Know Whether Your Trip Is a Deductible Business Expense To help you understand business travel, consider this: You planned a personal trip to Los Angeles, arriving on Friday afternoon and leaving on Sunday afternoon. About a week later, you learn that a vendor you...
New Individual Coverage HRA Allows You to Reimburse Employees for Health Insurance The new Individual Coverage HRA (ICHRA) lets you help employees with their health care costs without fear of ACA penalties. Starting January 1, 2020, employers can offer this new ICHRA....
Can the IRS Require Odometer Readings with the Mileage Rate? Do you claim your business miles at the IRS optional rate? If so, imagine you are now being audited by the IRS for your business mileage. The IRS has requested odometer readings for your vehicle. You might...
QBI Issue When Your S Corp Is a Partner in a Partnership It’s common to consider making your S corporation (versus yourself) a partner in your partnership: it saves you self-employment taxes. Does this affect your Section 199A deduction? It does. Guaranteed payments...
Avoid This S Corporation Health Insurance Deduction Mistake If you own more than 2 percent of an S corporation, you have to do three things to claim a deduction for your health insurance: You must get the cost of the insurance on the S corporation’s books. Your S...
Know These Tax Rules If Your Average Rental Is Seven Days or Less If you own a condominium, cottage, cabin, lake or beach home, ski lodge, or similar property that you rent for an “average” rental period of seven days or less for the year, you have a property with...
