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Pathfinding Consultants | Business Tax Preparation | Orange County, CA | June 2026 Source: IRS — Forms and Associated Taxes for Independent Contractors | IRS — Reporting Payments to Independent Contractors | IRS — Form 1099-NEC and Independent Contractors | IRS General Instructions for Certain Information Returns | IRS Publication 15-A | irs.gov Hiring an independent contractor is one of the most common ways an Orange County small business gets work done — and one of the easi

Pathfinding Consultants | Business Tax Preparation | Orange County, CA | June 2026 Source: IRS Tax Topic 407 | IRS Publication 3402 | IRS — Forming a Corporation | California FTB Form 568 Tax Booklet (2025) | California FTB Publication 3556 | California FTB (R&TC §17942, §24271) | irs.gov | ftb.ca.gov One of the most common misunderstandings a tax preparer runs into is the idea that an “LLC” is a single kind of tax entity. It is not. An LLC is a legal structure, and from a ta

Pathfinding Consultants | Business Tax Preparation | Orange County, CA | June 2026 Source: IRS — S Corporations | IRS Tax Topic 407 | IRS — S Corporation Stock and Debt Basis | IRS — Forming a Corporation | IRS.gov If you have been running a business for a while, you have probably heard other owners mention an S corporation — usually in the context of saving on taxes. But what is an S corporation, really? It is one of the most searched and least understood terms in small busi