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IRS PUBLISHES SUMMERTIME TAX TIPS.

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Buying a home? Working a summer job? Volunteering? Activities that are common in the summer often qualify for tax credits or deductions. And, while summertime and part-time workers may not earn enough to owe federal income tax, they should remember to file a return to get a refund for taxes withheld early next year.

Here are some summertime tax tips from the IRS that can help taxpayers during tax season next year:

Marital tax bliss. Newlyweds should report any name change to the Social Security Administration before filing next year’s tax return. Then, report any address change to the United States Postal Service, employers and the IRS to ensure receipt of tax-related items.

Cash back for summer day camp. Unlike overnight camps, the cost of summer day camp may count as an expense towards the Child and Dependent Care Credit. See IRS Publication 503, Child and Dependent Care Expenses, for more information.
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Part-time and summer work. Employers usually must withhold Social Security and Medicare taxes from pay for part-time and season workers even if the employees don’t earn enough to meet the federal income tax filing threshold. Self-employed workers or independent contractors need to pay their own Social Security and Medicare taxes, even if they have no income tax liability.

Worker classification matters. Business owners must correctly determine whether summer workers are employees or independent contractors. Independent contractors are not subject to withholding, making them responsible for paying their own income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare taxes. Workers can avoid higher tax bills and lost benefits if they know their proper status.

Though the higher standard deduction means fewer taxpayers are itemizing their deductions, those that still plan to itemize next year should keep these tips in mind:

Deducting state and local income, sales and property taxes. The total deduction that taxpayers can deduct for state and local income, sales and property taxes is limited to a combined, total deduction of $10,000 or $5,000 if married filing separately. Any state and local taxes paid above this amount cannot be deducted.

Refinancing a home. The deduction for mortgage interest is limited to interest paid on a loan secured by the taxpayer’s main home or second home that they used to buy, build, or substantially improve their main home or second home.
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Buying a home.

New homeowners buying after Dec. 15, 2017, can only deduct mortgage interest they pay on a total of $750,000, or $375,000 if married filing separately, in qualifying debt for a first and second home.

For existing mortgages if the loan originated on or before Dec. 15, 2017, taxpayers continue to deduct interest on a total of $1 million in qualifying debt secured by first and second homes.

Donate items. Deduct money. Those long-unused items in good condition found during a summer cleaning and donated to a qualified charity may qualify for a tax deduction. Taxpayers must itemize deductions to deduct charitable contributions and have proof of all donations.

Donate time. Deduct mileage. Driving a personal vehicle while donating services on a trip sponsored by a qualified charity could qualify for a tax break. Itemizers can deduct 14 cents per mile for charitable mileage driven in 2019.

Reporting gambling winnings and claiming gambling losses. Taxpayers who itemize can deduct gambling losses up to the amount of gambling winnings.
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The last two tips are for taxpayers who have not yet filed but may be due a refund and those who may need to adjust their withholding.

Refunds require a tax return.

 Although workers may not have earned enough money from a summer job to require filing a tax return, they may still want to file when tax time comes around.

It is essential to file a return to get a refund of any income tax withheld. There is no penalty for filing a late return for those receiving refunds, however, by law, a return must be filed within three years to get the refund. See the Interactive Tax Assistant, Do I need to file a tax return?

Check withholding. Newlyweds, summertime workers, homeowners and every taxpayer in between should take some time this summer to check their tax withholding to make sure they are paying the right amount of tax as they earn it throughout the year.  Taxpayers should remember that, if needed, they should submit their new W-4 to their employer, not the IRS.

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Proprietors and Partners Mistakenly Pay Themselves Illegal W-2 Wages

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In our Chicago South Loop Tax Preparation office, we often see sole proprietors and partners who are above the Section 199A thresholds look for W-2 wages as a means to salvage the 20 percent deduction allowed by Section 199A. They also often look enviously at the fringe benefits that are available to employees and not to them as sole proprietors or partners.

To overcome getting shorted on the Section 199A deduction or being denied fringe benefits, some sole proprietors and partners instruct their payroll services to make them W-2 employees. When the payroll services do this, the proprietors and partners believe they are now legitimate employees of their proprietorships and partnerships. Wrong. Totally wrong.

  • The sole proprietor may not be a W-2 employee of his or her sole proprietorship.
  • A partner may not be a W-2 employee of a partnership.
  • Some sole proprietors and partners have had their Certified Professional Employer Organization (CPEO) treat them as employees. Also, wrong!
  • Using a CPEO does not create the possibility of paying a W-2 wage to a partner or a sole proprietor.

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Takeaways

The sole proprietor is not a W-2 employee of the proprietorship. He or she is self-employed and operates under the rules for the self-employed. The partner is not a W-2 employee of the partnership. He or she is a partner and is treated as a partner under the
tax rules. Partners receive remuneration for services as guaranteed payments, which are subject to self employment taxes.

The single-member LLC is a proprietorship unless the member elects treatment as an S or a C corporation. Similarly, a multi member LLC is a partnership unless it elects treatment as an S or a C corporation.

Although we’ve given you the basics, this is not an all-inclusive article. Should you have tax debt help questions, need Chicago business tax preparation, business entity creation, business insurance, or business compliance assistance please contact us online, or call our office toll free at 1-855-743-5765 or locally in Chicago or Indiana at 1-708-529-6604. Make sure to join our newsletter for more tips on reducing taxes, and increasing your wealth.

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HOW TO WRITE OFF YOUR 4TH OF JULY PARTY.

Author: Trudy M. Howard

In our Chicago South Loop Tax preparation office, everyone enjoys a BBQ, and a good party. While we enjoy having a good time, we LOVE saving clients money through effective tax planning. Below are a few tips on how you can reduce your taxable income with your 4th of July party.

INVITE ALL STAFF & FEW FRIENDS: Invite your ENTIRE STAFF to the 4th of July BBQ to get a tax deduction. NON EMPLOYEES WILL NOT give you a tax deduction. For example, if you invite 15 employees & their family to a 4th of July picnic, and you invite 5 of your friends & family members you have a total of 20 guest.If your party cost $2,500 you can write off 3/4 or 75% (20 guest total, 1/4 friends 5/20) of the expense at 100%. $2,500 x .75= $1,875 tax deduction.

Per IRS PUBLICATION 15-B: “Food or beverage expenses related to employee recreation, such as holiday parties or annual picnics, aren’t subject to the 50% limit on deductions when made primarily for the benefit of your employees other than employees who are officers, shareholders or other owners who own a 10% or greater interest in your business, or other highly compensated employees.”

Schedule-button-nb INVITE POTENTIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS: 1/2 of something is better than 0 of something. You can deduct 50% of the FOOD COST ONLY if you invite current or potential business customer, client, consultant, or similar business contact. Your food cost must be on SEPARATE RECEIPT to be tax deductible. You cannot deduct the cost of the fireworks display, chairs, DJ, etc.

Per IRS PUBLICATION 463: “As discussed above, entertainment expenses are generally nondeductible. However, you may continue to deduct 50% of the cost of business meals if you (or an employee) is present and the food or beverages are not considered lavish or extravagant. The meals may be provided to a current or potential business customer, client, consultant, or similar business contact.

Food and beverages that are provided during entertainment events are not considered entertainment if purchased separately from the entertainment, or if the cost of the food and beverages is stated separately from the cost of the entertainment on one or more bills, invoices, or receipts.”

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How I went to IRS tax jail, aka IRS withholding compliance program.

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Author: Trudy M. Howard

Have you ever gotten away with something, and found yourself doing it again? Did you keep doing it thinking that you would never get caught, or if you did get caught, you could talk your way out of it? Well that was also me when it came to going exempt on my Federal taxes.

When I was 25 I started working for a major phone company, and I was earning about $70,000 per year. $70,000 wasn’t a shabby salary for a 25 year old single mother, but when the Federal taxes were deducted, I felt as if I was paying more in taxes than I was earning. With the increase in salary I no longer qualified for the earned income tax credit, I didn’t qualify for daycare assistance programs, and I was kicked out of the welfare office when I asked for medical help or food stamps! So what was a girl to do when she felt that she needed more money to survive? Was I supposed to create a budget and stick to it? Should I have stopped dining out? Maybe I should have picked up a side business (which would have created tax planning opportunities) and supplemented my income? While all of these things sound like viable, and reasonable options, 25 year old Trudy was not reasonable, and she certainly wasn’t going to discipline herself to stick to a budget. While discussing my financial crisis (don’t judge me) with a friend, she told me about a “magical thing” called “going exempt from Federal income tax.”
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In order to stop the government from taking $300 and $400 out of my paychecks, “all I had to do (which is the opening statement for all bad ideas)” was write exempt on my W4, hand the form to my employer, and magically, all of the deductions would stop. The first time that I went exempt I was afraid. Was the IRS going to come after me? Was my job going to fire me for not paying taxes? Would I owe the IRS a gazillion dollars? To my surprise (and eventual demise) none of these things happened. In fact, nothing happened, life continued on, and I was happy as jay bird; that is until tax time arrived.

In June of 2002 I received my first IRS tax bill (notice CP51A). I ignored it. More letters came; I ignored them. Certified letters came; I refused to pick them up. The only letter that caught my attention was the CP504 intent to levy, and it only caught my attention because it mentioned the word assets. Me being me, I waited until the last minute to contact the IRS, and after my bank account was levied, I finally understood that when the IRS sends letters, it’s best to call them immediately. One would think that the levy would have changed my ways, but nope! All the levy did was teach me to get tax debt help, and work out a payment plan with the IRS.

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After resolving my tax debt issues, I began the crazy cycle of racking up tax debt, and asking for an installment plan. 10 years into this cycle I finally reached the mother of all IRS agents, and she told me “be careful, because an IRS agents can see that you keep racking up debt, and that you don’t have enough withholding. When you don’t have enough withholdings, the IRS can force you to increase your withholding.” My internal response was “girl bye… I’ve been doing this for years, run the payment plan and shut up” but my external response was “Really they can do that? I always figured that I would settle up with the IRS at the end of the year. I’ll do better this year, I promise.” Little did I know the gig was up, and I was on my way to IRS tax jail.

Merriam Webster defines prison as: “a state of confinement or captivity, or  a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers.” While IRS tax jail is not a physical jail with walls, those that have been placed into the IRS withholding compliance program can tell you that it certainly feels like jail! Once the taxpayer becomes a lawbreaker (by not paying their taxes as they go), they are eventually placed into the IRS withholding compliance program (aka IRS tax jail), and held captive for a minimum of 3 years. During this 3 year period the IRS states that: “your employer must withhold income tax from your wages as if you’re single with zero allowances.”

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To illustrate, in 2019, if a person is earning $70,000 (and there were thrown into IRS tax jail aka withholding compliance program), they would have $400.87 withheld from each paycheck to cover their Federal income taxes. In addition to the Federal tax deduction, every paycheck would also have deductions for Social Security ($166.92), Medicare ($39.04), and state taxes ( I live in Illinois, and in IL the tax would be $133.27. After taxes, the taxpayer would be left with a net pay of $1,952.21, not including deductions for health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, union dues, and so on. So if the IRS tax jail isn’t physical, how is one cast into IRS tax jail? The IRS sends tax payers to IRS tax Jail by sending letter 2800C to the taxpayers employer. 

Once your employer receives letter 2800C per IRS.gov: “within 60 days the employer must “begin withholding income tax from this employee’s wages based on a withholding rate (or marital status) single, and withholding allowances of 0.” No amount of pleading, threatening, or arguing with your employer will change this. If you switch employers, the IRS will find you. The only thing that you can do is contact the IRS yourself (for the DIY crowd), or you can work with a professional tax debt resolution firm to negotiate with the IRS on your behalf.. Depending on your number of dependents, and marital status, the IRS may show you some mercy. There is always the option of doing nothing, and if you choose to do nothing, you can expect your lock in rate to begin within 60 days, and you will remain in IRS tax jail for a minimum of 3 years.

As with every good story, there is always a silver lining. If during your 3 year bid, you remain a good little taxpayer (by paying your taxes & staying in tax compliance) the warden can release you from IRS tax jail. 

Although we’ve given you the basics, this is not an all-inclusive article. Should you have tax debt help questions, need Chicago business tax preparation, business entity creation, business insurance, or business compliance assistance please contact us online, or call our office toll free at 1-855-743-5765 or locally in Chicago or Indiana at 1-708-529-6604. Make sure to join our newsletter for more tips on reducing taxes, and increasing your wealth.

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Commercial Fuel Card Without A Personal Guarantee.

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Commercial Fuel Card

Gas Cards Without A Personal Guarantee

Would you like to free up some cash so that you can increase your marketing budget, purchase more supplies, or reward your employees? Have you heard about obtaining business credit without a personal guarantee, but haven’t been able to secure your own business credit? Are you a small business owner that has damaged personal credit? Have you been told that you can’t get business credit if you have bad personal credit? If any of these things apply to you, you’ve come to the right place!
To start, let us explain what a “personal guarantee is.” A personal guarantee means that the owners will be held personally liable for the debts of their business. Suppose you have a LLC Howard Tax Prep LLC has partnered with a national gas chain (comparable with Exon Mobil, Citgo, etc. with over 18,000 locations worldwide) to offer small business owners (being defined as businesses with revenues under 1 million dollars) fuel cards that report business payment history to Dunn and Brad Street, and Equifax every 30 days!
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Only verified businesses that are structured as a LLC, S-Corp, or C-Corp with a Dun and Brad Street number will qualify. Because this is not a publicly marketed program, your business must be verified, prior to receiving the name of the fuel company (but trust us, you can find a station near you).  

The best part about this offer? THE CARDS ARE ISSUED WITHOUT ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY TO THE OWNERS, & WITHOUT THE USE OF THE OWNERS PERSONAL CREDIT. If you need a truck driver fuel card, Uber driver fuel card, Lyft driver fuel card, or just a general small business owner fuel card, we can help! 

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS?

  • National fuel provider. Qualified businesses that are ready to move forward will be given the name of the fuel company prior to paying the 1 time $49.95 Howard Tax Prep LLC processing fee.
  • Minimum deposit of $200 for a $500 credit line is required.
  • Accounts are reviewed every quarter for credit line increases.
  • After 12 months of ON TIME PAYMENTS, your deposit will be returned.

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

  • Business Must Be Structured As A LLC, Corporation, or S-corporation.
  • Must have a BUSINESS CHECKING account.
  • Must Agree To Make ON-TIME Payments.
  • Deposit Payment Can Only Be Drafted From Business Checking account.

Who should use fuel cards?

Owner Operator Truck Driver

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Owner Operator Truck Drivers no longer have to use personal credit cards or cash profits to purchase fuel! Reduce driver fraud by setting fuel limits & restricting usage. Save on fuel cost, while building your business credit Paydex score.     

  • The principal or owner is not personally liable for any bad debt.
  • The account will be in the name of the business.
  • Helps to Establish & build business credit.
  • Account payment history reported to DnB and Equifax every 30 days.
  • Accepted at over 18,000 locations Worldwide.
  • Free online invoicing.
  • Activate new cards as needed.
  • Restrict cards with fuel only limits & purchase restrictions during non-business hours.
  • Save up to 6¢/gal* on fuel purchases at thousands of locations in the U.S.
  • Earn rebates on fuel at branded locations.

GET YOUR CARD NOW!

Small Business Owner

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Small business owners no more using your profits & personal credit cards to cover fuel cost. Use the cash you save and apply it toward marketing, inventory, and more! Save on fuel cost, while building your business credit Paydex score. 

  • The principal or owner is not personally liable for any bad debt.
  • The account will be in the name of the business.
  • Helps to Establish & build business credit.
  • Account payment history reported to DnB and Equifax every 30 days.
  • Accepted at over 18,000 locations Worldwide.
  • Free online invoicing.
  • Activate new cards as needed.
  • Restrict cards with fuel only limits & purchase restrictions during non-business hours.
  • Save up to 6¢/gal* on fuel purchases at thousands of locations in the U.S.
  • Earn rebates on fuel at branded locations.

GET YOUR CARD NOW! 

Uber & Lyft Driver

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Uber and Lyft Drivers that would like to build their business credit, and free up their cash flow. Use your additional cash flow for brake repairs, oil changes, and more! Save on fuel cost, while building your business credit Paydex score.  

  • The principal or owner is not personally liable for any bad debt.
  • The account will be in the name of the business.
  • Helps to Establish & build business credit.
  • Account payment history reported to DnB and Equifax every 30 days.
  • Accepted at over 18,000 locations Worldwide.
  • Free online invoicing.
  • Activate new cards as needed.
  • Restrict cards with fuel only limits & purchase restrictions during non-business hours.
  • Save up to 6¢/gal* on fuel purchases at thousands of locations in the U.S.
  • Earn rebates on fuel at branded locations.

 GET YOUR CARD NOW!  

How easy it to use the card?

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 1-2-3 Driver Instructions 

  • Swipe card
  • Enter driver ID when prompted (may also be call DIN or PIN)
  • Enter odometer reading when prompted
  • The principal or owner is not personally liable for any bad debt.
  • The account will be in the name of the business.
  • Helps to Establish & build business credit.
  • Account payment history reported to DnB and Equifax every 30 days.
  • Accepted at over 18,000 locations Worldwide.
  • Free online invoicing.
  • Activate new cards as needed.
  • Restrict cards with fuel only limits & purchase restrictions during non-business hours.
  • Save up to 6¢/gal* on fuel purchases at thousands of locations in the U.S.
  • Earn rebates on fuel at branded locations.

 GET YOUR CARD NOW! 

 

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How the 90-Day Mileage Log Rule Works for You

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Often in an IRS audit, the examiner will ask for your mileage log at the beginning of the audit. If you do not have a mileage log, then you are in danger of losing more than just vehicle deductions. Think about it. If you don’t have a log for mileage, what is the IRS examiner going to think about your other records? Right—he or she is going to think you are a bad taxpayer with bad tax records who needs extra scrutiny.

The IRS says that you may keep an adequate record for part of a tax year and use that part-year record to substantiate your vehicle’s business use for the entire year. To use a sample record, you need to prove that your sample is representative of your use for the year.

By using your appointment book as the basis for your mileage, you not only build great business-use proof, but you also do a great job of showing that your sample vehicle record mirrors your general appointments during the year. (If you are using a mileage app, synchronize the app results with the appointment book.)

The IRS illustrates two possible sampling methods:

  • One identical week each month (for example, the third week of each month)
  • Three consecutive months

We don’t recommend the one-same-week-each-month method because it is difficult to start and stop a record-keeping process. (Think about how hard it would be to create a habit, undo it, and then create it again—every month.)

. For this reason, the three-month log is the superior alternative. Before getting into the three-month method, we should note that once you have done three months, you are in the habit. You might find it easier to continue all year, rather than stop this year and then have to start again next year.
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Here are the basics of how the IRS describes the three-month test:

  • The taxpayer uses her vehicle for business use.
  • She and other members of her family use the vehicle for personal use.
  • The taxpayer keeps a mileage log for the first three months of the taxable year, and that log shows that 75 percent of the vehicle’s use is for her business.
  • Invoices and paid bills show that her vehicle use is about the same throughout the year.

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TCJA Tax Reform Sticks It to Business Start-Ups That Lose Money

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax reform added an amazing limit on larger business losses that can attack you where it hurts—right in your cash flow.

And this new law works in some unusual ways that can tax you even when you have no real income for the year. When you know how this ugly new rule works, you have some planning opportunities to dodge the problem.

Over the years, lawmakers have implemented rules that limit your ability to use your business or rental losses against other income sources. The big three are:

  1. The “at risk” limitation, which limits your losses to amounts that you have at risk in the activity
  2. The partnership and S corporation basis limitations, which limit your losses to the extent of your basis in your partnership interest or S corporation stock
  3. The passive loss limitation, which limits your passive losses to the extent of your passive income unless an exception applies

 The TCJA tax reform added Section 461(l) to the tax code, and it applies to individuals (not corporations) for tax years 2018 through 2025.

The big picture under this new provision: You can’t use the portion of your business losses deemed by the new law to be an “excess business loss” in the current year. Instead, you’ll treat the excess business loss as if it were a net operating loss (NOL) carryover to the next taxable year.
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To determine your excess business loss, follow these three steps:

  1. Add the net income or loss from all your trade or business activities.
  2. If step 1 is an overall loss, then compare it to the maximum allowed loss amount: $250,000 (or $500,000 on a joint return).
  3. The amount by which your overall loss exceeds the maximum allowed loss amount is your new tax law–defined “excess business loss.”

Example. Paul invested $850,000 in a start-up business in 2018, and the business passed through a $750,000 loss to Paul. He has sufficient basis to use the entire loss, and it is not a passive activity. Paul’s wife had 2018 wages of $50,000, and they had other 2018 non-business income of $600,000.

Under prior law, Paul’s loss would offset all other income on the tax return and they’d owe no federal income tax. Under the TCJA tax reform that applies to years 2018 through 2025 (assuming the wages are trade or business income):

  • Their overall business loss is $700,000 ($750,000 – $50,000).
  • The excess business loss is $200,000 ($700,000 overall loss less $500,000).
  • $150,000 of income ($600,000 + $50,000 – $500,000) flows through the rest of their tax return.
  • They’ll have a $200,000 NOL to carry forward to 2019.

To avoid this ugly rule, you’ll need to keep your overall business loss to no more than $250,000 (or $500,000 joint). Your two big-picture strategies to make this happen are

  • accelerating business income, and
  • delaying business deductions.

Although we’ve given you the basics, this is not an all-inclusive article. Should you have tax debt help questions, need Chicago business tax preparation, business entity creation, business insurance, or business compliance assistance please contact us online, or call our office toll free at 1-855-743-5765 or locally in Chicago or Indiana at 1-708-529-6604. Make sure to join our newsletter for more tips on reducing taxes, and increasing your wealth.

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BUSINESS CREDIT TIP!

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Schedule-button-nbA lot of business owners like #smallbiztaxlady want to establish credit in the name of the business without using their personal social security number. This method of obtaining business credit is often referred to as “obtaining business credit with no PG.” No PG (personal guarantee) simply means obtaining business lines of credit without using your social security number. The driving force behind no PG can be low personal credit scores, to business owner(s) wisely looking to protect their personal credit, and avoid personal liability of business debts.

Like personal credit, a businesses credit history is given a score. Business credit scoring is called a Paydex score, and your goal should be to keep your score at or above 80. Listed below the Paydex scores and what they mean.

PAYDEX SCORING
100 – Pays before invoice is generated
90 – Pays during discount period
80 – Pays when invoice is due
70 – Pays 15 days beyond terms
60 – Pays 22 days beyond terms
50 – Pays 30 days beyond terms
40 – Pays 60 days bevond terms
20 – Pays 90 days beyond terms
UN – Unavailable

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