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Tuesday, Dec. 27
Expenses Reasonable Compensation, #114
Are you paying yourself too much or too little? Compensation can be a tricky issue when it comes to a business expense deduction that will survive scrutiny by the IRS. Generally, the IRS applies a reasonableness standard to small business compensation. Is the compensation being deducted an amount that would ordinarily be paid for like services by like enterprises under like circumstances?