{"id":1474,"date":"2019-10-13T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T09:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:36:57","slug":"rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68b58723d9371\" class=\" wd-rs-68b58723d9371 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"overview\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Takeaways\"><\/span>Key Takeaways<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Reasonable salary for S Corp shareholders can vary widely<\/b> depending on methodology and inputs\u2014$193K vs. $113K in one case study.<\/li>\n<li><b>RCReports uses three approaches<\/b>: Cost (Many Hats), Market, and Income to determine a fair shareholder salary.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cost Approach (Many Hats)<\/b> breaks down all tasks a shareholder performs and assigns comparable wages for each duty.<\/li>\n<li><b>Key factors influencing salary<\/b> include total annual hours worked, percentage of time spent on revenue-generating tasks, and proficiency level.<\/li>\n<li><b>Small changes can dramatically alter results<\/b>: reducing hours, lowering time allocation, or adjusting proficiency significantly lowers calculated salary.<\/li>\n<li><b>Location matters<\/b>: cost of living differences, especially in states like Rhode Island, affect reasonable salary estimates.<\/li>\n<li><b>Accuracy and honesty in survey responses<\/b> are critical; RCReports is \u201cgarbage-in, garbage-out.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732eedb8061f\" class=\" wd-rs-6732eedb8061f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26107\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" \/>Recently we had a foot and ankle physician group in Rhode Island complete two different RCReports interviews to determine a reasonable salary for their S Corp, and the results are worthy of further discussion. The first draft yielded a shareholder salary of $193,762 yet the second draft returned $112,728. That is an $81,000 difference!<\/p>\n<p>What changed? Good question. Let\u2019s recap a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/reasonable-shareholder-salary\/\">previous reasonable salary blog post<\/a>\u00a0where our wonderful Latesha Anderson walked you thru the methodology deployed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rcreports.com\/\">RCReports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732eb0d791bd\" class=\" wd-rs-6732eb0d791bd wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RCReports_Methodology\"><\/span>RCReports Methodology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Here is the blurb from our other blog post-<\/p>\n<p>RCReports uses three methodologies to generate a report: Cost Approach, Market Approach, and Income Approach. The Market Approach and the Income Approach are typically used for larger companies or for businesses where there isn\u2019t much data available to compare. The Cost Approach, aka the Many Hats Approach, is the one we see most commonly used for small, one-person or two-person, S Corps.<\/p>\n<p>The Cost Approach analyzes the many duties a business owner completes and how much time is spent performing each task. It then determines a comparable wage for each duty and adds them up for a total cost to replace the services of the business owner. As a small business owner, you have to wear many hats; sometimes you\u2019re the janitor, human resources, IT, etc. RCReports assigns a number to each task you perform and builds you up brick-by-brick until they determine a final salary of what it would cost to replace you and everything you bring to the S corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so the reasonable salary methodology seems pretty straightforward, right? Cost, Market and Income are the common business valuation methodologies\u2026 why not use them for valuing shareholders? RCReports uses them in conjunction with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-news\/fs-08-25.pdf\">IRS Fact Sheet 2008-25<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/business-services\/s-corp-salary\/\">several other tax court cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;commu-video-sec&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;671799823908b&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzE3OTk4MjM5MDhiIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#8221; mobile_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; tablet_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; woodmart_gradient_switch=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_box_shadow=&#8221;no&#8221; wd_z_index=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_disable_overflow=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_mobile=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_inner][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pmlN10H9t60&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731391388120{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;6732ef9930375&#8243; image_poster_switch=&#8221;no&#8221;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732efaf2510a\" class=\" wd-rs-6732efaf2510a wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasonable_Shareholder_Salary_WCG_Inc\"><\/span>Reasonable Shareholder Salary | WCG Inc.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Let&#8217;s go through some salary theory and some rules of thumb salary calculations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732eb2d443fe\" class=\" wd-rs-6732eb2d443fe wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>How does RCReports take you, the shareholder, and funnels you thru the RCReports pinball machine of methodologies, and ultimately create reasonable salary number? It starts with some basic questions, and this is where the fun begins-<\/p>\n<p>The RCReports process is very easy! RCReports sends you a link to complete a survey, you complete it, and it calculates what your reasonable shareholder salary should be! Bada-Bing-Bada-Boom! The survey begins by asking you<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>where you are located (state and county),<\/li>\n<li>how many hours you work every week,<\/li>\n<li>what standard tasks you do for your business (janitorial, administrative, marketing, finance, etc.), and<\/li>\n<li>what business specific tasks you do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is one component that is not mentioned that is huge; we will drill down and show you how $193,762 went to $112,728. Wait for it\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732eb5f64976\" class=\" wd-rs-6732eb5f64976 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RCReports_Returns_193762\"><\/span>RCReports Returns $193,762<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Please check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RCReports-CaseStudy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redacted RCReports Analysis<\/a>\u00a0of our foot and ankle physician group since you might find it useful as we take you through the reasonable salary components.<\/p>\n<p>The first component you\u2019ll notice is the hours worked which was 2,080. Most business owners recognize this number as 40 hours x 52 weeks. This makes sense if you are a full-time employee. But what if you as an S Corp shareholder don\u2019t work a full 40-hour week?<\/p>\n<p>The next component is the percentage of your time chopped up into a pie chart. Of your day or week, how much time is spent deploying your skills, and how much time is spent on-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>administration,<\/li>\n<li>training and continuing education,<\/li>\n<li>janitorial duties,<\/li>\n<li>talking to your amazing WCG CPAs,<\/li>\n<li>discussing things with your attorney (yawn),<\/li>\n<li>reviewing contracts (nighty night),<\/li>\n<li>dealing with health insurance providers (shoot me now),<\/li>\n<li>balancing your checkbook (less painful),<\/li>\n<li>putting together that silly IKEA bookshelf and<\/li>\n<li>several other things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t short-change yourself on the non-revenue generating tasks that you might do.<\/p>\n<p>The final component in this analysis is proficiency. There are several options here, but the primary ones are above average and average. Every small business owner, especially doctors, think they are superman as compared to their peers. Sure\u2026 you\u2019re special\u2026 but you are not unique. When using RCReports, we suggest checking the ego at the door and we\u2019ll show you how this tiny change from above-average to average can alter the results dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>As we stumble getting off our soapbox, let\u2019s look at the next reasonable salary analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732eb69d6ae0\" class=\" wd-rs-6732eb69d6ae0 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RCReports_Returns_112768\"><\/span>RCReports Returns $112,768<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>In this report, all three components changed-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2,080 hours went to 1,820 which is either 35 hours a week or just over 45 weeks per year.<\/li>\n<li>Time spent went from 80% to 75% when the S Corp shareholders dug a little deeper into their time allocations.<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency went from above-average to average. This was HUGE! It changed the hourly rate from $104 to $66.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So think of the pinball bouncing around in your RCReports pinball machine. The first bounce was reducing the hourly rate from $104 to $66. Next, the annual hours went from 2,080 to 1,820 given vacations, golfing, holidays and general screwing-around. Lastly, less time was spent performing doctor tasks (80% to 75%). In other words, the time spent was less valuable and the amount of time spent was reduced. Double dip!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the combined RCReports for your edification-<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_id=&#8221;getting-started&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1728658184377{padding: 30px !important;background-color: #F4F1E8 !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;67093aa4d95c5&#8243; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzA5M2FhNGQ5NWM1Iiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#8221; mobile_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; tablet_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; woodmart_gradient_switch=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_box_shadow=&#8221;no&#8221; wd_z_index=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_disable_overflow=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_mobile=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;4\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;44014&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_scroll=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;8\/12&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68145cb787766\" class=\" wd-rs-68145cb787766 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none with-btn box-btn-static \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">RCReports Case Study PDF<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Learn how a Rhode Island physician group uncovered an $81K salary variance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a31c470d6954\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/RCReports-CaseStudy.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6732eb790defc\" class=\" wd-rs-6732eb790defc wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>RCReports is a garbage-in, garbage-out reasonable salary machine. This is true for so many things in life, right? So\u2026 as you work thru the interview questions keep the issues we highlighted in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Another noteworthy consideration is that this report was performed for an S corporation physician group in Rhode Island. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestplaces.net\/cost_of_living\/state\/rhode_island\">BestPlaces.net<\/a>, Rhode Island has a 19% higher cost of living than the average for the United States. Housing, utilities and transportation were the major contributors. Interestingly, health costs were 80% of the United States average.<\/p>\n<p>There ya go! If you need help sorting through all this and need to discuss reasonable salary for your S Corp, give us a call or send us an email. We would love to help!<\/p>\n<p><em>Jason Watson, CPA is the Managing Partner of WCG Inc., a business consultation and tax preparation firm, and is the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcginc.com\/book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taxpayer\u2019s Comprehensive Guide on LLC\u2019s and S Corps<\/a>\u00a0which is available online.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68b5874a3338f\" class=\" wd-rs-68b5874a3338f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title faqs-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title box-title-style-default wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span>Frequently Asked Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_reasonable_shareholder_salary\"><\/span>What is a reasonable shareholder salary?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A salary that fairly compensates the shareholder for all duties performed, based on industry norms and IRS guidelines.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_RCReports_calculate_it\"><\/span>How does RCReports calculate it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Using Cost, Market, and Income approaches, with the Cost Approach breaking down tasks and assigning comparable wages.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_factors_most_affect_the_salary_estimate\"><\/span>What factors most affect the salary estimate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Total hours worked, percentage of time on revenue tasks, and proficiency level.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_did_the_salary_drop_from_193K_to_113K\"><\/span>Why did the salary drop from $193K to $113K?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Reduced hours, lower time allocation to revenue tasks, and adjusting proficiency from above-average to average.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_location_impact_the_calculation\"><\/span>Does location impact the calculation?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, local cost of living factors like housing, utilities, and transportation are considered.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_the_report_be_inaccurate\"><\/span>Can the report be inaccurate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, if inputs are exaggerated or misreported, the output will not reflect a reasonable salary.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_should_use_RCReports\"><\/span>Who should use RCReports?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>S Corp owners and small business shareholders needing IRS-compliant salary documentation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_proficiency_level_matter\"><\/span>Does proficiency level matter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Absolutely\u2014changing from above-average to average can significantly lower the salary calculation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_non-revenue_tasks_included_in_the_salary\"><\/span>Are non-revenue tasks included in the salary?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, tasks like administration, HR, janitorial duties, and legal review are factored into the Cost Approach.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_RCReports_accepted_by_the_IRS\"><\/span>Is RCReports accepted by the IRS?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It is widely used and references IRS Fact Sheet 2008-25 and tax court cases to support reasonable salary determinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;commu-video-sec&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;671799823908b&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzE3OTk4MjM5MDhiIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#8221; mobile_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; tablet_bg_img_hidden=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; woodmart_gradient_switch=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_box_shadow=&#8221;no&#8221; wd_z_index=&#8221;no&#8221; woodmart_disable_overflow=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_mobile=&#8221;0&#8243; row_reverse_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_inner][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pmlN10H9t60&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731391388120{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;6732ef9930375&#8243; image_poster_switch=&#8221;no&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study - WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recently we had a physician group complete two RCReports to determine a reasonable salary for their S Corp and the results are worthy of further discussion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently we had a physician group complete two RCReports to determine a reasonable salary for their S Corp and the results are worthy of further discussion.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-13T09:04:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-26T16:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"70\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason Watson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason Watson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study - WCG CPAs & Advisors","description":"Recently we had a physician group complete two RCReports to determine a reasonable salary for their S Corp and the results are worthy of further discussion.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study","og_description":"Recently we had a physician group complete two RCReports to determine a reasonable salary for their S Corp and the results are worthy of further discussion.","og_url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/","og_site_name":"WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors","article_published_time":"2019-10-13T09:04:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-26T16:36:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":70,"url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jason Watson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason Watson","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/"},"author":{"name":"Jason Watson","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0225b77adcec813c7746e7806e0482f9"},"headline":"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study","datePublished":"2019-10-13T09:04:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T16:36:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/"},"wordCount":3287,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1.png","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/","url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/","name":"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study - WCG CPAs & Advisors","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1.png","datePublished":"2019-10-13T09:04:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T16:36:57+00:00","description":"Recently we had a physician group complete two RCReports to determine a reasonable salary for their S Corp and the results are worthy of further discussion.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-300x70-1.png","width":300,"height":70},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rcreports-reasonable-salary-case-study\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RCReports Reasonable Salary Case Study"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/","name":"wcginc.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#organization","name":"wcginc.com","alternateName":"WCG CPAs & Advisors","url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wcg-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wcg-logo.png","width":521,"height":137,"caption":"wcginc.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0225b77adcec813c7746e7806e0482f9","name":"Jason Watson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bbdcd194ef70d6f0f47f42fabed228d98b5486d05531f4b3bf6147ac67dda9df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bbdcd194ef70d6f0f47f42fabed228d98b5486d05531f4b3bf6147ac67dda9df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bbdcd194ef70d6f0f47f42fabed228d98b5486d05531f4b3bf6147ac67dda9df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jason Watson"},"description":"Jason Watson is a Senior Partner for WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors, a boutique yet progressive tax, accounting and consultation CPA firm located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has been an owner of three small businesses, and holds both a Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison.","url":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/author\/jason\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90212,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions\/90212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}