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Read Time:2 minutes. Reader, The Treasury dropped a preliminary list of 68 occupations that would qualify for Trump’s new “no tax on tips” deduction. In reality, a lot of those occupations won't qualify. Why? Because of the SSTB test, the “specified service trade or business” categories defined back in Trump’s 2017 tax law. Health care, legal, financial services, and the performing arts (think of a self employed singer) all fall under SSTBs. That means some tipped workers in those fields may...
Read Time:1 minute. Hey Reader! On Saturday, I ran a 10K Spartan Race. During this race, I was compelled to write this week's think piece (for 0.00001 seconds only - before shifting my mind back to how painful my body was feeling). Tax planning is a pretty general term but here's my definition of it. It is the strategy of reducing one's overall taxes (personal, business, capital gains, estate) over a period of time (can be a one year horizon, 5-year, or more). Optimal tax savings occur when...
Read Time:1 minute. Hey Reader! I made a video last Saturday talking about how a tax ecosystem can help nurture and grow a creator business, and I'm going dive into this today. One of the biggest reasons U.S. businesses are set up to thrive compared to Canadian ones is the flexibility in how they separate legal and tax identities. In the U.S., you can choose your legal structure for asset protection, like an LLC to shield personal assets, without being locked into a specific tax treatment....