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Retained Earnings

Killebrew3 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:19:41 GMT

LLC filing as an SCorp. Very simple business (no inventory, owner employee, selling online non-tangible products, no assets/liabilities)

All profits distributed except for $10K end of year bank balance (beginning bank balance was $0)

Is the $10 K my Retained Earnings

Re: Retained Earnings

Anonymous_ — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 03:47:56 GMT

Is this your first year in business?

@Rick19744

Re: Retained Earnings

Rick19744 — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:14:59 GMT

If this is your initial year in business, then this makes sense.

If you are not using some type of software for your record keeping, I would recommend you do so. QuickBooks would be a good choice. Using a software such as this, you would be able to print out a balance sheet and then compare it to your Schedule L on the tax return.

However, you indicate that all profits were distributed.

Are you taking a salary? If not, you definitely should be looking into this, as this is a hot topic and a priority review program for the IRS.

This forum is not conducive to determining what is a "reasonable" salary, this is only a recommendation that you should probably considered taking a salary.