How to Choose the Right Business Entity for Your Client

Overview

Tax rates, personal liability, operations - these are all factors to be weighed when advising clients about their choice of entity decision. This session provides a comparison of the multiple entity choices to start the discussion with clients and selecting the best tax efficient option for them.

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Highlights

• Recent tax legislation and developments related to choice of entity - such as sole proprietorships, single member LLCs, partnership/LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations
• Impact of the Section 199A deduction
• Ramifications of the C to S election and the S to C election; Corporate tax rate to individual tax rate comparison examples
• Other related topics

Prerequisites

Basic working knowledge of business taxation

Designed For

CPAs in public practice and members in industry

Objectives

• Identify recent tax development impacting partnerships, LLCs, S Corporations, C corporations and sole proprietors
• Identify the tax benefits and consequences of multiple business entities

Preparation

None