The Monet Blog · Taxes
Everything we have written under Taxes. Educational only — nothing here is personal financial, tax, or legal advice.
How first-year bonus depreciation works, which property qualifies, and the loss limitation that decides how much of it you can actually use this year.
September 17, 20268 min read
Read articleSection 179 lets you expense qualifying assets immediately, but it is capped, phased out, and cannot create a loss. Here is how to use it deliberately.
September 17, 20267 min read
Read articleTypical fee ranges, what drives them, how to estimate the benefit before commissioning one, and the situations where the study is not worth it.
September 17, 20267 min read
Read articleEquipment leasing with Section 179, cost segregation, oil and gas, charitable structures, loss carryovers, Opportunity Zone funds and more — what each one is, and who it is actually built for.
September 12, 202610 min read
Read articleSole proprietor, LLC, S corporation — what actually changes, and why bookkeeping quality decides how much of any strategy survives an audit.
September 11, 20269 min read
Read articleTwo of the most claimed and most misunderstood small business deductions. What qualifies, what the records need to show, and where people get into trouble.
September 11, 20267 min read
Read articleNobody withholds tax from a client payment. Here is how estimated payments work, how to size them, and how the safe-harbour rules protect you from penalties.
September 9, 20268 min read
Read articleCash, appreciated shares, donor-advised funds, and the promoted deals that end in penalties. How to tell the difference.
September 6, 20269 min read
Read articleSole proprietor, LLC, S corp, C corp — what actually changes, what the savings depend on, and the paperwork nobody mentions in the pitch.
September 5, 20269 min read
Read articleA deduction lowers taxable income; a credit lowers the tax itself. Knowing which lever you are pulling changes what is worth chasing.
September 4, 20266 min read
Read articleThe cheapest strategy in the book is often just deciding which year something lands in — and it expires on December 31.
September 4, 20268 min read
Read articleHow income arrives determines which strategies exist at all. The honest list of what each side can and cannot do.
September 3, 20269 min read
Read articleMoving into a higher bracket is rarely the problem. Crossing an income threshold that switches a credit, surtax, or premium off is.
September 2, 20268 min read
Read articleFiling records what already happened. Planning changes what happens next. Where the real decisions live, and the calendar they live on.
September 1, 20268 min read
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