How to navigate AB-5 Assembly Bill 5, which required companies to reclassify most independent contractors as employees, is hurting employees. California’s new AB-5 and Gig Workers Bill has employers concerned since it is unknown what EDD will do next. The bill that passed a few months back was already affecting… [Read more]
What Does Prop-22 Mean for You?
Do you rely on Lyft, Uber, or other rideshare services to take you to and from locations regularly? Or do you rely on a paycheck from a ride-sharing business as an independent contractor? If you fall into either of these two groups, here’s what Prop-22 means for you. New legislation… [Read more]
What is the False Claims Act
Business owners who received PPP funds are largely through the period in which they used those funds to cover payroll and other business operating expenses. If you applied for, received, and have used your PPP funds, likely, you are readying to ask for forgiveness. The SBA and the chairman of… [Read more]
IRS Audits are on the Rise
On July 15, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) charged Andrew Marnell with bank fraud in connection with $8.5 million worth of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans he obtained for fake business expenses, that were then spent on gambling and stock market bets, incurring millions of dollars in losses. See… [Read more]
Automatic forgiveness for the PPP
A new bill before the Senate proposes to allow anyone who applied for a PPP loan under $150,000 to get automatic forgiveness. On Monday, July 27th Marco Rubio and Susan Collins proposed an act called the “Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act.” CSBR&PPPA. Among concerns over documentation… [Read more]
EDD confirms it has resumed tax audits
CA EDD confirms it has resumed tax audits relating to the misclassification of 10 million contractors. Until September 2nd, 2020, CA EDD auditors had put audit cases on hold in order to assist the agency with the unemployment insurance benefits process. With the onset of the COVID-19 layoffs and the… [Read more]
How to respond to an EDD Audit Letter or Site Visit
The California Employment Development Department EDD performs audits to detect and deter fraud involving employment law, including, but not limited to employment misclassification, payroll tax evasion and employment tax. If your company has received a letter initiating an investigation into your employment practices, be aware that providing EDD with the… [Read more]
The Golden Screw
The story of the golden screw. I’d like to set the scene… Come back in time with me, if you will. Back in the Day It’s 1987 and I’m 10 years old. I’m sitting in a windowless supply room in the back of my parents’ lighting store on a stool… [Read more]
Minimize the Risk of an IRS or CA Tax Audit
EO Lunch & Learn: Minimize the Risk of an IRS or California Tax Audit Before Filing Your Tax Return “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” — Albert Einstein Founder, John Milikowsky presents to the EO Accelerator group on common red flags, tax filing do’s… [Read more]
Tax Avoidance vs Tax Evasion
What is Tax Avoidance vs Tax Evasion exactly? There are two things you can be sure of. Death & Taxes. No one likes either. The US Tax system was predicated on the idea that every tax paying citizen would accurately and fairly assess and pay their tax burden for the… [Read more]
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