Not sure if the stock you’re invested in is QSBS, learn more about our QSBS Monitoring Platform As investors hear more and more about the qualified small business stock tax exemptions, they may be looking at their own portfolio and assets to see where this capital gains exclusion … Read More
For most of us it is a dream to be living retirement on a beach while sipping a pina colada. If you are reading this, I hope you are not wasting your time on the beach reading about taxation, unless you think you own qualified small business … Read More
As many American taxpayers and investors familiarize themselves with Qualified Small Business Stock, they may be eager to look towards their own shares or investment opportunities to see where they can reap the benefits of this favorable tax treatment. One of the industries excluded from leveraging Section 1202 … Read More
What is the SEC? The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established by the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as a reaction to the 1929 stock market crash. It is an independent federal agency responsible primarily for the regulation of the securities market in order to protect … Read More
What is a C Corporation? A C corporation is a type of business structure in which the company is owned by the shareholders. These shareholders have the power to elect a board of directors who help to make governance decisions around how the company is operated. Notably, corporations … Read More
Cannabis Investors Need to Look Into QSBS Those looking to break into the growing cannabis industry through entrepreneurship would be wise to familiarize themselves with section 1202 of the IRC, the capital gains exclusion which allows for holders of QSBS to take the $10,000,000 tax-free. The cannabis industry attracts … Read More
Federal QSBS Exclusions and State Tax Implications Allowing capital gains tax exclusions for Qualified Small Business Stocks (QSBS) encourages investment in US small business. QSBS laws help provide capital for these businesses while offering a savvy tax strategy for investors who want to minimize capital gains taxes. Investors who … Read More
In addition to the associated tax cuts, another benefit to American taxpayers from the TCJA of 2017 was the enactment of federal opportunity zones. According to opportunityzones.hud.gov, “Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities, defined by individual census tract, nominated by America’s governors, and certified by the U.S. Secretary … Read More
Not sure if the stock you’re invested in is QSBS, learn more about our QSBS Monitoring Platform Simple Agreements for Future Equity, otherwise known as SAFEs, exist thanks to the startup accelerator Y-Combinator’s 2013 innovation. With a SAFE, an investor makes a cash investment in a company, but the … Read More