{"id":99,"date":"2025-05-05T16:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbas-cpa.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:45:17","slug":"tax-planning-and-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbas-cpa.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/tax-planning-and-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax planning and Advisory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All CBAS business advisory services include tax planning. Taxes can be the most expensive side of running a business. Make sure all areas, such as payroll, sales, property, mercantile, and other taxes, are systemized and paid timely. While compliance taxes must be addressed, income taxes are where the practice has the biggest influence over what it does or does not pay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Income taxes and all the issues therein is a fluid topic that can change annually or with each change of administration. State taxes are unique to the state in which the business operates and may or may not follow the federal net income. Collaborating with an advisor or CPA who stays up to date on changing tax laws, actively considers your business\u2019s needs, and conducts periodic check-ins ensures your business stays on track, not only to minimize taxes but also to plan for tax payments and their timing effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While business income taxes are expensive, the first key area is determining if the business is established in the correct tax entity. That choice alone can save significant taxes based upon elections and availability of better tax and retirement savings vehicles. After reviewing the business entity, I address many of the following tax topics with my advisory clients. If we do not discuss them in depth, the business owner can rest assured that I am overseeing tax laws, elections, and opportunities available to the business on the federal and state levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depreciation, Section 179, and bonus \u2013 maximizing benefit now and later\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Method of accounting \u2013 when and how to defer income and accelerate expenses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year-end inventory \u2013 perpetual and year-end count<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retirement plans \u2013 benefit for the business and the owners<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health insurance \u2013 premium deductions vs. reimbursements<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre-tax benefit plans<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business vehicles \u2013 business vs. personal and recordkeeping<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional business expenses for CPE, etc., to be paid in or outside of the entity?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where to own the real estate?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qualified Business Income Deduction for flow-through entities\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tax credits and other business opportunities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compliance returns such as 1099s<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estimated taxes and extensions of time to file when necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New laws and tax changes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out-of-pocket partnership expenses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tax cost and implications of mergers and acquisitions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other filings outside of taxes and what to expect from your tax advisor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All CBAS business advisory services include tax planning. 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