The Payroll Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act can provide eligible businesses with a forgivable loan from the government to be used to keep and pay employees, and for certain other purposes, and to help businesses, their owners, and their employees get through this difficult COVID-19 pandemic. However, the amount of a PPP loan – and the amount that potentially can be forgiven - may depend on the type of legal entity under which a business operates.
For example, partnerships/limited liability companies and self-employed individuals (including an individual operating ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the recent case of Watson, P.C. v. US, 109 AFTR 2d 2012-1059, 668 F. 3d 1008 affirming the district court below, held that an S-corporation shareholder's 2002 and 2003 reported salaries were unreasonably low, and reclassified dividends paid by the corporation to the shareholder as additional salary, thus subjecting that income to additional employment taxation under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA).
Generally, earnings from self-employment and employee wages are subject to withholding for Social Security and Medicare ...