S Corporation Tax Year Rules - The Tax Adviser 2026

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S Corp Checklist: 2.) Create Corporate Bylaws (State Requirement) 3.) Decide on and Pay A Reasonable Salary. 4.) Implement a Payroll System. 5.) Update Your Accounting System/Process. 7. ) File Annual Reports/Tax Returns. 8.) Pay Estimated Taxes on Distributions and/or Profit. 9.) Comply with Employment Laws.
For California purposes, the S corporations accounting period must be the same as the one used for federal purposes. The first accounting period cannot end more than 12 months after the date of incorporation or qualification in California.
S Corps that lose their S status must typically wait five years before being able to re-elect it. As mentioned, deliberately violating one of the rules, such as transferring stock to an ineligible shareholder, is not a good thing.
Calendar year. An S corporation must adopt a calendar year as its tax year unless it can establish a business purpose for having a fiscal year.
Single layer of taxation: The main advantage of the S corp over the C corp is that an S corp does not pay a corporate-level income tax. So any distribution of income to the shareholders is only taxed at the individual level.

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Therefore, any greater than 2% shareholders are not eligible to participate in the S corps cafeteria plan. Greater than 2% shareholders will need to take health savings account and health insurance deductions on their personal return, not as pre-tax contributions. Attribution rules also apply to cafeteria plans.
Here are some of the top S corp tax savings tactics to consider: Set Reasonable Owner Wages. Shareholders in an S Corp are compensated in two ways: a salary and distributions. Employ Your Children. Max Out Retirement Plan Contributions. Rent Your Home. Home Office. Depreciation. Vehicles. Employee Benefits.
Shareholder loss limitations An S corporation is a corporation with a valid S election in effect. The impact of the election is that the S corporations items of income, loss, deductions and credits flow to the shareholder and are taxed on the shareholders personal return.

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