Be Sure You Rely Upon a Professional CPA to Prepare Your Corporate Income Taxes
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Be Sure You Rely Upon a Professional CPA to Prepare Your Corporate Income Taxes
Tax law treats partnerships/LLC’s/LLP’s and partnerships as disregarded entities. In layman’s terms this means that the entities income flows down through the entities owners and each individual shareholder/partner is then responsible for the payment of respective taxes. Thus, it becomes imperative to not only consider the overall taxable income of the entity to which you belong but also the taxes which will be due on the tax items flowing down to the individual owners.
As each owner’s situation varies dramatically, great care should be afforded in closely held business to ensure that taxes have been appropriately considered for all. When there is more than one partner, it may be wise to consider assisting in making shareholder/member distributions at the highest partners marginal tax rate to ensure that everyone gets at least enough to cover their respective tax obligation. Each of these entities will issue a K-1 to each individual shareholder to reflect their corresponding share of entity profits.
Although S Corporations have to issue K-1’s and make distributions based upon stock ownership percentages, partnerships, LLC’s, and LLP’s are allowed by law to issue K-1’s and member distributions based on any method that all owners agree upon. This is a distinct advantage partnerships, LLC’s and LLP’s have as agreeing members have the ability to do what they will with the profits whereas S corporations are required to issue distributions and K-1’s based upon each shareholder’s ownership percentage.
Critiquing a client’s prior tax return a CPA can gain much guidance and information about a particular taxpayer. However there is no substitute for a CPA being keenly aware of all information that they receive from a client. The below is a sample letter that we might send to a client to ensure that all of the information is received to ensure that a timely and correct return is prepared thereby ensuring that only the lowest legal possible tax is paid:
For your corporate return I need ASAP:
To get a copy of where the IRS accepted your S election.
To know if you have filed the applications I forwarded on October 15th for you to sign and return to me so I can file to get your company a State/GA Withholding number and to register your company with the Georgia Department of Revenue.
Please forward to me the 2010 beginning and ending cash balance per your checkbook.
Please advise if you have retained a payroll service for your 2011 payroll tax needs.
Please advise as to what the $1000 Miscellaneous Items is so that I might list it properly on the tax return.
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