S Corp planning for independent consultants

    Turn project income into a documented S Corp decision.

    Consulting revenue often depends on your own expertise and delivery. The analysis separates what the business earns from what it should pay for the work you personally perform.

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    If the facts do not support an S Corp election, we tell you before filing.

    Built around your facts

    One connected decision: fit, salary, and filing.

    The election is only one step. The useful answer connects your business economics to a salary you can explain and a filing record you can keep.

    1. Check the fit

      Model whether business profit remains after a supportable owner salary, payroll, filing, and state costs.

    2. Build the salary rationale

      Document duties, time, experience, location, comparable wage data, and how the business earns its revenue.

    3. Prepare the election record

      Prepare Form 2553, identify state follow through, track the filing, and keep the decision support together.

    What changes the salary analysis

    The facts behind the number matter.

    Client delivery

    Strategy, analysis, implementation, meetings, and project responsibility help define the services the owner performs.

    Sales and business operations

    Proposals, relationship management, marketing, systems, subcontractor oversight, and administration also belong in the record.

    Expertise and working pattern

    Specialty, experience, location, hours, utilization, contract mix, and business resources can change the supportable compensation range.

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    Useful next reads for your business.

    Form 2553 Complete Guide

    Review eligibility, timing, shareholder consent, filing, and late election considerations.

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    Reasonable Compensation Analysis

    Understand how a fact specific planning target is built and documented.

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    When to Consider the Election

    Weigh profit stability, salary, payroll, state costs, QBI, and timing.

    Read the guide

    Start with the facts

    See whether the election fits before you file.

    The 60 second screen gives you an educational result and a practical next step. It does not guarantee eligibility, acceptance, or savings.

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