This is not tax or financial advice and is for educational purposes only. Consult your tax, financial, and legal advisors (not TikTok) to review the facts and circumstances of your specific situation.
Folks, a deduction is not a cash rebate.
Spending more to chase write-offs still leaves you poorer after the tax savings.
Here's how it actually works 🧵
Before you spend to "save on taxes," ask two questions.
Would I buy this if there were no deduction?
Is this ordinary and necessary for my business, or am I pretending a mostly personal expense has a real business purpose?
If you can't honestly answer yes to both of those questions, have a quick chat with your CPA before assuming you can write it off.
This is not tax or financial advice and is for educational purposes only. Consult your tax, financial, and legal advisors (not TikTok) to review the facts and circumstances of your specific situation.
The type of entity you choose for your business has a huge impact on your tax bill.
There's not always a clear right answer, but there is usually a clear wrong answer.
Here are the pros and cons of each from a tax perspective 🧵
C corporation.
Pros: the company is its own taxpayer, which can matter if you keep earnings in the company. Eligible for QSBS (IRC 1202).
Con: profits can be taxed at the company level and again when paid out as dividends (double taxation). Requires an additional tax return.
For the record: Complexity is the hidden tax inside every business.
Every exception you allow becomes a decision.
Every decision becomes a meeting.
Every meeting becomes a delay.
The same is true in your financial life.
Every account you have that isn't part of a strategy is complexity you're paying for without knowing it.
Simplify the structure. It pays you back.