Surgent's Reducing a Business Owner Client's Exposure to Social Security and Self-Employment Taxes
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Webcast or Webinar, Online
10:00AM - 12:00PM (opens at 9:30 AM) EST
2Credits
Technical Business
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Members
$99.00 Regular Price
Non-Members
$129.00 Regular Price
Course Type: Webcast
Course Code: 24/SUREXE80
Level: Intermediate
Vendor: Surgent
Field of Study: Taxes
Overview:
Many business owner clients wish to minimize their Social Security and self-employment tax liabilities. This course provides tax practitioners with the background to understand what kinds of income constitute self-employment income and earned income. It covers strategies that can be used to reduce clients' exposure to the self-employment tax and Social Security tax.Objectives:
- Determine when avoiding earned income/SE income works favorably for the client
- Understand how hiring a spouse and/or child helps reduce self-employment tax
- Differentiate between income treated as self- employment income and income that is not self-employment income
Major Topics:
- Section 1402(a)(1) exclusions from the definition of self-employment income
- Application of the SE tax to members of limited liability companies
- Taking a self-employed owner's health insurance deductions against self-employment tax
- How using the S corporation and the MMLLC treated as a partnership can help reduce an individual's exposure to self-employment tax
- How hiring a spouse and/or child helps reduce self-employment tax
- Differentiating between income treated as self- employment income and income that is not self-employment income
Major Topics:
- Section 1402(a)(1) exclusions from the definition of self-employment income
- Application of the SE tax to members of limited liability companies
- Taking a self-employed owner's health insurance deductions against self-employment tax
- How using the S corporation and the MMLLC treated as a partnership can help reduce an individual's exposure to self-employment tax
- How hiring a spouse and/or child helps reduce self-employment tax
- Differentiating between income treated as self- employment income and income that is not self-employment income