I am very happy with what I paid in taxes this year. as self employed
the first time when i paid taxes so high that i could have bought a house in california i freaked out - but now i am proud to be able to support my community. i am deadly serious.
matters how much you make I think. Self employment tax sucks ass if you make good money. That is why I set up a corporation, I keep most of the money int he corp that isn't taxed as high. Then pay myself a monthly salary out of the corporation.
Depends. Without deductions, the self-employed does, because there's still the pain in the ass self-employment tax which is taxed before your standard deduction. But if you keep good records and use all your deductions, then a self-employed individual can pay considerably less.
For those with a corporation (i know it will work with S-Corps not sure about C-Corps), is take advantage of the dividends
Instead of paying 26+% in taxes by paying yourself a paycheck, give yourself a bonus every quarter or so with a dividend check. Dividends you only pay 15% in taxes as opposed to the higher payroll taxes.
Of course be careful if you only pay yourself $1000 a month and take a $20,000 dividend check every quarter they are going to investigate it.
Dividends are nice though to supplement your income and maybe put you into a lower tax bracket.
Just another advantage besides the others, just because you have a corporation.
the first time when i paid taxes so high that i could have bought a house in california i freaked out - but now i am proud to be able to support my community. i am deadly serious.
damn!
that explains your sig. ill sell my sig for 1/5 of that in a heartbeat.
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