As such, it is much more common for such firms to "low-ball" on salaries so as to keep FICA expenses low and maximize what is seen in the form of S-Corporation distributions, which are exempt from FICA. ON the other hand, C-Corporations tend to maximize salaries and minimize dividends because the former is deductible but the latter is not. Beyond that, the IRS is clearly not a fan of the five percent of gross receipts aspect of the construction business in this case. It is clearly a thinly veiled dividend because it goes up and down (scales) with the revenue of the firm, much like a dividend (Kirkland, 2013). The solutions to this challenge is to either classify the upper half of the income as regular income that is fixed in nature or reclassify the salary above the first five million as a dividend. If minimizing tax impacts is the goal, then paying all of the President's salary as straight salary is probably the goal. However, adjusting it to keep up with revenue would be a bad idea. If the revenue fluctuates a lot, a dividend would be the wise course. If business is good and steady, a fixed salary should work…
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