BobKamman
Level 15

The agreement says Company Y is paying Mr X, not his company.  Has he assigned that income to Company X?  He's not a shareholder of Y, is he?  

A lot of compensation to S Corps for work their owners do, is turned into distributions not subject to employment taxes.  He can probably get away with it here, as long as he is getting reasonable compensation from payroll.   

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