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Holding Company vs Operating Company: When to Use One (2025 Guide)
Learn when a holding company structure actually makes sense by protecting assets, simplifying M&A, enabling consolidated C-corp returns, and supporting QSBS planning, while avoiding pitfalls through proper pricing, documentation, and compliance.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Tax Strategies
Cost Segregation 101 for New Construction (2025)
Learn how cost segregation can accelerate depreciation on new construction and, with 100% bonus depreciation restored for 2025, dramatically boost year-one deductions and cash flow when paired with a quality, engineered study tied to real costs.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Business Structure & Planning
Business Entities
Holding Company vs Operating Company: When to Use One (2025 Guide)
Learn when a holding company structure actually makes sense by protecting assets, simplifying M&A, enabling consolidated C-corp returns, and supporting QSBS planning, while avoiding pitfalls through proper pricing, documentation, and compliance.
October 9, 2025
Jose Flores, CPA
Business Entities
Business Structure 101 (Why It Matters)
Business Structure 101 explains how choosing between an LLC, S corporation, or C corporation shapes your taxes, liability, investor options, and payroll strategy, especially now that §199A is permanent and FinCEN has paused BOI reporting for domestic entities.
October 9, 2025
Jose Flores, CPA
Reporting & Compliance
1099-K, 1099-NEC, W-9: 2025 Contractor Compliance Checklist
Stay compliant in 2025 with a clear 1099-K, 1099-NEC, and W-9 workflow that collects W-9s upfront, verifies TINs, tags payment methods, and e-files through the IRS IRIS portal to prevent duplicate filings, missed deadlines, and backup-withholding errors.
October 9, 2025
Jose Flores, CPA
Tax Planning
LLC vs S-Corp vs C-Corp (2025): The Clear, Numbers-First Guide
LLC vs S corp vs C corp in one line: an LLC is a flexible state entity that can default to pass-through or elect corporate tax, an S corp is a pass-through tax status with shareholder limits and required reasonable W-2 pay, and a C corp pays its own tax and fits venture capital and QSBS, so pick based on pay structure, investor needs, and long-term tax goals.
October 9, 2025
Jose Flores, CPA
Reporting & Compliance
Sales Tax Nexus for Service Businesses
After Wayfair, service businesses can trigger sales tax duties in states where they have no physical presence, as more states expand taxation to digital, SaaS, and professional services, making it critical to track economic thresholds, map taxability, and register before invoicing taxable clients.
October 9, 2025
Jose Flores, CPA
Tax Planning
The Complete List of Business Taxes (2025)
A practical 2025 roadmap to every major business tax—federal income, payroll, FUTA, sales and use after Wayfair, excise, state franchise/gross receipts, property, and local levies—with key rates, thresholds, and filing tips owners can use to stay compliant.
October 9, 2025
Jose Flores, CPA
Business Accounting & Taxes
Tax Strategies
Cost Segregation 101 for New Construction (2025)
Learn how cost segregation can accelerate depreciation on new construction and, with 100% bonus depreciation restored for 2025, dramatically boost year-one deductions and cash flow when paired with a quality, engineered study tied to real costs.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Tax Strategies
IRS Accountable Plan: The 2025 Owner’s Guide with 12 Pro Tips
An IRS Accountable Plan lets your business reimburse employees and owners tax-free when expenses meet the business connection, substantiation, and timely return tests, using 2025 safe-harbor timelines, mileage rates, and W-2 code “L” reporting to stay compliant.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Reporting & Compliance
Closing the Books Monthly: A Practical Playbook (2025)
A disciplined monthly close turns messy books into management-ready financials by setting a clear calendar, defining materiality, standardizing reconciliations, and aligning with control frameworks like COSO and ASC 606/842—so decisions are faster, cleaner, and audit-ready.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Tax Strategies
Bonus depreciation vs section 179: 2025 Playbook with 10 Scenarios
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made 100% bonus depreciation permanent and raised Section 179 limits to $2.5 million, giving business owners more flexibility to fully expense equipment, vehicles, and improvements while managing income and state conformity in 2025.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Reporting & Compliance
Cash vs Accrual: Pick the Method That Fits Your Margins
Small businesses under the $31 million gross-receipts threshold can often choose between cash and accrual accounting, using the right method and Form 3115 election to manage tax timing, defer income on advance payments, and match earnings more accurately to real performance.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
Tax Updates
One Big Beautiful Bill Business Taxes: The Complete 2025 Playbook
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act permanently restores 100% bonus depreciation, raises Section 179 limits to $2.5 million, makes the QBI deduction permanent, lifts the SALT cap to $40,000, and updates 1099 thresholds, giving business owners a rare window to lock in multi-year tax planning stability.
5 Min
Jose Flores, CPA
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