the country who have read our Taxpayer’s Comprehensive Guide to LLCs and S Corps and praised the wealth of information. Regardless of your current situation, whether you are considering starting your own business or entertaining a contracting gig, or you are an experienced business owner, the contents of this book are for you.This book is written with the general taxpayer in mind. Too many resources simply regurgitate complex tax code without explanation. While in some cases tax code and court opinions are duplicated verbatim because of precision of the words, this book strives to explain many technical concepts in layperson terms with some added humor and opinions.We believe you will find this book educational as well as amusing.