#entrepreneurship
Guía financiera y consejos contables para emprendedores y startups
By default an LLC is disregarded to Schedule C and pays SE tax on all profit — elect S-corp via 8832/2553, pay yourself reasonable W-2 wages, and distributions escape SE tax when the salary is defensible.
La clasificación errónea de contratistas puede costar más de 100,000 dólares por trabajador. Aprende cómo las reglas del DOL de 2026 endurecen los requisitos de clasificación y por qué industrias desde servicios de entrega hasta tecnología de salud enfrentan grandes demandas por reclasificación.
The IRS needs adequate records per position — ordinary items 6 years from filing, payroll 4, property until disposition plus 6 — and a digital image counts only when indexed, legible, and retrievable.
An employee is a registration before the first paycheck — EIN, state withholding and SUI, workers' comp bound, W-4 and I-9 in 3 days, new-hire report in 20 days, 941 deposits by EFTPS.
Los corredores de negocios y asesores de M&A cobran comisiones Doble Lehman del 10% hasta el 2% por tramo, pero los suelos mínimos de honorarios, las retenciones no acreditables, los reembolsos de gastos y las cláusulas de cola añaden sistemáticamente entre un 5% y un 20% adicional sobre el porcentaje de honorarios de éxito cotizado.
Qualified research wages, supplies, and 65% of contract research generate a 14% ASC — and qualified startups can elect up to $500K per year against employer payroll on Form 8974.
NEC is for services, MISC is for rent and royalties — both to recipients by Jan 31, but NEC also files to IRS by Jan 31. Miss it and the $60–$310 per-form ladder starts.
The March 2025 interim final rule exempted domestic reporting companies — foreign-registered entities must still report within 30 days, update within 30 of any change, at $591 per day for willful failure.
Staking, airdrops, and hard forks are ordinary income at fair value when you gain dominion and control — and every crypto-to-crypto swap is a sale with proceeds, basis, and gain.
280A(g) excludes 14 or fewer rental days — but the business deduction still needs business purpose and fair venue comps. Keep the agenda, sign-in, photos, and rate memo or the rent is recharacterized.
Restaurant meals are back to 50% after the 2022 100% boost expired — the real test is whether each meal has amount, time, place, purpose, and business relationship plus your presence.
Estonia añadió un recargo del 2% sobre los honorarios de consejeros (24% total) desde enero de 2026 y ahora deniega números de IVA a empresas de e-Residentes sin vínculos económicos reales — mientras que el impuesto corporativo del 0% sobre ganancias retenidas permanece. Esto es lo que cambia para los propietarios de OÜ estonios.
