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Financial guidance and accounting tips for entrepreneurs and startups
Single-Member LLC in 2026: Disregarded Entity, Corporate Election, and the S-Corp Reasonable-Comp Decision That Saves Self-Employment Tax
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.
独立請負人の誤分類：ある駐車場サービス会社が600万ドルを支払った理由と2026年DOL規則が採用に与える影響
請負人の誤分類は、労働者1人あたり10万ドル以上のコストがかかる可能性があります。2026年のDOL規則が分類要件をどのように厳格化するか、そして配達サービスからヘルステックまで、なぜ多くの業界が大規模な再分類訴訟に直面しているかを学びましょう。
Recordkeeping for Small Business in 2026: What to Keep, How Long, and the Digital Receipt Standard That Survives an Audit
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.
Hiring Your First Employee in 2026: Payroll Registration, W-4 and I-9, Workers' Comp, and the First 30-Day Compliance Checklist
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.
ビジネス売却の実際のコスト：仲介手数料、リーマン方式、そして隠れたコスト
ビジネスブローカーやM&Aアドバイザーは、ダブルリーマン方式で10％から2％までの段階的な手数料を請求しますが、最低手数料の下限、前払い金の返還不可、経費の払い戻し、テール条項などにより、提示された成功報酬のパーセンテージに、通常5～20％が上乗せされます。
R&D Tax Credit for Small Business in 2026: How the Section 41 Payroll Offset Gives Startups Up to $500K Against Payroll Tax
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.
Form 1099-NEC vs. 1099-MISC in 2026: $600 Thresholds, January 31 Deadlines, and the $50–$310 Per-Form Penalty Ladder
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.
Beneficial Ownership Reporting in 2026: Who Must File BOI With FinCEN, What Changed After the Court Challenges, and Late Penalties of $591 Per Day
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.
Crypto Taxes in 2026: Staking Rewards, Airdrops, Hard Forks, and Why Every Swap Is a Taxable Disposition
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.
The Augusta Rule in 2026: How Section 280A(g) Lets Homeowners Rent to Their Business for 14 Days Tax-Free — and When It Triggers an Audit
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.
Business Meals in 2026: What Is 50% Deductible After the Temporary 100% Expired and How to Document Business Purpose
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.
2026年のエストニアe-Residency：新たな取締役報酬2%課税、VAT実質的活動ルール、そして依然として有効なもの
エストニアは2026年1月より取締役報酬に2%の追加課税（合計24%）を導入し、実質的な経済的つながりがないe-Resident企業へのVAT番号発行を拒否するようになりました。一方、内部留保利益に対する0%法人税は維持されています。エストニアのOÜオーナーにとって何が変わるのかをご説明します。