Starting a Business Might be the Best Thing You Ever Did
August 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under starting a business
So many people are trapped in a situation that they see no way out of…
You’re working for someone else and with taxes taken out you’re hurting at the end of each month. You’re living paycheck to paycheck and you don’t see a way out. You want to start a business but it seems overwhelming – where would you start?
Where you’d start is incorporation. Really – it’s that simple and it will do a few things for you to get you started. Let me explain…
The reason you’re hurting for money after taxes are taken out is because you probably don’t have any way to save money on your taxes. You probably aren’t taking any deductions. You probably are paying too much in taxes every year you don’t have a business set up.
You CAN work for someone else AND have a business of your own – for as long as you like. You can have 6 businesses and work for someone else if you want. All you need is one though.
Incorporate your business in the next 2 days. Figure out which type is best – if you’re just starting out you can try a LLC or a S-Corp. Those are your two best bets in most cases. More than 80% of one-person businesses that register their new busienss with us choose LLC entities for the most benefits and their ease of administration (little).
When you let us help you incorporate your business we’ll help you get your Tax ID number for free. You’ll need this soon.
Once you incorporate your new business you can begin many things.
One thing you’ll want to do is start a separate business checking account and use it only for business related things. Keep all receipts for anything you spend out of your business checking account for the business.
Now you can deduct a portion of expenses for computers, printers, ink cartridges, pens, paper, staples, folders, file cabinets, online subscriptions, internet marketing costs – and everything else related to your business. If you need training to learn essential skills for your business – get it – and deduct it.
Incorporating your business helps you get started with everything you need to get started with – as you continue working for another company and earning enough to live on.
At the end of the first year you’ll probably have a couple thousand dollars of business expenses (losses) you can deduct. Pretty cool huh?
You know what else? If you work as a freelance consultant a company can pay you Corp-to-corp which means they take no taxes out for you, they just write you a check to your business name and using the business tax ID number. Guess what? You don’t need to pay yourself that whole check from your bank account either – so, you don’t get taxed on it.
Incorporating your business today is a very smart move that we wish everyone would do. Most people think they need to quit their jobs before they incorporate and start the long process of building up the business.
No so. Just start now – as soon as possible and get things moving forward.
Incorporating your new business, hobby, or idea can be the best thing you’ve ever done as it sets the tone for the rest of your life as a business owner – not a business employee.




