jtax
Level 10

Business & farm


@Carl wrote:

Now why this is set up as an S-Corp is beyond me. I see no sense in it.


I think people do this for the mythical lure of liability protection (hence the corp, or LLC) and make the S-election because they think they can take some of the profits home without paying social security/medicare. But in a business where it is basically all the owner's labor the reasonable salary that must be paid should be very close to the net profit, wiping out the benefit.

**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post
**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"