Tax Planning For Businesses – Advice From an Expert

Is it equitable that while large conglomerates can afford to hire savvy planners to help them reduce their tax bill, smaller enterprises end up paying proportionally far more than they should? On one side of the coin is the belief that smaller entities already face formidable challenges even without large tax bills. As a counterpoint, it could be argued that the system is indeed just, since the tax laws are the same, no matter what size the corporate taxpayer. The functional difference is the ability of the larger enterprises to use legal technicalities and interpretations to their advantage, as opposed to the probability that the small business simply follows the black letter of the tax rules and regulations. At the heart of this situation is the reluctance of many accountants to be real tax advisers and to help small businesses arrange their operations to best take advantage of strategies that would result in a lower tax bill. Lots of accountants simply take the raw numbers from their clients and enter them into a tax preparation program. No real planning or review process – just in and out.