Reasonable Salary levels for a C Corp.
I own a small C Corp. with 2 employees, including myself. I pay myself and the other employee a salary. Is there any IRS publication or other material where it shows what the IRS considered "reasonable salaries" are an "owner-officers" like myself and employees of a C Corp. I obviously aim at lowering to the maximum the Net profit of the C Corp by paying myself the highest "IRS-acceptable" salary. I have read that the IRS considers acceptable a salary in line with what the market pays for a job similar to mine, but I would like to know if there is any chart or IRS Guideline related to the position or size, income of the C Corp. net profit, revenue, etc...