The Employer Identification Number, or EIN, serves as a tax ID number for businesses and organizations. Here are a few tips for small businesses, trusts, estates, and charities about the EIN: Only the IRS can issue an EIN, and it's a free service. You can visit IRS.gov/EIN, answer a few questions, and get your EIN immediately [...]
This article was published by the IRS. The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued Notice 2026-11 that provides taxpayers with guidance on the permanent 100% additional first year depreciation deduction for eligible depreciable property acquired after Jan. 19, 2025, provided by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. The notice also provides guidance [...]
Corporations are treated by the law as legal entities. That means the corporation has a life separate from its owners, and has rights and duties of its own. The owners of a corporation are known as stockholders, or shareholders. A corporation can have one or many shareholders. Corporations are typically managed by directors or officers, who [...]
A limited liability company, or LLC, is a business structure created under state law that is separate from its owners, who are called members. In most cases, LLC members are not personally responsible for the business's debts and liabilities for federal tax purposes. An LLC can be treated in different ways, depending on the number of [...]
A partnership is when two or more people come together to run a business and share in the profits and losses. Each partner may contribute money, property, or services to the business, and then share in any profits or losses. In a partnership, power is shared between the partners. Partners usually have unlimited liability, unless an [...]
