learn more<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n10 chapters and five-part appendix<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\ntable of contents<\/strong><\/p>\npacked full of clear explanations with dozens of real-life examples, the setting low s corporation salaries monograph breaks down its subject matter into ten, easy to digest chapters:<\/p>\n
\n- chapter 1 \u2013 how s corporations save payroll taxes.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a\u00a0quick review of how the savings work including a subtlety most s corporation owners don\u2019t know.<\/li>\n
- chapter 2 \u2013 reviewing the law.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>an explanation of the actual statute, regulation and revenue rulings that provide the loophole.<\/li>\n
- chapter 3 \u2013 common subchapter s salary practices.<\/em><\/strong>irs data about what s corporations actually pay their shareholder-employees.<\/li>\n
- chapter 4 \u2013 single shareholder situations.<\/em><\/strong> when and how a small sole proprietor can maybe make the s corporation gambit work.<\/li>\n
- chapter 5 \u2013 the sec. 199a deduction complication.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a discussion of how the sec. 199a deduction works for an s corporation and how to resolve conflicts between the two tax laws.<\/li>\n
- chapter 6 \u2013 avoiding unreasonable distributions.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a sidebar about the importance of also thinking about shareholder distributions.<\/li>\n
- chapter 7 \u2013 developing reasonable compensation amounts.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>an eight-step work plan for setting reasonable compensation amounts for shareholder-employees.<\/li>\n
- chapter 8 \u2013 practitioner case studies.<\/em><\/strong>practical real-life examples showing how to optimize shareholder-employee salaries in common situations.<\/li>\n
- chapter 9 \u2013 risky practices and danger zones.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>discussions of common, dangerous s corporation shareholder-employee compensation mistakes.<\/li>\n
- chapter 10 \u2013 winning the \u201creasonable compensation\u201d argument.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a step-by-step plan for winning an irs audit of s corporation compensation.<\/li>\n
- appendix a \u2013 revenue ruling 59-221<\/em><\/strong>. the key primary source that opened the loophole.<\/li>\n
- appendix b \u2013 revenue ruling 74-44.<\/em><\/strong>the revenue ruling that the irs uses to blow up bad s corporation salaries.<\/li>\n