Admit it – You’re a Business Owner

The other day as I was having a conversation with my aunt who is a hair stylist, she was telling me how she pays to rent the space she uses to cut hair.  She also has to pay for her own supplies and pays a percentage of her services to the owner of the salon. She was a little surprised when I said, “Congratulations on running your own business.” She never made the connection between her work and being a business owner. She was so focused on the service that she never took the time to understand what being a business owner could mean to her.

In our business, we talk to many people in the same situation.  They don’t give themselves credit for running their own business. They work in a variety of professions; independent contractors, consultants, day care providers, technicians, multilevel marketers, or they might even work for someone else but also run a part-time business.  Well, if you have income coming from other sources beside W-2 income, you might be a business owner with all the benefits that come with it.

“You would be brain dead not to start your own business,”  says Sandy Botkin, CPA, Esq.

The IRS wants to give you credit for running your own business. As a business owner you get all sorts of tax deductible benefits from the government.  If you take it one step further and incorporate your business, then you really start to see some savings…no more self-employment tax, 100% tax deductible medical reimbursement plans, paid life insurance, not to mention the liability protection a corporation can provide you.

So go ahead…admit you’re a business owner. Now take the time and really understand what that means to you and the best way to structure your business to take the greatest advantage of being a business owner.