If you answered yes, you got it right! Small business owners with employees can write off their workers’ salaries, benefits, and vacation pay on their business tax returns. This also includes regular wages, commissions, and bonuses.
Percentage deductible: 100%
Eligibility:
The employee(s) must not be the sole proprietor, a partner, or an LLC member.
The salaries and benefits must be considered reasonable, ordinary, and necessary.
The salaries and benefits must have been paid in the year in which the taxpayer claims the deduction.
Example deductions:
Employee salaries
Employee paid time off
Employee commission and bonuses
Check out the link below for a list of other tax deductions you can claim this tax season!
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Osterhaus, E. (2021, February 1). Complete list of small business tax deductions (2021). QuickBooks. Retrieved December 16, 2021, from https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/taxes/small-business-tax-deductions/
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