Short, direct answers to the questions we actually get asked — entity structure, retirement strategy, real estate and depreciation planning, and how to keep a plan from sitting in a drawer. Written by an Enrolled Agent, not marketing copy.
There's no safe-harbor percentage. The IRS and courts weigh a nine-factor, facts-and-circumstances test — and Watson v. United States shows what happens when a salary doesn't hold up.
Yes — and it's not the temporary boost it used to be. What actually qualifies, where cost segregation fits in, and the state-conformity catch most owners miss.