Startup Taxes
Comprehensive tax guidance for startups including tax planning, compliance, filing requirements, and strategies to minimize tax burden while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Startup Tax Return Pricing: What Founders Should Know
Budget for startup tax prep—learn what drives tax return cost, typical pricing ranges, and how complexity (states, equity, R&D) changes fees.
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State Income Taxes for Startups
Stay state-tax compliant by learning how state corporate income taxes work and when your startup owes across borders as you expand operations.
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California Franchise Tax for Startups: Rates, Deadlines & Penalties
What is the California Franchise Tax and who has to pay it? Learn if your startup needs to file, even if you're operating at a loss. (video included)
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What are Canada R&D Tax Credits?
Claim Canada R&D tax credits with this guide to SR&ED eligibility, qualifying costs, and how startups can turn research spend into cash savings.
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Does a Startup Need a Physical Address?
Set up your startup address correctly—learn what you need for incorporation, banking, taxes, and why virtual mailboxes can cause issues.
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Form 571-L for California Startups Explained
If your startup has a location in California, then you likely have the pleasure of needing to file a 571-L SF Property Tax Statement. What is the Form 51-L?
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Can You Backdate Payroll for a Startup?
Kruze Consulting explains why you should not backdate payroll and the compliance problems with the IRS doing so will create.
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Which States Tax SaaS? A Startup Guide
See which states tax SaaS, cloud software, and digital products, and what startup founders need to know about compliance.
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Supreme Court Sales Tax Ruling & Startups
The Supreme Court has overturned a 1992 precedent that allowed online businesses to only collect sales taxes in states where they had a 'physical presence'.
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Income & Franchise Tax Rules for Hiring in a New State
Hiring in a new state? Kruze Consulting's startup accounting checklist keeps your VC-backed C-Corp compliant with income and franchise tax rules.
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State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Funding Guide for Startups
Learn how SSBCI startup funding state programs support venture investment, loans, and underserved founders with non-dilutive options.
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How do Startups Report Payroll and Pay Payroll tax?
Set up payroll right as soon as you incorporate. The number one no-no as a startup founder is thinking you can just take care of payroll later.
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