Want to take a client or a business prospect to lunch at a trendy restaurant? Go right ahead and enjoy the meal. Just don’t expect Uncle Sam to help pay for it. You see, thanks to recent so-called business-friendly tax reform, you can no longer deduct business meals. Those write-offs are dead and gone. Oh. I know. Some continuing education courses teach that business … [Read more...]
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Tax Reform: Wow, New 20 Percent Deduction for Business Income
Here’s some really good news and it’s a big deal… Section 199A of the new tax code lets you claim a deduction against your IRS 1040 taxable income of up to 20% of your qualified business income. Yes. These new rules can really put big money in your pocket. Which is why I urge you to read my new article titled Tax Tips: Tax Reform: Wow, New 20 Percent Deduction for Business … [Read more...]
Tax Reform Terminates Business Entertainment Deductions
Alert! The recently passed “business-friendly” tax reform package just completely killed the 50% business deduction for “directly related and associated entertainment.” That’s right. Last year you could take a prospect or client to a business dinner following the theater or a ballgame and write off 50% of the cost of the dinner and the theater or ballgame. (You just had to … [Read more...]
Tax Reform: Entertainment Deductions That Survived
First, the bad news: As we explained previously, tax reform wiped out 50 percent business-entertainment deductions. Which means you can no longer write off “directly related or associated” business-entertainment expenses. In other words, you can wave good-bye to deductible business meals, ballgames, etc., with clients and prospects. Now, for the good news: All is not … [Read more...]
Don’t Make This S Corporation Mistake
Ronnie Craft learned an expensive lesson. You see, he inadvertently waved a red flag in front of the IRS which resulted in an audit — an audit that cost him every penny of his S corporation business deductions. Where did Ronnie Craft go wrong and how can you avoid his fate? You’ll find out when you read my new article titled Tax Tips: Tax Savings Trap Crushes S … [Read more...]