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C Corporation versus S Corporations

When you choose to incorporate a business, you do need to consider the "C corporation versus S corporation" question. The right choice can save you both money and headaches...

Accordingly, in the short articles below I provide you with a bird's-eye view of how C corporations and how S corporations pay taxes and of the unique benefits that each status confers. I also provide information how you can convert from C corporation status to S corporation status and vice versus.

Note: An S corporation is called an S corporation because the rules for making the S corporation election are specified in Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. Regular corporations that haven't made an S election are sometimes called C corporations because the rules for taxation of regular corporations are specified in Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code.

Additional Small Business Corporation Tax Resources

I've tried to supply lots of good, free general small business tax planning advice at this website. But I also sell three downloadable e-books (see below) that provide more specialized and powerful small business tax planning advice and commentary. If you're just starting out and cash flow is tight, you probably don't need (yet) the sort of information covered in these resources. But if your business is already profitable or about to become profitable, these guides truly should save you big amounts of business tax. But enough pushy selling...

Tax Deduction Secrets for Small Corporations

You want to know the easiest, quickest way to cut your taxes? Find more business deductions. You should typically save thousands in taxes this way.

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Small S Corporation Salary Strategies

Using an S corporation for business? The tactic in this case is to set as low a salary as is reasonable. But you must be both cautious and clever.

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Real Estate Investor Tax Loopholes and Tricks

Real estate is a great place to store the wealth a small business creates. But you can do more than that and use real estate to save massive amounts of tax.

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If you purchase an incorporation kit from this website, you can download at the time of purchase the document or documents you'll use to set up your own C corporation or S corporation. Further, and as noted in the preceding paragraph, you'll also receive a email with a link you can use download the document or documents later. Note that incorporation kits come as a zip file (which includes both the instructions pdf document and a sample corporate by-laws word processing file) and that the e-books come as pdf files.

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If for any reason you feel you didn't get the information you wanted in any of our small business incorporation kits or in one of our e-books, no problem, email a refund request to steve.nelson@stephenlnelson.com within 60 days of the date of your purchase. We will happily return your purchase price. Note that we handle refunds manually and work regular work hours during the week, though... accordingly, if you request a refund after five o'clock some Friday evening that starts a three-day weekend, well, it'll be a few days (Tuesday) before we get to your refund.