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For a corporation to be considered a personal service corporation by the IRS, the employee/owner must perform at least 20% of the personal services themselves, and must also own at least 10% of the outstanding stock in the testing period. An income test requires that employees must spend at least 95% of their work time on qualified services.
The creator of the corporation is typically the sole shareholder, [1] and thus the corporation is used as a means to reduce their personal liability, protect their assets and exploit taxation advantages. Loan-Out corporations are especially prominent in the entertainment and professional sports industries, as the creator's services are ...
The cash method of accounting, also known as cash-basis accounting, cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting or cash accounting (the EU VAT directive vocabulary Article 226) records revenue when cash is received, and expenses when they are paid in cash. [1] As a basis of accounting, this is in contrast to the alternative accrual ...
If non-cash assets are sold for more than their book value, a gain on the sale is recognized. The gain is allocated to the partners' capital accounts according to the partnership agreement. If non-cash assets are sold for less than their book value, a loss on the sale is recognized.
Qualified small business stock (QSBS) is stock that is eligible for the special tax rules created by Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Under this section of the tax code, eligible ...
As explained in the Journal of Accountancy, [1] under Statement on Auditing Standards (United States) No. 62, Special Reports, an OCBOA is any one of: A statutory basis of accounting (for example, a basis of accounting that insurance companies use under the rules of a state insurance commission). Income-tax-basis financial statements.
Tax basis may be relevant in other tax computations. [1] Tax basis of a member's interest in a partnership and other flow-through entity is generally increased by the members share of income and reduced by the share of loss. The tax basis of property acquired by gift is generally the basis of the person making the gift.
A Qualified Employee Discount is defined in Section 132(c) as any employee discount with respect to qualified property or services to the extent the discount does not exceed (a) the gross profit percentage of the price at which the property is being offered by the employer to customers, in the case of property, or (b) 20% of the price offered for services by the employer to customers, in the ...