Mark Wiley wrote:

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Notwithstanding the first two comments above, I can think
of a case where this scenario would be perfectly acceptable.
And that is maybe in the case of a startup corporation with
no profits even possible first year of operations, in which
case salaries would be kept to an absolute minimum. Then in
year two with profits on the horizon the corporation would
start to pay wages, and periodically deduct the advance
payments characterized as "officer loans."

Although to even avoid the appearance of evil (for lack of
better word) the corporation in year one should have
probably paid a token (minimum) wage to the officers.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Dick Adams <rdadams[at]smart.net> wrote:
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Shifting income from one year to the next reminded me of
straddles, except those involve creating a loss in one year
and an offsetting gain in another year.

While the underlying transaction appears to be legal
(assuming it wasn't planned that way in advance) it could
run afoul of the IRS's ability to reallocate income to
reflect economic reality rather than accounting
technicalities.

What's that code section again?

Stu

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"Mark Wiley" <markwiley[at]nycap.rr.com> wrote:

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Almost of us have heard of it. It's known under several
names, e.g., "Cooking the Books", "Slush Fund Accounting".
There are no real rules for this. You just have to pray
for the statute of limitations to expire.

Dick

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"Mark Wiley" <markwiley[at]nycap.rr.com> wrote:

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looks a bit questionable to me

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I was once involved with a small corporation that I was able
to take the Officer Loans in one yeasr and reclassify them
as Wages in another. Has anyone ever heard nof this and do
you know where I can find documentation on the IRS website
for the rules on this?

Thanks in advance

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