Doing it again, but right this time...

Once upon a time a friend and I formed a sub S corporation for software development. The thinking behind the sub S was liability protection with minimal taxes. Unfortunately, choosing to do my taxes myself rather than use a CPA got me in trouble because I didn't declare distributions as wages. The corporation was dissolved and all tax issues addressed. My partner called today and told me that someone he met is interested in purchasing a license for a software package I wrote (30K+, depending on options and customization) so we may need to form a new company to start marketing and supporting this. I still need liability protection but would like to minimize taxes. Does a partnership or LLC have to match SS withholding? Is there any way to do this so that the extent of the taxes we'll pay will be the same as if we were each W-2'ed for half the net income?

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Matthew Speed
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"Matthew Speed" wrote

You don't declare distributions as wages. You declare wages as wages. Some of - in fact, most of - what you take from the "S" corporation should be in the form of wages. Other distributions can be in the form of profit distributions.

Nope, in fact they can't.

Your profits from an LLC and/or partnership are taxed for regular income tax, as well as self-employment taxes (Social Security and Medicare), and that's all on your dime.

Not really.

The two of you need to seek legal as well as tax advice on these topics.

-- Paul Thomas, CPA snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net

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Paul Thomas, CPA

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