{"id":6276,"date":"2024-06-19T12:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/?page_id=6276"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:47:09","slug":"reducing-taxes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table Of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Reducing_Taxes\" >Reducing Taxes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Sell_Stock_Losers_to_Offset_Gains\" >Sell Stock Losers to Offset Gains<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Borrow_Against_Your_Unrealized_Stock_Gains\" >Borrow Against Your Unrealized Stock Gains<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Budget_Review_Business_Connection\" >Budget Review, Business Connection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#State_Deferrals\" >State Deferrals<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#401k_SEP_IRAs_and_IRAs\" >401k, SEP IRAs, and IRAs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Roth_versus_Pretax_401k_Contributions\" >Roth versus Pretax 401k Contributions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Health_Savings_Account_HSA\" >Health Savings Account (HSA)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Advanced_Tax_Planning_for_IRAs_Roth_IRAs_and_Roth_Conversions\" >Advanced Tax Planning for IRA\u2019s, Roth IRAs and Roth Conversions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Donor_Advised_Fund\" >Donor Advised Fund<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Qualified_Charitable_Distribution_QCD\" >Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Optimized_Shareholder_Salary\" >Optimized Shareholder Salary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Pass_Through_Entity_Tax_PTET_Deduction\" >Pass Through Entity Tax (PTET) Deduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Profit_Sharing_Defined_Benefits_Pensions_Cash_Balance\" >Profit Sharing, Defined Benefits Pensions (Cash Balance)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Accountable_Plan_Reimbursements\" >Accountable Plan Reimbursements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Prepay_Expenses\" >Prepay Expenses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Depreciation_Optimization\" >Depreciation Optimization<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Switching_to_Accrual_Accounting\" >Switching to Accrual Accounting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Adding_Spouse_to_Payroll\" >Adding Spouse to Payroll<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Adding_Children_to_S_Corp_Payroll\" >Adding Children to S Corp Payroll<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Adding_Children_to_Payroll_Family_Management_LLC\" >Adding Children to Payroll Family Management LLC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Consider_Yourself_a_Passive_Business_Owner\" >Consider Yourself a Passive Business Owner<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Short-Term_Rental_Loophole\" >Short-Term Rental Loophole<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Cost_Segregation_on_Real_Estate\" >Cost Segregation on Real Estate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Real_Estate_Professional\" >Real Estate Professional<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#1031_Exchanges_Like-Kind_on_Real_Estate_Transactions\" >1031 Exchanges (Like-Kind) on Real Estate Transactions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Tax_Free_Rental_of_Your_Home\" >Tax Free Rental of Your Home<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Medical_C_Corp\" >Medical C Corp<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Permanent_Life_Insurance_Plans\" >Permanent Life Insurance Plans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Conservation_Easement\" >Conservation Easement<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Captive_Insurance\" >Captive Insurance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Family_Limited_Partnerships_FLP_and_LLCs\" >Family Limited Partnerships (FLP) and LLCs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#Discounted_Roth_Conversions\" >Discounted Roth Conversions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/tax-support\/reducing-taxes\/#GRATs_GRITs_and_Private_Annuities\" >GRATs, GRITs, and Private Annuities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a 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height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_145121860_tax_reduction_300-1-1.webp 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_145121860_tax_reduction_300-1-1-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>One of our primary focuses at WCG is ensuring you are paying the least amount of taxes allowed by law. Some of our other primary focuses are helping you build wealth and leverage the most of your financial worlds for you and your family. However, these focuses or objectives are not isolated; they are very much related to each other and intertwined.<\/p>\n<p>Before we run through several tax reduction and tax avoidance ideas, let\u2019s talk about some basic concepts.<\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a secret tax deduction club that only a few people know about. If there were, it would be like Fight Club, right? But trust us, no one is intentionally keeping tax deductions a secret.<\/p>\n<p>Most people are interested in saving cash when they say they want to reduce or avoid taxes, but saving cash and reducing taxes are not necessarily the same.<\/p>\n<p>Two households, making the exact same income, might have wildly different tax liabilities based on the myriad of variables such as children, mortgage interest, charitable donations, available tax credits, and, yes, the proficiency of the tax professionals involved.<\/p>\n<p>As household incomes travel through the ranges, a lot of things happen. The first $100,000 in income for most households is well-sheltered with itemized deductions and low tax brackets. The next $100,000 in income sees certain tax credits go away,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/article\/taxes\/federal-income-tax-brackets\">higher tax brackets<\/a>\u00a0and fewer available tax deductions such as IRAs and other things (what we call income phase-outs). In other words, if you go from $100,000 to $200,000 in household income, you will pay way more than double in taxes (you could easily see 2.5 to 3.0 times more). Yuck! The next $100,000 and beyond is completely naked, and is generally purely taxable (unless some tax reduction tactics are deployed). Super yuck!<\/p>\n<p>Tax deductions and tax deferrals are not the same.\u00a0<a href=\"\/kb\/tax-savings-and-tax-deferrals\/\">Tax deferrals<\/a>\u00a0are tax bombs later in life; little IOU\u2019s to the IRS, and they will eventually call in the chit. But if you use the immediate tax savings to build wealth, then a tax deferral is worth it. Deferring taxes to pay for a cruise vacation might not always be the best approach (then again, live a little!).<\/p>\n<p>You want to match the highest tax deduction to the high income. Let\u2019s say it\u2019s December and you are considering buying a piece of equipment. If next year\u2019s income is going to be significantly higher, wouldn\u2019t it make sense to wait until January to complete the purchase? Probably.<\/p>\n<p>Tax deductions commonly need separation with cash. For example, you can save $2,500 (for example) in taxes right now if you write a check for $10,000 to a charity. That might not make sense if you are more interested in cash than taxes, right? Tax deferrals commonly require separation with cash as well, but at least you get it back. IRA\u2019s and 401k plans (among others) come to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, here we go on those tax reduction and tax avoidance tactics.<\/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-674efbb1ddb85\" class=\" wd-rs-674efbb1ddb85 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=\"Sell_Stock_Losers_to_Offset_Gains\"><\/span>Sell Stock Losers to Offset Gains<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Zero<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>You sell securities whose price is stable yet is lower than what you paid. You use these losses to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/investor-hub\/article\/how-to-reduce-capital-gains-taxes\/\">reduce capital gains<\/a>\u00a0on securities you sold previously (profit harvesting). Furthermore, you wait 30 days to prevent wash sale triggers and re-purchase the securities that were sold at a loss (only if you believe it will eventually rebound in a timeframe that makes sense given inflation and other economic conditions).<\/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-674efbc1f0253\" class=\" wd-rs-674efbc1f0253 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=\"Borrow_Against_Your_Unrealized_Stock_Gains\"><\/span>Borrow Against Your Unrealized Stock Gains<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Interest Cost of Loan<br \/>\nFunding: NA, but need to have securities with unrealized gains<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green<\/p>\n<p>There was chatter about taxing unrealized gains on stocks and other securities. Why? First, what are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/ask\/answers\/04\/021204.asp\">unrealized gains<\/a>? These are \u201cpaper\u201d gains where you buy a stock for $10, and it\u2019s now worth $100, but you haven\u2019t sold it yet. What is the big deal?<\/p>\n<p>Well, let\u2019s say you bought a bunch of Tesla stock in 2017 for $47, and now it is worth $1,000 a share. You have about $950 in unrealized gains per share. Let\u2019s also say you invested $50,000 into Tesla stock back in 2017, and you now have around $1 million. If you sold this stock to grab the cash, you would pay capital gains taxes on $950,000 or about $170,000ish in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>But can you grab some cash without paying taxes? Yes! You could easily borrow up to 50% (or higher depending on your situation) of the stock\u2019s value, or about $500,000 in this example. In speaking with a Morgan Stanley financial advisor recently, they would lend up to 60% on Tesla stock and charge interest only payments at LIBOR (right around 2.5% for the past few years). So, you grab $600,000 in this example, pay 2.5% interest rate, and buy a rental or buy another investment (there are some rules here). You still own the Tesla stock. You probably can find a rate of return on the borrowed funds that exceeds LIBOR. Win-win!<\/p>\n<p>There is some risk should the stock decline since you will need to reduce your loan with cash.<\/p>\n<p>Now you know why there was chatter about taxing unrealized gains, since people are \u201cconverting\u201d into cash for their benefit without paying taxes. Building wealth with tax avoided cash is certainly nice.<\/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-685eea9ac0a41\" class=\" wd-rs-685eea9ac0a41 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=\"Budget_Review_Business_Connection\"><\/span>Budget Review, Business Connection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25976\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_594536564_budget_review_300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Cost: Zero<br \/>\nFunding: NA, Money is Already Spent<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>You review money that has already been spent such as automobiles, travel, meals, etc. and determine if a business connection existed (or for future money spent, if a business connection will exist). The theory here is to take money that\u2019s already budgeted to be spent and try to find a business connection (ordinary and necessary) and therefore a tax deduction. A wonderful example is purchasing a new car because you need one, and also being able to support a 100% business use of that car for a big, fat tax deduction.<\/p>\n<p>Another great example is meals. Was the purpose of that get-together to discuss business? Then perhaps the meal is a business meal. How about that trip? This is a great tool in the reducing taxes toolbox that costs nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Some expenses might not be an immediate tax deductions, but they might add to the cost basis (acquisition cost) of something. You travel to inspect a\u00a0<a href=\"\/tax-center\/rental-property-tax-deductions\/\">rental property<\/a>\u00a0that you are considering purchasing. When you close on the property and place it into service, typically the travel expenses will be added to the cost basis and depreciated.<\/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-674efbef19392\" class=\" wd-rs-674efbef19392 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=\"State_Deferrals\"><\/span>State Deferrals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Zero<br \/>\nFunding: Same as IRA and 401k<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>California tops the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/state\/state-income-tax-rates-2024\/\">list of highest tax rates<\/a>\u00a0at 13.3%, with Hawaii at 11%, New York at 10.9%, New Jersey at 10.75% and Oregon at 9.9% rounding out the top five. If you can defer taxes through an IRA or 401k contribution for several years, and then retire in a lower income tax state, you can convert your income tax deferral into tax avoidance. In other words, you reduce your taxable income in California and then when you retire you establish residency elsewhere, like Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania among a few other states, however, does not honor the federal tax deferral of a 401k contribution. Therefore, when preparing a Pennsylvania tax return, pre-tax 401k contributions are added back to your income to arrive at taxable income. Yuck.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the income tax-free states (AK, WA, NV, WY, SD, TX, TN, FL and NH) some states do not tax your 401k, IRA and pension income during retirement. Illinois, Mississippi, and our friend Pennsylvania. Some states, such as Colorado, only tax amounts over a certain exclusion amount.<\/p>\n<p>Keep this in mind as you plan your wage-earning state versus your retirement state. Let\u2019s review during a tax reduction strategy session.<\/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-674efc10233a4\" class=\" wd-rs-674efc10233a4 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=\"401k_SEP_IRAs_and_IRAs\"><\/span>401k, SEP IRAs, and IRAs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Zero, Perhaps $500 for a Solo 401k Plan<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>You contribute to a qualified account or plan, and your taxable income is reduced. Taxes are paid when funds are distributed, but perhaps at a lower tax rate. Also, the tax savings today can be leveraged into other investments helping build wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Beware! Reducing taxes today might bite you in the long-term. Your tax reduction objective is not a point in time, but rather over your lifetime. Keep reading!<\/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-685eeac0e33b2\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeac0e33b2 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<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=\"Roth_versus_Pretax_401k_Contributions\"><\/span>Roth versus Pretax 401k Contributions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Increased Tax Today, Zero Tax Tomorrow<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>First, when we say\u00a0<a href=\"\/kb\/401k-plans-with-roth-option-roth-401k\/\">Roth 401k<\/a>, we are not talking about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/retirement\/retirement-plans\/roth-iras\/602323\/roth-ira-basics-10-things-you-must-know\">Roth IRAs<\/a>. We truly are talking about a post-tax contribution to a 401k plan. 401k plans and IRAs are totally different.<\/p>\n<p>Next, unlike a Roth IRA, a Roth 401k does not have income limits. So, while you might be phased out based on income from a Roth IRA (modified adjusted gross income cannot exceed $214,000 for the 2022 tax year), you can make a zillion dollars and contribute to a Roth 401k.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, there\u2019s more! You can contribute $22,500 for the 2023 tax year into a Roth 401k, plus another $7,500 if you\u2019re 50 or older. This is in stark contrast to a Roth IRA which is $6,000 + $1,000. Most 401k plans, both solo 401k plans and full-blown big-biz 401k plans, have two \u201caccounts.\u201d One for pre-tax or traditional 401k contributions, and another for Roth 401k contributions.<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25977\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_498500681_roth_401k_300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Quick recap:<\/h4>\n<p>Roth 401k contributions have higher limits and do not have any income phaseouts.<em>\u00a0<strong>Let\u2019s not forget about tax-free growth.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>So\u2026 Roth or pre-tax\u2026 which do you use?<\/p>\n<p>Two arguments abound when considering a pre-tax 401k contribution. The argument goes like this: your retirement tax rate will be lower than your wage-earning tax rate. For those in the 32%, 35% or 37% marginal tax brackets, this is likely true. However, those earning big bucks probably continue to earn big bucks during retirement from investments, real estate, consulting, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The other argument is about the free loan from the IRS. If you contribute $30,000 to your pre-tax 401k, and you are in the 32% marginal tax bracket, you just put $9,600 in your pocket ($30,000 x 32%). Sure, at some point the IRS wants it back when you withdraw it during retirement, and will tax the original contribution plus whatever you earned on it. But this falls into the let\u2019s worry about next time, next time category.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the second argument is about using the IRS\u2019s money to build additional wealth. You take your $9,600 and do something good with it. Yeah, this sort of works. $9,600 annually might not move the needles much on your wealth building strategies. You would need $9,600 \u00d7 15 years at 6% rate of return just to afford a down payment on an average rental property. Takes the sizzle out, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>Rather, most wealth is built with after-tax dollars. The leveraging of the IRS free loan concept sounds great at the cocktail party until you put pencil to paper and gain perspective on the tiny size of the lever.<\/p>\n<p>One final thought on this: is it easier to pay taxes during your wage-earning years or retirement years? Tax reduction strategy is a mental thing as well as a math thing.<\/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; el_class=&#8221;boxes&#8211;pack&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;672d69041513d&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzJkNjkwNDE1MTNkIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#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;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eead617b1f\" class=\" wd-rs-685eead617b1f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/298367_1505244788_roth_401k_versus_pretax_300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Traditional versus Roth 401k<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Learn about Roth 401k contributions, income limits, and tax benefits in this guide!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/blog\/roth-401k\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eeaf9aadbd\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeaf9aadbd wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1.jpg 622w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Tax Reduction Checklist PDF<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Read how income ranges, deductions, and tax credits impact tax liability and savings potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/documents\/tax\/Am-I-Doing-Everything-fillable.pdf\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eeb1e1a9cb\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeb1e1a9cb wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_331988081_accountable_plan_300-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Accountable Plans<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Learn how an accountable plan saves taxes and maximizes reimbursements for your business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/business-services\/accountable-plan\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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-674efcdf57987\" class=\" wd-rs-674efcdf57987 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=\"Health_Savings_Account_HSA\"><\/span>Health Savings Account (HSA)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: $7,750 for 2023 Tax Year<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a foregone conclusion that you have medical bills at some point in your life. If you are 59.5 years old, you can generally take money out of your IRA to fund your elective surgery. However, this eats into your retirement funds. Rather, if you max out your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.optumbank.com\/health-accounts\/hsa.html\">Health Savings Account<\/a>\u00a0(HSA), you can use those funds anytime for qualified medical expenses, and it is a tax deduction today (either a pre-tax deduction on your paycheck, or as a straight-up deduction on your tax return). Some call this triple tax-advantaged- contributions are tax-deductible, and growth is non-taxable, and distributions are non-taxable if used for qualified medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Think of an HSA as yet another tax deferred retirement account. Pull money from your IRA or HSA when you need that new hip. You can also invest your HSA like any other tax-advantaged account.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Net-Net:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>You will have medical bills. Might as well use tax-free money and reduce your taxes.<\/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-674efcec9d4e7\" class=\" wd-rs-674efcec9d4e7 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=\"Advanced_Tax_Planning_for_IRAs_Roth_IRAs_and_Roth_Conversions\"><\/span>Advanced Tax Planning for IRA\u2019s, Roth IRAs and Roth Conversions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>An important tax reduction option is the Roth IRA\u2014a truly remarkable vehicle which allows you to pay taxes today, but then create a tax-free investment fund for the rest of your life. A simple rule to consider is that most investments double every 9\u201310 years, and with a Roth IRA this increase is tax-free.<\/p>\n<p>You can also convert traditional IRA\u2019s into Roth IRA\u2019s. This creates a taxable event today but allows for tax-free growth. Conversions should be planned carefully, and are especially beneficial during low income years.<\/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-685eeb2b9cf8e\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeb2b9cf8e 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=\"Donor_Advised_Fund\"><\/span>Donor Advised Fund<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25980\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_211514514_donor_advised_fund_300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Cost: Low<br \/>\nFunding: Varies<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>You donate significant assets such as cash or securities or both to a donor advised fund. You get an immediate tax deduction for the fair market value, but those assets are not immediately donated to any one charity. This allows for two wonderful things; first, playing on the matching principle mentioned at the beginning of this article, you can make a massive donation during a uniquely high-income year. Second, you can then take your tax-deducted donation, and spread it out over multiple years while enjoying the tax benefit now.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another consideration- let\u2019s say your itemized deduction add up to $15,900, yet the standard deduction is $25,900 (for the 2022 tax year), or a difference of $10,000. You could donate $10,000 each year with no additional tax benefit (Yes, the state might give some) since you would be using the standard deduction versus an itemized deduction ($25,900 vs. $15,900). Do this for 10 years, and your $100,000 does not move the tax needle.<\/p>\n<p>But! You donate a $100,000 to a donor advised fund, you get $90,000 at your marginal tax rate as cash in pocket ($90,000 x 24% is $21,600 in cash). You still get the itemized deduction bump of $10,000 to arrive at the standard deduction for 9 more years, your charity gets $10,000 each year as desired, and you are $21,600 richer. Real money, folks!<\/p>\n<p>Tax planning for $400 please, Aaron. Yes, it\u2019s a daily double!<\/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-674efd2094ee8\" class=\" wd-rs-674efd2094ee8 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=\"Qualified_Charitable_Distribution_QCD\"><\/span>Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: Uses existing IRAs<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/qualified-charitable-distributions-allow-eligible-ira-owners-up-to-100000-in-tax-free-gifts-to-charity\">QCD<\/a>\u00a0is a direct transfer of funds from your IRA to a qualified charity. QCDs can be counted toward satisfying your required minimum distributions (RMDs) for the year, as long as certain rules are met.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the benefits of giving to charity, a QCD excludes the amount donated from taxable income, which is unlike regular withdrawals from an IRA. Keeping your taxable income lower may reduce the impact to certain tax credits and deductions, including Social Security and Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>Also, QCDs don\u2019t require that you itemize your tax deductions. This means you may decide to take advantage of the higher standard deduction, but still use a QCD for charitable giving.<\/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-67ab1957a44b9\" class=\" wd-rs-67ab1957a44b9 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=\"Optimized_Shareholder_Salary\"><\/span>Optimized Shareholder Salary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0<a href=\"\/business-formation-services\/s-corp-election\/\">S corporation<\/a>\u00a0shareholders, there is an optimal salary where you do three things. We discuss the following in our tax reduction planning meetings-<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You are at an amount that is\u00a0<a href=\"\/business-services\/s-corp-salary\/\">reasonable<\/a>\u00a0(or defined in the negative as clearly not unreasonable).<\/li>\n<li>Your salary is not too high, so you are not overpaying Social Security and Medicare taxes. Keep in mind that just $10,000 in unnecessary salary costs you $1,500 in payroll taxes (cash).<\/li>\n<li>Shareholder salary gets the most out of the Section 199A Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction. If you pay too little salary, you might be limiting your QBI deduction. If you pay too much, you might reduce your QBI deduction unnecessarily while paying more in payroll taxes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This is a massive way to reduce taxes. Not your income taxes, but your payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare). It doesn\u2019t matter what flavor the tax is \u2014 you want to reduce it.<\/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; el_class=&#8221;boxes&#8211;pack&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;672d69041513d&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzJkNjkwNDE1MTNkIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#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;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eeb49335ab\" class=\" 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font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Reasonable Shareholder Salary<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Determine a reasonable S Corp shareholder salary by avoiding extremes and using fluid guidelines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/business-services\/s-corp-salary\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eeb8075cb8\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeb8075cb8 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reports-Case-Study-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reports-Case-Study-1.jpg 622w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reports-Case-Study-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reports-Case-Study-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">RC Reports Case Study<\/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\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/documents\/RCReports-CaseStudy.pdf\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eeb89c8b5b\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeb89c8b5b wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1.jpg 622w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Tax Reduction Checklist PDF<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Read how income ranges, deductions, and tax credits impact tax liability and savings potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/documents\/tax\/Am-I-Doing-Everything-fillable.pdf\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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-674efe14a765c\" class=\" wd-rs-674efe14a765c 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=\"Pass_Through_Entity_Tax_PTET_Deduction\"><\/span>Pass Through Entity Tax (PTET) Deduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: Prepay your State Income Taxes<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>Way back in 2017, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-a-comparison-for-businesses\">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act<\/a>\u00a0was passed with a lot of cool tax deductions like the Section 199A qualified business income deduction. But life is one big equalizer, and Congress wanted to limit state and local taxes (SALT) to $10,000. This means either state income taxes or real estate taxes, or both, were severely muted. People in South Dakota owning a $600,000 house were like, \u201cwhat\u2019s the big deal?!\u201d People living in Oregon (second-highest state income tax rate next to California) owning the same house were like \u201cWTF, over?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So! States got creative and created a state tax that was deducted on partnerships and S corporations (otherwise called pass-through entities) resulting in lower federal taxable income. This tax was in turn credited to the small business owner, resulting in lower state income taxes being reported on Schedule A on the business owner\u2019s individual tax return (Form 1040). This also called the great SALT work-around.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cash is cash<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>to a business owner, whether it is spent by the business or the human. But there is a good feeling when your business pays your state income tax.<\/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-674f0487efd25\" class=\" wd-rs-674f0487efd25 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=\"Profit_Sharing_Defined_Benefits_Pensions_Cash_Balance\"><\/span>Profit Sharing, Defined Benefits Pensions (Cash Balance)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: $4,000 to $6,000 Annually, Plus Additional Payroll Taxes on High Compensation<br \/>\nFunding: $100,000 to $150,000 Annually for 3\u20135 Years<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>A third-party administrator (TPA) and actuary design a self-funded pension plan that usually (but not always) is piggybacked onto a 401k plan with a profit-sharing plan. It requires significant cash for a period of 3\u20135 years, and is generally very difficult to pause or stop without risk.<\/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-685eeb966c2e5\" class=\" wd-rs-685eeb966c2e5 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<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=\"Accountable_Plan_Reimbursements\"><\/span>Accountable Plan Reimbursements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/a\/accountableplan.asp\">Accountable Plan<\/a>, under IRC Section 1.62-2(C)(2), allows a business to reimburse an employee for expenses incurred in connected with the performance of duties for the business provided proper substantiation is followed (receipts, mileage logs, home office proof, the usual stuff). The substantiation rules are the same for taxpayers in general, but with an Accountable Plan, the \u201cenforcer\u201d is technically the business.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24712\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_331988081_accountable_plan_300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The typical reimbursed expenses through an Accountable Plan are a) home office use including depreciation, b) mileage or business-use portion of automobile expenses, c) cell phone and d) internet. All these expenses have one thing in common \u2014 they are mixed used, both personally and business. Mixed-use expenses should be paid by the employee and later reimbursed. Conversely, anything that is 100% business use should be paid directly by the business.<\/p>\n<p>The following is saying the same thing, but in bullet form:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100% business \u2014 Paid by the business, from the business checking account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>100% personal \u2014 Paid by you, from your personal checking account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mixed \u2014 Paid by you, and reimbursed by the business for the business portion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, if you are reaping some huge cash back or travel deals with your personal credit card, then by all means charge the 100% business use items to your personal card and run those expenses through an Accountable Plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sidebar<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0The IRS and credit card businesses are butting heads over the rebate programs. It is an ascension of wealth and could technically be taxable income. Whoa! Yup, and the IRS would like 1099s to be issued to show the income. Today, these credit card rebates are considered a reduction in purchase price. This will be battled for the next decade for sure.<\/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; el_class=&#8221;boxes&#8211;pack&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;672d69041513d&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzJkNjkwNDE1MTNkIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#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;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eebadab8d3\" class=\" wd-rs-685eebadab8d3 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aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/business-services\/accountable-plan\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eebe2a4e73\" class=\" wd-rs-685eebe2a4e73 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_331988081_accountable_plan_300-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Accountable Plan Template<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Access our worksheet to provide home office and expense details for your business tax returns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/21\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eebefd3f2c\" class=\" wd-rs-685eebefd3f2c wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1.jpg 622w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Tax Reduction Checklist PDF<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Read how income ranges, deductions, and tax credits impact tax liability and savings potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/documents\/tax\/Am-I-Doing-Everything-fillable.pdf\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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-674eff2546981\" class=\" wd-rs-674eff2546981 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=\"Prepay_Expenses\"><\/span>Prepay Expenses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>You can pre-pay certain expenses up to 12 months such as rent, insurance premiums, professional fees, stock up on some office supplies, etc. The \u201c12-month rule\u201d lets you deduct a prepaid future expense in the current year if the expense is for a right or benefit that extends no longer than the earlier of:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>12 months, or<\/li>\n<li>until the end of the tax year after the tax year in which you made the payment (yeah, you have to read that again \u2014 basically, you pay in 2023, great, the benefit cannot extend past December 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This does not apply to loan interest. In other words, you cannot prepay your loan interest in advance (this would be considered a principal payment anyway). There are also some writings out there suggesting it doesn\u2019t apply to purchases of furniture, equipment, and other long-term capital assets. It certainly does apply, and it is called Section 179 depreciation or bonus depreciation.<\/p>\n<p>However, pre-paying expenses cannot be done in a vacuum. The concern is exactly the same as Depreciation Optimization below \u2013 you want to pre-pay business expenses in years of high income where the following year is going to be less. To pre-pay just to pre-pay without a plan is flailing.<\/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-674eff45b6cab\" class=\" wd-rs-674eff45b6cab 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=\"Depreciation_Optimization\"><\/span>Depreciation Optimization<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Bunny Hill<\/p>\n<p>Buying that big piece of equipment or fancy business car is a great way to reduce your taxable income through depreciation, whether it is Section 179 or Bonus. However, there might be some timing considerations. If you call your favorite tax pro at WCG, and ask if you should buy a car, we will usually ask two things. First, do you need a car? Buying a car just for the tax deduction is silly. Buying a car because you need one or want one, and then perhaps having it be a tax deduction, is icing on the cake.<\/p>\n<p>Second, we will ask, what is your income this year as compare to next year. If your income is going to be a lot higher next year, shouldn\u2019t you wait on that purchase so you can match a big tax deduction with increased income (assuming a higher tax bracket as well)? Perhaps. Optimizing your depreciation deduction can be a tax reduction windfall.<\/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-674eff5161583\" class=\" wd-rs-674eff5161583 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=\"Switching_to_Accrual_Accounting\"><\/span>Switching to Accrual Accounting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: $500 for Form 3115, and Slight Increase in Tax Preparation Fees ($250 to $500)<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>Accrual accounting allows for risk-based reductions in income recognition. For example, a commercial real estate broker typically has a clawback provision should a lease break before its term. Let\u2019s say a real estate broker can safely demonstrate that 30% of the deals will breach and cash will be returned to the landlord (the clawback). In accrual accounting, a portion of the cash received could be classified as Unearned Revenue and therefore not taxed until it is earned (i.e., the risk of clawback on a portion of earnings has passed). But you still have the cash, which is king.<\/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-674f038698e2e\" class=\" wd-rs-674f038698e2e 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=\"Adding_Spouse_to_Payroll\"><\/span>Adding Spouse to Payroll<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Increased Unemployment Taxes ($350 to $600)<br \/>\nFunding: NA, Money is Shifted (overall officer compensation remains the same)<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Circle<\/p>\n<p>By identifying your spouse as an officer and paying a salary, certain meals might be become business meals. He or she can join the primary business owner on business travel. The theory is similar to the Budget Review example, where money that is already budgeted to be spent is now seen as having a business connection. Generally, you need $2,000 or more in increased business expenses to be worthwhile. And yes, they have to work.<\/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-67ab19e4cdd89\" class=\" wd-rs-67ab19e4cdd89 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=\"Adding_Children_to_S_Corp_Payroll\"><\/span>Adding Children to S Corp Payroll<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Social Security and Medicare Taxes at 15.3%<br \/>\nFunding: $13,850 per Child (standard deduction)<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Square (no bumps)<\/p>\n<p>You\u00a0<a href=\"\/kb\/putting-your-kids-on-the-payroll\/\">pay your child<\/a>\u00a0$13,850 (for the 2023 tax year) or whatever the standard deduction is for that tax year, and they spend it on college or gift the money back to you (or they fund a Roth IRA and save the rest for their first home). This is a deduction to you at your tax rate, but is tax-free to the child. However, the child pays 7.65% in Social Security and Medicare taxes and the S Corp pays the same.\u00a0 Therefore, this usually works well when the parent\u2019s tax rate is 24% or higher to provide a large enough delta between 15.3% (mandatory payroll taxes) and the parent\u2019s tax rate.<\/p>\n<p>You can also create some tax due to take advantage of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/credits-deductions\/individuals\/aotc\">American Opportunity Tax Credit<\/a>. Huh? Mom and Dad make too much money, and cannot take advantage of the AOTC education credit. But Junior, with a little tax due on their 1040 tax return from a $30,000 salary (for example), can get all the tax back as a credit plus the refundable portion. Something to consider.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to look at this: you spend a lot of your own money on your children. That\u2019s expected and makes sense. For you to spend $5,000 on club sports, you need to earn $7,500 (let\u2019s say). However, your child\u2019s salary, if under the standard deduction amount, is tax-free. To spend $5,000 only takes $5,000 in earnings.\u00a0<em><strong>This is a great tax reduction strategy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, they have to work (since chores are a snap, why not have them work too).<\/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; el_class=&#8221;boxes&#8211;pack&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;672d69041513d&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzJkNjkwNDE1MTNkIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#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; 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reset-last-child\"><p>Learn about adding your spouse to payroll, from tax savings to social security strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/kb\/adding-your-spouse-to-payroll\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eec2502caa\" class=\" wd-rs-685eec2502caa wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kid1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Adding Kids to Payroll<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Reduce taxes by employing your children and setting up retirement accounts for savings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/kb\/putting-your-kids-on-the-payroll\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-688cc549c34a7\" class=\" wd-rs-688cc549c34a7 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tax-reduction-checklist-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Tax Reduction Checklist PDF<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Read how income ranges, deductions, and tax credits impact tax liability and savings potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/documents\/tax\/Am-I-Doing-Everything-fillable.pdf\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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-674efff14b1b7\" class=\" wd-rs-674efff14b1b7 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=\"Adding_Children_to_Payroll_Family_Management_LLC\"><\/span>Adding Children to Payroll Family Management LLC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: $1,200 Annual Payroll Processing Fees plus $300 Additional Tax Prep Fees<br \/>\nFunding: $12,600 per Child<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Square<\/p>\n<p>Similar to above, however, the S Corp pays a management fee to another LLC that is reported on Schedule C of Form 1040 (not an S Corp). Since this garden-variety LLC is not an S Corp, Social Security and Medicare taxes do not have to be paid on wages to children. $9,800 must be paid to the child(ren) to break-even on the costs. IRS risk is moderate since the business connection between the S Corp and the Family Management LLC might not be arms-length or in good faith.<\/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-67ab1a1c417b7\" class=\" wd-rs-67ab1a1c417b7 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=\"Consider_Yourself_a_Passive_Business_Owner\"><\/span>Consider Yourself a Passive Business Owner<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Black Diamond<\/p>\n<p>This is aimed at business owners where they no longer materially participate in the business activity, and as such they are now considered passive investors. Seems easy right, but why would you care? For two big reasons- first, if you have other\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/real-estate-professional-defined\/\">non-deductible passive losses<\/a>\u00a0due to income limitations, such as those from a rental property, you can now have your passive income absorb these passive losses. This allows you to enjoy your tax benefits now rather than delaying the pleasure to future years. Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Second, you might be able to only draw distributions from your business rather than earned income (ie, reasonable shareholder salary) + distributions. This saves you several thousands of dollars in avoided Social Security and Medicare taxes. Every $10,000 in owner salary is about $1,500 in payroll taxes. Yay again!<\/p>\n<p>The world is always trending towards harmony, so here are the passive business owner downsides. It is difficult to claim passive business owner given the material participation tests. The hardest one to overcome is #5. Here is a blurb from our\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/short-term-rental-tax-loophole\/\">Real Estate Professional webpage<\/a>\u00a0which is applicable to all business owners, not just real estate related:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>5. You materially participated in the activity for any 5 (whether or not consecutive) of the 10 immediately preceding tax years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IRS Audit Techniques Guide (ATG):<\/strong>\u00a0An activity is non-passive if the taxpayer would have been treated as materially participating in any 5 of the previous 10 years (whether or not consecutive). This test usually applies when a taxpayer \u201cretires from material participation\u201d but maintains an ownership interest in the activity.\u00a0<em>Yikes (emphasis added).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRS Examination Techniques:<\/strong>\u00a0Even if the taxpayer performs no services for a business currently, the examiner should inquire about involvement in prior years and review the returns to see if income or losses were treated as non-passive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, you need to look back for 10 years and if 5 of those years had material participation by you in the business activity (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/publications\/p925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as defined by the IRS and Treasury Regs<\/a>), then the IRS will disallow your passive claim. Could you start a brand new business without the history? Perhaps, but this might be viewed as an end-around especially if the new business magically looks, walks, talks and smells like the old. Transitioning from material participation to passive is certainly tough!<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/short-term-rental-loophole\/\">Short-Term Rental Tax Loophole webpage<\/a>\u00a0has a complete list of material participation thresholds plus the IRS ATG and examination techniques. These are used both ways- for you to prove material participation for various reasons, and for the IRS to do them same and disallow your passive claim. Gotta love a good tax code that cuts both ways!<\/p>\n<p>With being a passive business owner with passive income, you might also now trigger the 3.8% net investment income tax (NIIT). This in itself is not a huge deal considering the potential tax savings.<\/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-685eec6a8790e\" class=\" wd-rs-685eec6a8790e 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=\"Short-Term_Rental_Loophole\"><\/span>Short-Term Rental Loophole<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25860\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/104257_318673230_short_term_rental_300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Depends on the Purchase Price<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Square (no bumps)<\/p>\n<p>Passive losses from rental activities may reduce other sources of income such as earned income (W-2) and portfolio \/ investment income, but it is capped. It is limited to $25,000 annually which unfortunately hasn\u2019t been indexed with inflation for multiple decades. This underscores the Treasury\u2019s general opinion on passive losses. Next, this $25,000 is reduced $1 for every $2 over $100,000 in modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) for married filing jointly households. Simple math suggests that by $150,000 in MAGI, your passive losses are fully limited.<\/p>\n<p>Passive losses that cannot be deducted in the current tax year are rolled forward and accumulated for later use typically on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f8582.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form 8582 Passive Activity Loss Limitations<\/a>. Generally, these suspended losses, or what Form 8582 refers to as unallowed losses, may be deducted against future passive income or if the activity (i.e., rental property) is sold.<\/p>\n<p>There are two primary ways around the passive loss limitation; a) be considered a real estate professional as that term is defined by the IRS and not your bartender, or, b) leverage the\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/short-term-rental-tax-loophole\/\">short-term rental loophole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The general gist of the STR loophole is quite simple. If the average stay of your guests over the course of the tax year and only considering actual rented days is 7 days or fewer and you materially participate in the activity (think business owner versus investor), then your rental activity is not deemed passive. Taking this one step further (and since your investment into the rental property is considered at-risk) losses from this type of activity are not limited and may be deducted against other sources of income such as W-2, K-1 from an S Corp, investment income, etc. Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that depreciation is a great tax deduction since it is cashless. You can accelerate it with a\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/cost-segregation\/\">cost segregation<\/a>\u00a0report, and reduce taxes substantially. Sure, this is a little IOU to the IRS when you sell the property, but not if you 1031 exchange it into something else. Also, you could theoretically deduct depreciation at 37% but only pay it back at 25% (depreciation recapture limit).\u00a0<em><strong>A little tax arbitrage here<\/strong>.<\/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-674f0070de244\" class=\" wd-rs-674f0070de244 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=\"Cost_Segregation_on_Real_Estate\"><\/span>Cost Segregation on Real Estate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: $500 to $6,000<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Depends on the Purchase Price<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Square (no bumps)<\/p>\n<p>You are purchasing real estate property for business or rental use. Typically, the entire purchase price less the portion attributable to land is depreciated over 27.5 or 39.0 years. With a cost-segregation report, certain asset classes are established with varying depreciation schedules, and allow for certain parts of the building to have accelerated depreciation. All the bricks are figuratively torn down, put in different piles, labeled as such, and then re-assembled.<\/p>\n<p>This works well when there is existing rental income or tax basis in the entity to allow for temporarily inflated tax losses through depreciation. If you are limited by passive-loss limitations because of your income, then a Real Estate Professional designation would need to be explored. Alternatively, the short-term rental loophole would help.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, unless you have net rental income, or you aren\u2019t limited by passive activity loss limits, then the accelerated deprecation from a cost segregation study will not provide the impact worth the cost.<\/p>\n<p>However, should you benefit from a cost segregation study and the related big tax deduction, then perhaps pairing this with a Roth conversion on your traditional IRA makes sense as well.<\/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; el_class=&#8221;boxes&#8211;pack&#8221; woodmart_css_id=&#8221;672d69041513d&#8221; responsive_spacing=&#8221;eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzJkNjkwNDE1MTNkIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=&#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;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eec7a4a344\" class=\" wd-rs-685eec7a4a344 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/250520_284343987_short_term_rental_loophole_300-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">STR Loophole<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Explore how the short-term rental loophole helps real estate investors maximize tax benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/blog\/short-term-rental-tax-loophole\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eecbdc6a23\" class=\" wd-rs-685eecbdc6a23 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cost-seg-300x300-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cost-seg-300x300-1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cost-seg-300x300-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Cost Seg in a Nutshell<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Learn about cost segregation techniques and property depreciation for tax benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/blog\/cost-segregation\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-685eecc76cb31\" class=\" wd-rs-685eecc76cb31 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none srvc-txt-block \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-wrapper  box-with-icon box-icon-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/014887_1885800790_real_estate_professional_300a.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Real Estate Professional<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>See how real estate professional status can help you avoid the 3.8% net investment income tax.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-info-box-link wd-fill\" aria-label=\"Infobox link\" href=\"\/blog\/real-estate-professional-defined\/\" title=\"\"><\/a>\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-674f00fe9777f\" class=\" wd-rs-674f00fe9777f 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=\"Real_Estate_Professional\"><\/span>Real Estate Professional<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: NA<br \/>\nFunding: NA<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Square (with bumps)<\/p>\n<p>To be a real estate professional, an individual must spend the majority of his or her time in real property businesses which include development or redevelopment, construction or reconstruction, acquisition or conversion, rental, management or operation, leasing and \/ or brokerage.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, more than half of the personal services performed in all businesses and activities during the year must be performed in real estate activities. Read this again! If you have another full-time job in which you work 40 hours a week, you will need to work more than 40 hours per week in your real estate business. That can truly be a hard sell to the IRS. Said another way, that is 6 hours per day, 365 days a year, spent on your rentals (should you have a regular 40-hour a week job). Having W-2 income is listed in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/audit-technique-guides-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audit Techniques Guides (ATG)<\/a>\u00a0as a trigger for a possible IRS challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Second, your hours worked in the real estate activity must be more than 750 hours. Any work performed as an investor such as research or travel time cannot be counted. Taxpayers are required under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/26\/1.469-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internal Revenue Code Section 1.469-5T(f)(4)<\/a>\u00a0to provide proof of services performed and the hours attributable to those services.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the above, and poof, you are a real estate professional (REP) and your activity is no longer labeled passive and therefore is no longer limited on losses for tax deduction purposes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the often-overlooked benefits of REP status is avoiding net investment income tax (NIIT). While this section is mostly focused on passive losses, if you have rental activities that results in taxable income, and your household income is $250,000 or more for those married filing jointly, your rental income might be deemed investment income and as such be subject to the 3.8% NIIT. Yay, more tax savings.<\/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-674f04e4191e0\" class=\" wd-rs-674f04e4191e0 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=\"1031_Exchanges_Like-Kind_on_Real_Estate_Transactions\"><\/span>1031 Exchanges (Like-Kind) on Real Estate Transactions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies, Usually Small for 1031 Intermediaries<br \/>\nFunding: Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Green Square<\/p>\n<p>When you sell a property, you can invoke\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irc.bloombergtax.com\/public\/uscode\/doc\/irc\/section_2031\">Section 1031<\/a>\u00a0of the Internal Revenue Code to fully defer your capital gains tax including taxes associated with depreciation recapture, as long as you buy another similar property within 6 months. This is also called a like-kind exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Do this right, and you can daisy-chain transactions to avoid capital gains on real estate through your entire life, while enjoying the benefits of larger and larger incomes (the assumption is that you \u201c1031\u201d into larger investments with better cashflow, etc.). To top it off, your heirs still get a full step up in basis under current tax law.<\/p>\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<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-674f019857f45\" class=\" wd-rs-674f019857f45 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=\"Tax_Free_Rental_of_Your_Home\"><\/span>Tax Free Rental of Your Home<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Zero<br \/>\nFunding: NA, Money is Not Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Circle<\/p>\n<p>You find a business connection for renting space in your home for 14 days or fewer. Client parties and presentations are good examples. Board meetings for closely held businesses is a bad example (or at least one that is tough to defend). Your business enters into a lease arrangement at market rates. The business deducts the amounts paid as rent and issues a 1099 to you. On your tax return, the amount of rent is reduced to zero with a one-time expense under Section 280A in the amount of rent.<\/p>\n<p>This is very similar to adding your children to payroll. It is a business tax deduction, but the recipient doesn\u2019t pay taxes.\u00a0<em><strong>More tax arbitrage!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0But let\u2019s be reasonable- to say your 1-person S Corp needs to have monthly board meetings in your home at $1,500 a crack is a bit much.<\/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-674f01a560352\" class=\" wd-rs-674f01a560352 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=\"Medical_C_Corp\"><\/span>Medical C Corp<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: $1,500 Tax Preparation plus $500 to $700 Plan Administration<br \/>\nFunding: NA, Money is Shifted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Square<\/p>\n<p>C corporations are not deemed to be pass-through entities, and therefore have additional flexibility in providing certain health-related benefits without being considered taxable fringe benefits to the owners. Another entity (for example, an S Corp) pays a management fee to the C Corp. The C Corp in turn uses the revenue to pay for certain health-related benefits and reimbursements. About $6,000 or more in health-related benefits must be paid for this arrangement to break-even. IRS risk is moderate, since the business connection between the S Corp and the C Corp might not be arms-length or in good faith.<\/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-674f01b4c421e\" class=\" wd-rs-674f01b4c421e 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=\"Permanent_Life_Insurance_Plans\"><\/span>Permanent Life Insurance Plans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Blue Circle<\/p>\n<p>Retirement accounts are only one way to create tax-advantaged investments; the relationship between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aflac.com\/resources\/life-insurance\/what-is-permanent-life-insurance.aspx\">permanent life insurance policies<\/a>\u00a0and taxes can be a good one. You can use a well-constructed policy to sock away cash and let it grow tax-free, then take carefully planned loans from the policy tax-free, and pass the benefit along to your heirs tax-free over the course of a lifetime. The issues are complex (for example, insurance benefits may be subject to estate taxes but not income taxes), the timeframes are long, and you need professional help to do this right. Yet, insurance remains a powerful tax-avoidance tool.<\/p>\n<p>This is very similar to borrowing against your increased stock values we talked about way back when (see above \u2014 way, way above).<\/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-674f01c1aec05\" class=\" wd-rs-674f01c1aec05 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=\"Conservation_Easement\"><\/span>Conservation Easement<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies, Could be Significant<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Usually $25,000 or Higher<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Terrain Park, Target IRS Audits and Challenges (some are abusive tax shelters)<\/p>\n<p>You find a piece of land or some other donate-able property. You purchase it for $25,000 (for example), however, an appraisal opines a fair market value of $150,000. Your tax rate is 37% and as such you deduct $150,000 which creates a reduction in taxes of $55,500. You might pay $5,000 in fees, so your overall savings, is about $25,000 cash in pocket.<\/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-674f01ce5f7f4\" class=\" wd-rs-674f01ce5f7f4 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=\"Captive_Insurance\"><\/span>Captive Insurance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Very High<br \/>\nFunding: Very High ($1.2M in premiums), Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Terrain Park<\/p>\n<p>You start an insurance company and identify a handful of insurance risks that the captive insurance company will insure. Employee theft, business continuance, professional liability, among many others. Life insurance should be avoided. The premium of $1.2M is deducted by the operating company but isn\u2019t considered income to the captive insurance company. Taxes are paid, however, on the investment income within the captive insurance company. Eventually, the money is returned to you at dividend tax rates.<\/p>\n<p>Tax savings is the difference between ordinary income tax rates and capital gains tax rates.<\/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-674f04fea2ddc\" class=\" wd-rs-674f04fea2ddc 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=\"Family_Limited_Partnerships_FLP_and_LLCs\"><\/span>Family Limited Partnerships (FLP) and LLCs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies, Attorneys and Valuations Are Needed<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Terrain Park<\/p>\n<p>Basic valuation theory has two discounts. A discount for lack of control suggests that a minority interest in a business is worth less than the pure ownership percentage. For example, owning 10% of a business worth $500,000 as a whole might be realistically worth $30,000 (versus $50,000). Another discount is lack of marketability, which suggests that an interest or a share of a closely held business is not easily convertible to cash.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to look at this; if you take Van Gogh\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet\"><em>Portrait<\/em>\u00a0<em>du Docteur Gachet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and tear it up into 33 pieces, each piece is worth $0. You put them back together, and you now have a $192,400,000 painting.<\/p>\n<p>So the practice goes like this. You gift 3% of your $25,000,000 business to your heirs. A valuator determines that because of discounts for lack of control (DLOC) and discounts for lack of marketability (DLOM), the 3% is only worth $300,000 instead of strict $25,000,000 x 3% or $750,000. No gift tax is paid since Mom and Dad use a part of their lifetime exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>When all the 3%\u2019s are re-assembled on the back-end, the collection is now worth $25,000,000. Transferred all tax-free.<\/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-674f05143051e\" class=\" wd-rs-674f05143051e 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=\"Discounted_Roth_Conversions\"><\/span>Discounted Roth Conversions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Cost: Varies, Attorneys and Valuations Are Needed<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Terrain Park<\/p>\n<p>This involves basic valuation and discounting theory as the Family Limited Partnership stuff previously. You have a fully self-directed IRA that owns non-publicly traded securities and interests such as partnerships. Because you lack control (minority interest) and lack marketability (restricted on whom you can sell to, and there is not a market), your investment is devalued. It goes like this; you buy a $1,000,000 partnership interest. You hire a valuator to determine the value on December 31 for the completion of Form 5498. The valuator applies appropriate discounts and determines the fair market value is $600,000. Next, you perform a Roth conversion, pay taxes on the $600,000 and save nearly $150,000 in taxes on the discount amount of $400,000.<\/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-674f020c05939\" class=\" wd-rs-674f020c05939 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=\"GRATs_GRITs_and_Private_Annuities\"><\/span>GRATs, GRITs, and Private Annuities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Cost: Expensive<br \/>\nFunding: Varies, Money is Restricted<br \/>\nTax Complexity: Black Diamond<\/p>\n<p>These are three variations on a common strategy for the intergenerational sharing of wealth to avoid or reduce taxes. A GRAT is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnb.com\/private-banking\/insights\/grantor-retained-annuity-trust.html\">Grantor Retained Annuity Trust<\/a>. It is created when a grantor contributes assets with appreciation potential to a fixed-term, irrevocable trust. The grantor then retains the right to receive an annuity stream over the trust\u2019s term. At the end of the term, the assets are distributed to noncharitable beneficiaries \u2014 typically, the grantor\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p>A GRIT is not something made from corn but rather is a Grantor Retained Income Trust. It is similar to a GRAT, but spouses, children and other family members cannot be beneficiaries. Since the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990, the use of GRITs is very limited.<\/p>\n<p>A Private Annuity is an agreement where an individual transfers property to an \u201cObligor\u201d (probably your child), and the Obligor agrees to make payments to the \u201cObligee\u201d (which is the annuitant, i.e., you) on an agreed schedule. A Private Annuity makes sense when the underlying asset is expected to increase in value, and avoids both gift taxes and estate taxes.<\/p>\n<p>All three of these variants assume an expected large growth in asset value while the asset also pays out an income. 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data-autoheight=\"yes\" data-scroll_per_page=\"yes\" style=\"--wd-col-lg:1;--wd-col-md:1;--wd-col-sm:1;--wd-gap:0px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-689060c0c7e5a\" class=\" wd-rs-689060c0c7e5a wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">After almost 6 years with this CPA group, there is NO ONE else we would trust to do our taxes.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-689060c0c7e5a {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial1.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d3c9201ba\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d3c9201ba wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">L. Matisek<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52deab\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNkdXQyQTB3RRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-689060aecdb76\" class=\" wd-rs-689060aecdb76 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">We've worked with multiple bookkeepers and accountants over the years and WCG has completely blown us away.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-689060aecdb76 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/testimonial2.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d3d611252\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d3d611252 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">N. Sellden<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52e003\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUR6eDRDbmhBRRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6890609d59a88\" class=\" wd-rs-6890609d59a88 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">As a novice business entrepreneur they provided me with the tools to both structure and tax my business efficiently<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-6890609d59a88 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-mh.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d3e3666ea\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d3e3666ea wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Mayon Hight<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52e155\" class=\"  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WCG have impressed me, as being highly competent, patient &amp; friendly.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68906078b8142 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-fl.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d411da505\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d411da505 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Fred LeBlanc<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52e3f9\" class=\"  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class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68906066b2cba {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-nj.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d2f36a8a1\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d2f36a8a1 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Nic J<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52e54b\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURIbFBTRV9BRRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68906050bb3bb\" class=\" wd-rs-68906050bb3bb wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">For nearly nine years, I have had the privilege of working with WCG and their team of exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced CPAs.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner 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href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNObGVmT09nEAE!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6890603f79823\" class=\" wd-rs-6890603f79823 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Amanda - WCG CPA - You guys have been invaluable in helping us get this business and tax planning setup properly and executed correctly.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-6890603f79823 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-ld.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d32decf44\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d32decf44 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Lance Dodd<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52e7cd\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNaMWU2TmtRRRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-6890602aa4ef9\" class=\" wd-rs-6890602aa4ef9 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">WCG is extremely knowledgable, timely and attune to the unique aspects of our businesses.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-6890602aa4ef9 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-cp.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d33d69349\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d33d69349 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Carl Protsch<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52e919\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNsa2IzOUFnEAE!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68906015caf87\" class=\" wd-rs-68906015caf87 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">WCG CPAs are professional and a pleasure to work with.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68906015caf87 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-np.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d34983d4f\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d34983d4f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Nakapan P.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52ea5c\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURaaHJ1dDJRRRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68905fff76e3f\" class=\" wd-rs-68905fff76e3f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">They go beyond the call of duties to assist me not only with Tax return matters but with any questions on other personal and company tax matters.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68905fff76e3f {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-jm.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d3576433a\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d3576433a wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Juan Mayorga<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52ebae\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNaMFpTWHhRRRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68905fec4a039\" class=\" wd-rs-68905fec4a039 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">I've always dreaded tax season, but WCG has made things so easy, even as we changed to an S corp. So happy we found them!<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68905fec4a039 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-pdk.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d364cdf46\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d364cdf46 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Paige de Kock<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52ecd7\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURqdmNqR1dnEAE!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68905fd7252dc\" class=\" wd-rs-68905fd7252dc wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">It was great to find an accounting firm eager to take on new clients, answer initial questions in depth, and support our \u201ckeep it simple\u201d philosophy.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68905fd7252dc {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-sb.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d3743e032\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d3743e032 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Stuart B.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52eddf\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURGaC1TNTJ3RRAB!2m1!1s0x0\" title=\"\" class=\"btn btn-style-default btn-shape-rectangle btn-size-default\">See Review<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68905fc5bd454\" class=\" wd-rs-68905fc5bd454 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none rev \">\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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Working with WCG was so easy, shout out to Sally Rhoades who handled my complicated tax situation this year wonderfully and was available for all my questions.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/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>#wd-68905fc5bd454 {background-image: url(https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimonial-sc.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;}<\/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-6890d38293498\" class=\" wd-rs-6890d38293498 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none box-testi-btn 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-600 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\">Stefani Cinto<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-btn-wrapper\"><div id=\"wd-6a3191a52ef10\" class=\"  wd-button-wrapper text-left\"><a 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