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On August 11, 2011, TIGTA published a report entitled ‘”Efforts to Address the Compliance Risk of Underreporting of S Corporation Officers' Compensation are Increasing, but More Action Can Be Taken.” At the outset, TIGTA properly identified part of the problem: there are S corporations – some owned by one individual and others owned by groups – where the officers perform work and do not pay themselves compensation.
The S corporation is a “pass through,” so that its income would be passed through and be reported by the Officer. However, this technique has the effect of ...