#small-business
Стратегии и инструменти за финансово управление за малкия бизнес
Marketplaces like Amazon, Etsy, and Shopify collect sales tax for you, but registration, zero returns, and economic nexus tracking are still your responsibility. A 2026 compliance routine for multi-channel sellers, with state thresholds and the six mistakes that trigger penalties.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the Section 45S paid family and medical leave credit permanent, lowered the eligibility threshold to six months, and added a premium-based method that lets small employers claim 12.5%–25% of PFML insurance premiums even when no leave is taken.
Small CPA firms must implement PCAOB QC 1000 by December 15, 2026, alongside AICPA SQMS No. 1, already effective since December 2025. A practical guide to the eight components, four required roles, Form QC reporting, and a five-phase plan to reach compliance.
A practical guide to phantom stock and SARs for private companies — how the plans work, why Section 409A's 20% penalty is the rule that breaks most informal arrangements, how ASC 718 liability accounting affects EBITDA, and when synthetic equity beats options, RSUs, or an ESOP.
A 30-day post-filing playbook for small business owners — read last year's return line by line, log friction points while they hurt, recalculate quarterly estimates against real-time P&L, fix one workflow per pain point, and evaluate S-corp election, Solo 401(k), Section 179, and Augusta Rule moves while your CPA is still in fresh-mind mode.
For 2026, QSEHRA caps tax-free reimbursements at $6,450 self-only and $13,100 family for employers under 50 FTEs, while ICHRA has no IRS cap and lets any-size employer vary contributions across 11 federal employee classes—provided the 9.96% affordability test, MEC requirement, and 90-day notice are all met.
When a C corp converts to an S corp, Section 1374 imposes a 21% corporate tax on appreciated assets sold within 5 years.
Section 263A UNICAP forces producers and resellers to attach indirect costs — rent, supervisor wages, depreciation — to inventory rather than expense them. This guide covers the 2026 $32M small-business exemption, the simplified production and resale methods, Form 3115 and the 481(a) adjustment, and the personnel-allocation mistakes that draw IRS attention.
Claim the Section 45B FICA tip credit with Form 8846 to recover 7.65% of employer payroll tax on tips above a $5.15/hour floor.
How executors of closely-held business estates use IRC Section 6166 to defer federal estate tax across 14 years at a 2% rate, with the 2026 inflation-adjusted $1.94M base, the 35% eligibility test, election mechanics, and the acceleration events that kill the deferral.
A funding-model guide for small employers comparing fully-insured, level-funded, and self-funded group health plans, with the math on stop-loss coverage, ERISA fiduciary exposure, Form 5500 filings, and when each model actually saves money.
A 2026 comparison of Wyoming, Delaware, and Nevada LLCs across real annual costs ($110–$600), charging-order statutes, single-member protection, anonymity rules, and the foreign-qualification trap that erases out-of-state savings.
