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Entrepreneurship
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.
독립 계약자 오분류: 한 주차장 업체가 600만 달러를 지불한 이유와 2026년 노동부 규정이 고용에 미치는 영향
계약자 오분류는 근로자 한 명당 10만 달러 이상의 비용이 발생할 수 있습니다. 2026년 노동부 규정이 분류 요건을 어떻게 강화하는지, 그리고 배달 서비스부터 의료 기술에 이르기까지 다양한 업종에서 대규모 재분류 소송에 직면하는 이유를 알아보세요.
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.
사업체 매각 시 실제 비용: 브로커 수수료, 레만 공식, 숨은 비용
사업체 브로커와 M&A 자문사는 단계별로 10%에서 2%까지 내려가는 더블 레만 수수료를 청구하지만, 최소 수수료 기준, 환급되지 않는 선임료, 비용 정산, 그리고 테일 조항으로 인해 명시된 성공 수수료 비율 위에 5~20%의 추가 비용이 정기적으로 발생합니다.
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.
2026년 에스토니아 전자거주권: 새로운 2% 이사 보수 세금, 부가가치세 실질 요건, 그리고 여전히 유효한 사항
에스토니아는 2026년 1월부터 이사 보수에 2% 추가 부담금(총 24%)을 부과하고, 실질적인 경제적 연계가 없는 전자거주 기업에 부가가치세 번호 발급을 거부하고 있습니다. 유보 이익에 대한 법인세 0%는 유지됩니다. 에스토니아 OÜ 소유주에게 어떤 변화가 있는지 설명합니다.