by Sheri Hart | Dec 9, 2020 | Business Strategy, Small Business, Start-ups, Tax
The QBI deduction basics and a year-end tax tip that might help you qualify If you own a business, you may wonder if you’re eligible to take the qualified business income (QBI) deduction. Sometimes this is referred to as the pass-through deduction or the Section 199A...
by Sheri Hart | Jul 8, 2019 | Business Strategy, Financial Planning, Small Business, Start-ups, Tax, Uncategorized
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has changed the landscape for business taxpayers. That’s because the law introduced a flat 21% federal income tax rate for C corporations. Under prior law, profitable C corporations paid up to 35%. The TCJA also cut individual income...
by Doug Kook | Jan 3, 2019 | Small Business, Tax
The dawning of 2019 means the 2018 income tax filing season will soon be upon us. After year end, it’s generally too late to take action to reduce 2018 taxes. Business owners may, therefore, want to shift their focus to assessing whether they’ll likely owe taxes or...
by Doug Kook | Sep 11, 2018 | Small Business, Tax, Uncategorized
You are forming, or have formed, a company and have selected your entity type; Now – where are you doing business? What state will be your home state? Which other states will you need to get authority to do business in? If your home state is Delaware, you will...
by Doug Kook | Aug 28, 2018 | Financial Planning, Seminars & Presentations, Small Business, Tax
Welcome to our new blog series, “The Top 30 Things Start-ups & Small Businesses Need to Know.” We will begin with topic #1: “Entity Selection.” Entity selection is one of the most important decisions you will make for your business. There...