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January 2018

What Is A Pass-Through Entity?

Most businesses in the United States are organized as pass-through businesses, such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies and S corporations. According to the Brookings Institution, about 95 percent of businesses fall into that category. These entities are called pass-throughs, because their profits are passed directly through the business to the owners and are taxed on the owners' individual income tax returns. Income earned by a business organized as a pass-through entity must be distributed as taxable income to its owner, members or partners. The pass-through entity itself doesn't pay income taxes, but it also can't defer tax on ...

January 31, 2018|General|

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