Here how it works

If you are a business owner operating as Sole Proprietorship and make about $60,000 a year, you pay self employment tax and regular income tax. As a business expense, you can deduct half of that self employment tax. This is a simple calculation.

Profit as Sole Proprietorship: $60,000

Total Gross Income: $60,000

Half of self employment tax: -$4,500

Adjusted Gross Income: $55,500

Total self employment tax: $9,000

Income Tax: $8,880

Total Taxes paid: $17,880

However if you convert your business to a company, you don't have to pay the self employment tax and instead you pay Social Security and Medicaid tax which is almost half the rate of self employment tax. Here is the calculation of possible taxes.

Profit as a company: $60,000

Salary Paid to yourself: $25,000

Profit left after salary paid: $35,000

Total Gross Income: $60,000

Social Security and Medicaid Tax: -$1,912.50

Your Adjusted Gross Income: $58,087.50

Total SS and Med. Tax: $3,825

Income Tax: $9,294

Total Taxes paid: $13,119

TOTAL TAX SAVINGS: $4,761

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