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Should our practice be an S corporation?

Sometimes. An S corporation can reduce self-employment tax on part of the owners’ income, but it requires profits to be split by ownership and adds payroll requirements. The answer depends on how many owners you have and how you want to share income, so we model both.

Authority: IRC §1361(b)(1)(D); IRC §1402(a)

Updated October 2026. General information, not advice for your situation.

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