LLC vs S Corp For Small Businesses

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😰 If you're running an LLC as a sole proprietor, you're paying 15.3% self-employment tax on EVERY dollar of profit. That's Social Security and Medicare combined—and you're paying both the employee AND employer side because you're both. 🧾 Make $100K? That's $15,300 gone before you even calculate regular income tax. Your LLC protected your personal assets (great!), but it did NOTHING to reduce this tax hit. Most business owners don't realize these are two completely separate things. 🔑 The S Corp loophole changes everything: split your income into salary (taxed at 15.3%) and distributions (regular income tax only). Suddenly you're only paying that brutal 15.3% on PART of your income, not all of it. 📋 But timing matters. File Form 2553 by March 15th or wait another year. Miss it? You're stuck with the full tax bill while someone else with identical income pays thousands less. ⏰ #ExplainedLikeYoureFive #SelfEmploymentTax #BusinessTaxes

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