Resources
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Guide
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 WageProofWhen the IRS Challenges an S-Corp Owner's Salary: Back FICA, §6662 Penalties and Interest
How a reasonable compensation exam starts, what the IRS reclassifies, and what back payroll tax, the accuracy penalty and interest add up to. Includes the documentation that changes the outcome. Free 9-page guide, no form. -
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Sunday, July 5, 2026 WageProofThe 9 IRS Factors for S-Corp Reasonable Compensation (FS-2008-25) and the IRS Job Aid
What each of the nine factors in IRS Fact Sheet 2008-25 asks for, how the Tax Court applied them in McAlary and Watson, and what the internal IRS Job Aid tells examiners to look for. Free 14-page guide, no form. -
Research / Report
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 WageProofSample Reasonable Compensation Report (S-Corp Owner)
A complete 21-page WageProof report for a fictional consulting S-corp: task-by-task BLS pricing, the Cost, Market and Income approaches, and the citations an examiner would expect. Direct download, no form.
About WageProof
WageProof helps CPAs, EAs, and tax advisors set and document reasonable compensation for S-Corp owners. Enter the owner's duties, hours, and location; WageProof prices each task against Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for the local wage area and applies the three IRS-recognized approaches: Cost, Market, and Income. You get a client-ready PDF report in minutes, with every figure traceable to a public source. Higher-tier plans add white-label branding.
Why CPAs use WageProof
Reasonable compensation reports built on public BLS wage data, priced task by task, ready for the client file in about 15 minutes.
Every figure traceable
Each task is priced from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for the client's local wage area, with the SOC code, data year, geography and percentile cited on the page.
All three IRS-recognized approaches
Cost, Market and Income (Independent Investor Test) on every tax-professional plan, following the IRS Job Aid and Tax Court methodology.
Client-ready in about 15 minutes
Enter duties, hours and location; download a finished PDF. No specialist training, no spreadsheet.
White-labeled to your firm
Your logo, colors and firm name on the cover. Clients see you as the expert, and the deliverable supports advisory fees.
Built for audit defense
Documentation that answers the nine FS-2008-25 factors and protects the preparer under IRC §6694 as well as the client.
Priced for volume
Single reports $199. Firm plans from $24.98 per report (60 reports/yr), with shared client visibility across the firm.
