by Kiran Amlani | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
When a pass-through business takes out a loan at the entity level and immediately distributes the borrowed funds to its owners, this is considered a debt-financed distribution. This maneuver gives the owners immediate liquidity without triggering a current tax bill,...
by Caleb Lendy | Sep 17, 2025 | Blog
Non-public pass-through companies have a need to attract and retain top talent just like any other organization. Yet, they can’t flash the same liquid stock options or restricted stock units that a publicly traded C-corp might deploy. Their challenge is...
by Dan Frederickson | Sep 11, 2025 | Blog
Banks want an extra layer of security for business loans, and a personal guarantee delivers it. The pledge often speeds approval and can shave points off the interest rate. Many business owners accept that personal exposure as the price of doing business, but if you...
by Brianna Giamarusti | Sep 9, 2025 | Blog
You may think you don’t own a particular business interest, but the IRS might disagree. Under what’s known as the constructive ownership rules, the tax code can attribute ownership to you based on family relationships or the way entities are...
by David Thompson | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog
Making the jump to S-corporation status probably wasn’t an impulse decision; you looked at your books, saw profits piling up well beyond the salary you pay yourself, and decided it was time to stop feeding self-employment tax on every extra dollar. That...
by Sam Huber | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
In a move that garnered widespread attention, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) accelerated the expiration dates of several energy tax credits. Given the shortened windows for claiming these benefits, taxpayers are encouraged to pay careful attention to the...
