Who Qualifies for the AAP HRA-105 Plan (1)
Sole-Proprietorship: As a Sole-Proprietor you must have an employee or at least one part time employee to qualify. Your spouse can qualify as the employee. It is not unusual for the spouse to do bookkeeping or other work within the business.
Sub S Corp, C Corp or LLC: It will not be necessary to use the spouse/employee method provided the company has employees. The corporation becomes the employer and the owner is an employee as long as the owner is receiving a regular paycheck.
(1)Reference: Section 105 of the Internal Revenue Code, Revenue Ruling 71-588 and IRS Letter Ruling 9409006.
Example of the benefit of your own HRA for ONE®:
Two children need braces - the cost per child is $5,000.00. You are able to have your business reimburse you for their expenses and deduct the entire expense as a business expense.