Early On, Three Businesses and Lessons Learned

Having a small business can have a dramatic effect on taxes. The first year I made a six figure income, was in 2011. That year, according to Turbo Tax, I was in the 5% tax bracket. That same year, a good friend of mine was a nurse at Standford hospital, making about half as much money as me. Since he had no small business, he paid about 3 times what I did in taxes.

Steven Schussler's wrote a great book, "It's a Jungle in There". There are several good points about being an entreprenuer, that can be learned from his story. Take for example, the IRS hobby law. According to www.irs.gov, one of the main benefits of having a small business is that: "An activity is presumed for profit if it makes a profit in at least three of the last five tax years". Even if it does not make any profit, a judgement by the IRS can still be made to show it was a valid business venture. In Steven Schussler's case, he was able to write off huge amounts of money by doing crazy things like turning his house into a showroom to bring investors in. Writing off massive losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, he funded theme restaurants that featured dinosaurs, jukeboxes and eventually the rainforest.

In this blog, I post information about some early ventures and hope you can grab some useful information. This information was originally copyrighted in 2010 by Izu Services, LLC.



Izu Services

The mission of Izu Services, LLC is to advance automation technologies in the areas of Robotics and 3D Modeling in a manner as to enrich the lives of people within the community.

Specialty:

• Automated Software Testing
• Algorithm Development
• Terrain Processing

Previous Clients

• CNI, Las Cruces, NM
• EBID, Las Cruces, NM

Important Events:

• Told a refund of $1560 would be issued by the IRS
• Moved to CA, Completed Articles of Dissolution (New Mexico) to close business ($50)
• Fined $1560=$190 x #ShareHolders x #MonthsLate for filing 2553 late
• Distributed IRS K1 to shareholders to include profits in their tax returns
• Completed IRS 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation to become an S Corporation (have shares)
• Completed Operating Agreement (internal bookeeping)
• Completed Articles of Organization (New Mexico) to register business as LLC ($25)

I am constantly on the look out for ways to improve my own personal financial plan. As I learn, I have no problem giving this information out to others, especially since most of us need a total finanacial makeover. At this point, I have a small following and I appreciate every view I get so thank you for supporting me! Please keep coming back and if you like what you see, leave comments, ask questions or e-mail me. While my main expertise is software optimization and automation, my financial interests include stock investment, IRA, 401(k), gambling, small business, real estate and taxes.

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Izu Reality

The mission of Izu Realty is to focus on affordable housing in the Las Cruces, NM Market. Using an S Corporation, Izu Realty can pull together multiple investors to limit the risk for any particular individual. The goal is to focus on creating steady returns of about 5-7%.

Resources

• Property Research
• Property Management
• Financial Advice
• Business Plan

Alamo

• Nov 2011 : Paid Taxes and Insurance totalling $1008
• Nov 2011 : 80/24.3/64.549=-8.8 : 750/076.35=1700 : -7,148
• Oct 2011 : 80/23.0/64.654=-7.7 : 750/000.31=1026 : -6,642
• Sep 2011 : 80/22.7/64.760=-7.5 : 750/172.81= 277 : -7,191
• Aug 2011 : 80/22.4/64.865=-7.3 : 750/749.58=-300 : -7,569
• Jul 2011 : 80/22.1/64.969=-7.0 : 750/382.67=-300 : -7,369
• Jun 2011 : 80/21.8/65.074=-6.8 : 750/489.81=-667 : -7,541
• May 2011 : 80/21.5/65.178=-6.6 : 459/1387.1=-927 : -7,605
• May 2011 - House rented for $750/month
• Apr 2011 : 80/21.2/65.282
• Mar 2011 : 80/20.9/65.385
• Feb 2011 : 80/20.6/65.488
• Jan 2011 : 80/20.3/65.591
• Jan 2011 - House unoccupied with a mortgage of $300/month

Chisholm

• Nov 2011 : 130/33.8/114.547 : -18,383
• Nov 2011 - House unoccupied with a mortgage of $833/month

Month Year : Appraisal/TotalPayments/MortgageBalance=HomeIncome : Rent/Services=RentIncome : Net

Equations

• HomeIncome(n)=Appraisal(n)-TotalPayments(n)-MortgageBalance(n)
• RentIncome(n)=RentIncome(n-1)+Rent(n)-Services(n)
• BalanceDue(n)=BalanceDue(n-1)-Rent(n)+Services(n)+Proceeds(n)

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