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The IRS requires S-Corp owners to pay themselves a market-rate salary reflecting actual specialty and geographic benchmarks.
The IRS mandates that S-Corp owners pay themselves a market-rate salary for the services they perform. You cannot set an artificially low salary just to avoid taxes; your salary must reflect actual geographic and specialty benchmarks, which we help you document and substantiate.
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