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After you go meatless and gluten-free, one of the first things you miss are pasta and pizza, obvi. Luckily, there are lots of tasty pasta alternatives, including rice noodles and chickpea versions. But a good, crispy GF pizza crust is pretty hard to come by, unless you know a few hacks. One of the best tricks is to use buckwheat flour, which despite having the word “wheat” in the title has always been 100 percent gluten-free. Here are 15 buckwheat pizza recipes that say, “Girlfriend, you’re not missing a thing.”
Heirloom Tomato Tart With Buckwheat Crust
This take on a tomato tart with tasty heirloom tomatoes will change the way you think of thin-crust pizza forever. (via Eat Myyy Thoughts)
Cauliflower Buckwheat Pizza
The crust on this pizza is chock full of healthy ingredients like buckwheat, cauliflower, and chia seeds. But the homemade spinach pesto is the real star of the show. (via One Green Planet)
Buckwheat Chia Pizza With Hummus and Courgette
Avocado and basil hummus on pizza? Prepare to meet your new comfort food addiction. (via Mealz)
Buckwheat Pizza
This pizza is topped with microgreens, dried tomatoes, olives, and mushrooms — but you can add any veggies you have on hand and it will taste just as good. (via Becomingness)
Vegan Gluten-Free Pizza With Kale Pesto
If you’ve been looking to get a bit more kale in your diet, you’ll find yourself revisiting this pesto again and again. (via Lea Lou)
Roasted Eggplant and Pepper Pizza on a Buckwheat Crust
This pizza is so spicy and good, it’s going to convert some new eggplant lovers. Leave off the optional feta for the vegans at the table. (via Golubka Kitchen)
Super Green Avocado Pizza
Calling all avocado lovers! This pizza is a double-avocado-whammy — there’s avocado in the topping and in the crust too. (via Rebel Recipes)
Gluten Free Buckwheat Pizza
If you’re a lacto-vegetarian who eats seafood, you’ll enjoy this pizza that’s like a Mediterranean salad served on a crispy flatbread. (via AO Life)
Buckwheat Pizza
You’re getting two recipes in one here — a vegetarian version for the chef and a Hawaiian for the non-vegetarians at the table. Picky eaters for the win! (via The Whole Daily)
Early Summer Pizza With Heirloom Tomatoes
This recipe makes enough dough for four personal size pizzas and it keeps in the freezer. Make a double batch, and pull them out as needed on nights when you’ve had to work late. (via Whole Hearted Eats)
Buckwheat Crust Pizza
This crust is made with cooked buckwheat rather than buckwheat flour. (via Food by Maria)
Grain-Free Chia Buckwheat Pizza
This crust has lots of ground nuts and seeds in it, making for one of the firmest GF pizza around. (via Nyoutritious)
Roasted Vegetable Pizza With Vegan Béchamel and Buckwheat Flour Crust
This one’s for all the thick crust lovers out there. The flaxseed in this crust give it the chew texture you crave — and it passes the “fold and eat” test. (via Goodness to Glow)
Best Ever Gluten-Free Pizza Crust and Tomato Sauce Recipe
Kiss *gluten envy* goodbye. This homemade crust and sauce is so authentic tasting, it will put your pizza Fridays back on the menu. (Global Foodery)
Pear-Gorgonzola Pizzas
Pears and gorgonzola cheese are a tasty food combo that always works, even on pizza. It’s a classic pairing — or should we say “pearing”? (via Food by Mars)
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Welcome to Selfmade Finance School, our new money series with Block Advisors to help small business owners with their tax, bookkeeping, and payroll needs year-round. This week, we explore the tax implications of bringing family members into your business.
The question for today is this: Does hiring your family members make sense for your business? Let me be clear. This is not a piece about whether hiring your family members makes sense for your relationships with those family members. As someone who is part of a family business, I could fill up a lot more than 600 words on my opinions about that. For today's purposes, we focus on whether it makes sense from an overall "good business and tax implication" perspective. As it turns out, there is a decent amount of tax nuance when it comes to employing your family. Let's break it down based on relationship to the employee:
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Spouses Who Are In Business Together
Personally, if I had to be in business with my husband, it would not go well. However, many couples build viable, strong businesses together and I say, good for them! Depending on how you have your business entity structured, it will make a big difference on the tax treatment of you and your spouse working as partners. Because a business jointly owned and operated by a married couple is generally treated as a partnership for Federal tax purposes, the spouses must comply with filing and record keeping requirements imposed on partnerships and their partners. The election to file two Schedule C (Form 1040) forms, (one for each spouse) permits certain married co-owners to avoid filing partnership returns, provided that each spouse separately reports a share of all the businesses' items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. Under the election, both spouses will be subject to self-employment tax and on net earnings from self-employment and receive credit for Social Security earnings.
One Spouse Employs Another
If you have a dynamic where your spouse is an employee of your business, then your spouse's wages are subject to income tax withholding, Social Security and Medicare taxes. If you are self-employed (not a corporation or a partnership), your spouse's pay does not have to be included in your federal unemployment tax account (FUTA) contributions and payments. However, if your business is a corporation or a partnership you must include that spouse's pay in your unemployment tax contribution calculation.
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You Employ Your Child
First, let's be clear. I work in my family business, but I am an adult, so I am treated just like a normal employee. However, if you, for example, run a family restaurant and want to hire your children under 18 to work for you, there are some tax benefits. But first, you should check with your state for rules on how many hours minors can work (in non-agricultural jobs) and reference the Fair Labor Standards Act for information on limitations on the kinds of work children can perform.
"This is an often overlooked or under-utilized strategy. Paying your children for true services they provide in your business can be a powerful tax-saving tool," says Cathi Reed, Block Advisors Regional Director. "If you are a sole-proprietorship or single member LLC, and the child is less than 18 years of age, the business is not required to withhold FICA or payroll taxes. The child can use his or her standard deduction against income you pay."
You Hire Your Parent
Oh dear. If you are brave enough to do this, know that you will need to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on your parent's wages and make the appropriate withholdings, but you don't have to pay unemployment taxes. Now all you have to do is convince your parent that you are the boss. Have fun with that!
Is Hiring Family Members Worth It For The Tax Benefits?
"There are some positive tax advantages to hiring family members. It's important to treat a family member like any other employee. Hiring your children can result in substantial savings for businesses. Make sure your child has real, age-appropriate work to do and a reasonable pay rate, comparable to other employees. Consult with a Block Advisors small business certified tax pro to ensure that you are complying with all requirements," advises Reed. "Block Advisors, a team within H&R Block, is dedicated to meeting the tax, bookkeeping and payroll needs of small business owners year-round. To start working with the tax experts at Block Advisors, visit blockadvisors.com."
In my opinion, you should not hire a family member solely because of the tax benefits. You should always hire based on whether that person is right for the job and keep in mind how this hire could materially impact your relationship with that person and others in your family. Finally, as I mentioned, make sure you have a tax professional on your team when making these determinations. As you can see, things can get a little tricky!
*All details were sourced from IRS.gov and blockadvisors.com
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