# Spouse Wants 49% of My S Corp **URL:** \ **Category:** Tax Strategies\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://discussion.mainstreetbusinesspodcast.com/t/spouse-wants-49-of-my-s-corp/561 "2025-03-20T01:51:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![derekgowen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@derekgowen](https://discussion.mainstreetbusinesspodcast.com/u/derekgowen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://discussion.mainstreetbusinesspodcast.com/t/spouse-wants-49-of-my-s-corp/561/1 "2025-03-20T01:51:33Z")
Hey! KKOS trifecta customer here. Very grateful for your company and invaluable YouTube content. I own a SMLLC (S Corp) for operations of a mobile car wash business. Looking to pivot to physical car washes (leasing and/or purchasing). My fiancée wants 49% skin in the game as a passive partner. She has some cash to invest. Should I add her as a member of my LLC (S Corp)? I understand a 1065 partnership may be more proper but the S corp saves way more on FICA. How would you structure this? ---
**Author:** ![Logan22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7feea3/32.png) [@Logan22](https://discussion.mainstreetbusinesspodcast.com/u/Logan22)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://discussion.mainstreetbusinesspodcast.com/t/spouse-wants-49-of-my-s-corp/561/2 "2025-05-07T16:36:46Z")
Likely you’d want to shift your operations to a partnership with your 51% owned by your S-corp. Passive investor shouldn’t owe FICA so she can own her 49% personally or with a LLC holding company. Not totally sure how a spouse would be treated, though. Perhaps would still owe FICA. Maybe best would be to just have some kind of prenup saying she gets 49% of your business if she contributes $x to a joint bank account before the wedding date to be contributed to the business. Probably want to contact the office to actually execute this properly.