Being paid via W2 and 1099
I will be working for an organization who has two different companies, I will be paid from the first company as an employee/corporate staff function, I will be paid from the second company as a 1099 contractor providing medical services to clients without any corporate commitments. All persons providing medical services are paid by the second company as 1099 contractors. The company is headquartered in New York State. I live in Massachusetts and will be 100% working from home, I will provide medical services via telehealth in NY, TX, IL, and TN to start. I need to figure out if establishing an LLC and having my "second" company compensation go through the LLC or be paid under W2 for the second company. The split of income is 50/50 from each company.
Answers:
It sounds like you could do with some tax planning! Unfortunately, these are too many unknowns for a specific answer here.
First - setting up an LLC (or perhaps taking an S-Corp election?) would depend on a variety of factors. How high is your 1099 compensation? Would you prefer the "hands off" route and possibly ask for a W-2 instead of a 1099 from your second job (if possible, and if I understood that part of your question correctly), or would you like to set up an LLC and expense various things yourself, in addition to any other tax savings that come with having an LLC? Usually, the LLC route can offer more tax savings, but a more "hands on" approach from you - e.g. a possible additional S-Corp tax return + putting yourself on payroll (if the S-Corp route makes sense); accounting for your LLC (with or without an S-Corp election), etc.
If you'd like to schedule a (no-strings/complimentary) consultation with my firm (we work predominantly with medical service providers and specialize in tax planning), let me know. You can email my business partner, Paulina S., for more information or to set up a call - her email address is paulina (at) ratio.cpa - she handles all initial client inquiries and can help steer you through your options. We do our best to have the consultations be as transparent and informative as possible.
Apologies that I could not help more - but taxes are never straightforward, more information is needed, and making mistakes now can cost you in the future.
Eli Keren
It sounds like you could do with some tax planning! Unfortunately, these are too many unknowns for a specific answer here.
First - setting up an LLC (or perhaps taking an S-Corp election?) would depend on a variety of factors. How high is your 1099 compensation? Would you prefer the "hands off" route and possibly ask for a W-2 instead of a 1099 from your second job (if possible, and if I understood that part of your question correctly), or would you like to set up an LLC and expense various things yourself, in addition to any other tax savings that come with having an LLC? Usually, the LLC route can offer more tax savings, but a more "hands on" approach from you - e.g. a possible additional S-Corp tax return + putting yourself on payroll (if the S-Corp route makes sense); accounting for your LLC (with or without an S-Corp election), etc.
If you'd like to schedule a (no-strings/complimentary) consultation with my firm (we work predominantly with medical service providers and specialize in tax planning), let me know. You can email my business partner, Paulina S., for more information or to set up a call - her email address is paulina (at) ratio.cpa - she handles all initial client inquiries and can help steer you through your options. We do our best to have the consultations be as transparent and informative as possible.
Apologies that I could not help more - but taxes are never straightforward, more information is needed, and making mistakes now can cost you in the future.
Eli Keren
