Hiring Your Spouse: Business Boost or Bust?

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Do you want to learn the ins and outs of hiring your spouse for your small business? In this episode of the Small Business Tax Savings Podcast, Mike takes a deep dive into the tax implications of hiring a spouse and how to make sure you stay on the right side of the law. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of taking this route, such as increasing retirement contributions and gaining access to fringe benefits, but also paying additional taxes.     

Mike explains why having your spouse serves as a board member may be more beneficial than simply having them work for you, what documentation must be kept in place, and how to best utilize this strategy to maximize tax savings for your business.  

Tune in now and listen as Mike teaches the ins and outs of hiring your spouse for your small business!

[00:27] Maximize Your Retirement Savings

• Today’s topic is, “Hiring Your Spouse for Tax Benefits”
• Mike discusses hiring your spouse, but there are tax implications to consider

[02:33] Reasons To Hire A Spouse

• Tax advantages when paying benefits such as retirement planning, health costs, and fringe benefits
• Maximize retirement contributions by hiring your spouse and having them contribute to the business retirement plan
• Hiring a spouse can help maximize retirement contributions and provide a business deduction for high health costs
• Fringe benefits such as life insurance, working condition benefits, and de minimis benefits can be provided to employees tax-free

[06:04] The Benefits And Disadvantages Of Hiring Your Spouse

• Having a spouse as a board member can also take advantage of certain items
• Paying wages to the spouse is not recommended as it will shift the taxes to the individual’s income
• Reasons to hire a spouse:
• Maximize retirement contributions
• Shift high out-of-pocket medical costs into business deduction

[12:20] Closing Segment

• Mike talks about the ins and outs of hiring your spouse for your business!
• Final Words

Key Quotes

“If you hire your spouse in your business and you pay them cash wages or direct deposit wages, you're simply moving income from one area of your return to another. So you're getting a tax deduction from paying them wages, but now you're reporting that as income on the tax return that you guys do together.” – Mike Jesowshek, CPA

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