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Old Sun Nov 23, 2008, 11:57am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by jdw3018 View Post
With an S-Corp you have to pay yourself a salary, and the taxes on that is no different than the taxes for a sole proprietorship (I mean, they're different, but they add up to the same amount in bottom line terms to you).

However, with an S-Corp you don't have to take your entire income as salary, and any income taken at the end of the year beyond that salary is treated as a dividend and taxed as such. That's where the savings come in.

In my opinion, to take advantage of the S-Corp (which includes additional fees and is a more complicated filing process) you have to have a decent amount of income. But it definitely pays to consult your accountant.
But, dividends are taxed at the same rate as earned income, I think.
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