Understanding
Pre-Incorporation Expenses
The IRS will allow UICI™
to deduct up to $5,000 or the actual startup costs (whichever is less), and $5,000 in organizational costs in the first year,
whichever amount is less. However, if UICI™'s costs exceed $50,000, our deduction will be reduced by the amount we go
over. If our start-up expenses exceed $55,000, we won’t be able to claim the $5,000 deduction for the first year. { Business dictionary definition of pre-opening expenses} For example, if our start-up or
organizational costs are $51,000, our deduction is reduced to $4,000. If our start-up or organizational costs are $55,000
or more, the $5,000 deduction is completely phased out for the first year. If our startup or organizational costs are $3,000,
this is the amount we can deduct since it is less than $5,000.
Whatever portion of our startup
costs that we can't deduct during the first year can be deducted over the next 180 months of operation, starting with the
month after we incorporate. Startup costs that can be deducted fall into one of two categories: money spent investigating
opening a business and money spent to get UICI™ started before it is actually incorporated. For example:
1. Deductible startup costs associated
with investigating a business opportunity include market surveys, visiting prospective business facilities, product analysis
and labor surveys, whether you perform them yourself or pay a consultant to do so for you.
2. Deductible startup costs associated
with getting UICI™ ready to open include advertising, wages paid to employees in training and their instructors, and
travel costs incurred to find suppliers and distributors of raw materials and customers to buy any finished products
we may have. Small equipment purchases (less than $1,000) also fall under the heading of deductible startup costs.
3. Large equipment purchases (over
$1,000) are not deductible as startup costs as they need to be depreciated over time once put to use in the running of your
business. Costs such as taxes, loan interest and expenses for research and experimentation are not deductible as startup costs,
although they may be deductible as ordinary business costs.
Under existing tax law, we can
deduct or amortize (deduct the expense over a number of years) certain costs incurred while setting up UICI™. These
costs must be incurred before the end of the first tax year, and chargeable to a capital account. They can be amortized over
the amount of time UICI™ exists.
UICI™'s deductible organizational
costs include incorporation fees and related legal expenses, the cost of meetings to organize the corporation and salaries
paid to temporary directors. They exclude costs for issuing stock or other securities and any costs related to transferring
assets to UICI™.
Under previous tax laws, the IRS
required all taxpayers with business startup costs to decide whether to deduct the appropriate amount in the first year or
amortize over a period of years. Following the passage of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, the IRS makes the assumption
that taxpayers will want to take the deduction in the first year if they can. Once the Board of Directors makes the decision,
it cannot be revoked.
Why Entire Articles,
Post Or Information Is Reprinted In Its Entirety
Whenever, an article, post or information
is discovered that is well written, the entire article, post, or information is reprinted in its entirety because no one really
knows how long it will be on the Internet or simply replaced. So as not to lose the insight that is given, it is reprinted
with a link to the original source or information relative to the original source.
It is important
for the owners of Unity International, Inc., - the shareholders to know that all the information; including pictures from
the public domain, that are hosted on Independent Markeing Group's server/s are in strict compliance with the Fair Use Doctrine.
{Click here for the Copyright Fair Use Index to Court Cases} 17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use - that clearly states the following in pertinent parts;
“Notwithstanding
the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies
or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,
teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In
determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether
such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in
relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for
or value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding
is made upon consideration of all the above factors.”
South Carolina & Federal
Laws Governing Unity's Operations
Standing Committee - A permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended
to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject. The highest policymaking body of an organization that is composed
of its leaders, elected officers and/or elected representatives. { Click here for more infor mation relative to Securities}
The Board of Directors report to
the Standing Committee whenever a meeting is called. Principals or owners have access to any and all information relative
to the progress of Unity..and can contact Compliance Directors for updates during normal business hours at the Registered
Agent's office.
George M. Sistrunk - 803-347-6638
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