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How a Connecticut ‘C’ Corporation can claim the Neighborhood Assistant Act Credit

  Connecticut ‘C’ Corporations can avail themselves to the Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act Credit. The concept of the credit is to promote funding for tax exempt and municipal organizations by providing a Connecticut income tax credit for ‘C’ Corporations. Click


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The Biggest Loser….The Self-Employed in Connecticut

The Biggest Loser is a TV show where contestants attempt to lose the most weight for cash prizes. Full Disclosure: I don’t watch the show and I have only seen short clips of it. I don’t proclaim to fully understand


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Why a Growing Business Should Elect Subchapter S Filing Status

The primary reason to make the Subchapter S filing status election is to have a single federal income tax when the business is eventually sold.  If the corporation is not an S corporation and the company assets are sold, there


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What is Reasonable Compensation and Why Closely Held Business Owners Should Be Concerned

This is a big issue with the IRS and closely held C corporations right now.  The focus is whether or not the owners-employees, as well as family members, are reducing their profits through large salaries and bonuses.


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Why Every Week is "Shark Week" for the Self-Employed in Connecticut

This is “Shark Week” on the Discovery Channel.  We are (not so gently) reminded not to swim with the sharks. For the self-employed in Connecticut, every week is “Shark Week”.  A self-employed person is someone who runs their business as


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