07/13/2026
S-Corp owners: That "tax-free" distribution isn't automatically tax-free.
It's only tax-free up to your stock basis — think of it as a bucket that fills with taxed income and drains with every distribution. Once it hits zero, anything more you pull out is taxed as capital gain.
Run your basis before year-end and before any big distribution. 👇 DM us "BASIS" and we'll walk you through it.