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Audits as they Relate to Workers’ Compensation with benchmark commercial insurance

January 23, 2022 by Beatriz Carias

Make sure you provide the list of employees, by wage category, including their wages and their job description with the corresponding code description.

We partnered with benchmark commercial insurance to discuss how audits relate to workers’ compensation. Benchmark offers a boutique approach to serving their clients through providing and maintaining commercial and personal insurance policies. Their goal is to establish comprehensive risk management and accident-avoidance programs to help prevent claims from arising. Get… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, EDD Tagged With: 1099, Audit, Audit Risk, benchmark commercial insurance, California EDD, Clients, EDD, EDD Audit, EDD Audit Risk, Independent Contractor, Reduce Audit Risk, W-2, wage verification, worker, workers' comp, workers' compensation

California CPA’s: Questions to ask your Clients to Reduce EDD Audit Risk

January 16, 2022 by Beatriz Carias

California CPAs should ask their clients who hire 1099s if they have a contractual agreement, invoices, licenses, insurance, and an EIN.

Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) have the most insight into their business owner clients’ daily transactional history. You may find that your clients who have 1099 contractors are now in the grey area of worker classification since it was redefined by AB-5 in January 2020.   Under the new bill, all workers… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, CPA, EDD Tagged With: 1099, Audit, Audit Risk, California CPA, California EDD, Clients, CPA, EDD, EDD Audit, EDD Audit Risk, Independent Contractor, Reduce Audit Risk, W-2

Get to Know Local San Diego California Tax Attorney John Milikowsky

January 9, 2022 by Beatriz Carias

John Milikowsky is a local San Diego Tax Attorney

Meet John Milikowsky  John Milikowsky is the owner, founder, and managing attorney of Milikowsky Tax Law in La Jolla, San Diego. As an attorney, he is passionate about representing business owners in the face of government audits, specifically EDD, IRS, and CSLB business audit cases. A former business owner himself… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Attorney, John Milikowsky, Lawyer, San Diego, San Diego Attorney, Tax Law

How Build Back Better Bill will Affect Business Owners in 2022

January 2, 2022 by Beatriz Carias

Business owners should be aware that IRS audits in 2022 will increase as the government tries to find funding for the new trillion dollar Build Back Better Act.

The Build Back Better Bill, also known as the Build Back Better Act, is structured to support the middle class and expand the economy. It states that taxes for those with an income under $400,000 will not change. But the funding for this trillion-dollar act needs to come from somewhere. … [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, IRS, News Tagged With: Audit, Audit Criteria, Audit Letter, Build Back Better, Build Back Better Act, Build Back Better Bill, business owner, IRS, IRS Audit

What Will 2021 EDD Audits Look Like?

December 26, 2021 by Beatriz Carias

A 2021 EDD Audit will include classification criteria from the Borello Test and the ABC Test

Watch our video below to learn how the last 12 quarters affect your EDD audit criteria. Have You Received an EDD Audit Letter? The California Employment Development Department (EDD) sends audit letters through the mail. If you receive an audit letter, you have 30 days to reply. Typically, the agency… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, EDD Tagged With: AB-5, ABC test, Assembly Bill 5, Audit, Audit Criteria, Audit Letter, Benefit Audit, Borello Test, EDD, EDD Audit, UI Benefits, Unemployment Audit

What is form 5472?

December 19, 2021 by Beatriz Carias

Form 5472 is a taxpayer return for US corporations with reportable transitions that are at least 25% foreign-owned or have 25% foreign corporation engagement.

Form 5472 is a United States Taxpayer’s return for:  Any U.S. corporation that is at least 25% foreign-owned or Any U.S. corporation that has at least 25% foreign corporation engagement in a U.S. trade or business.  If a corporation has at least one direct or indirect foreign shareholder in one… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, Form 5472 Tagged With: Audit, foreign owned, Form 5472, IRS, IRS Audit, Reportable Income, Tax FIles, Tax Return, US Corporation

How Dynamex Ruined it for Everybody

December 5, 2021 by Beatriz Carias

Dynamex, AB-5 and Prop 22 explained

Who is Dynamex and what did they do? Watch our video below:   Dynamex was a nationwide same-day delivery and courier service. They employed their California drivers as W-2 employees who received the benefits, payroll taxes, and perks of being a W-2 employee. However, in 2004, the company reclassified all… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, EDD Tagged With: 1099, 1099 independent contractors, ABC test, Assembly Bill 5, Audit, Borello Test, Dynamex, employee, Independent Contractor, Rideshare, W-2, worker

IRS Wants to Look at Your Bank Account

November 28, 2021 by Beatriz Carias

does IRS wants to look at your bank account?

Watch our video below:   Why Does IRS Want to Look into Your Bank Account? Personal checking accounts are private individual accounts people use to hold money received. It’s not an account typically investigated or monitored by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). However, this is changing with a new IRS… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, IRS, News Tagged With: Attorney, Audit, audit triggers, bank account, IRS, IRS Audit, Tax Attorney

How to Respond to IRS Letter CP 2000

November 14, 2021 by Beatriz Carias

Do you know how to Respond to IRS Letter CP 2000

What is a CP 2000? Watch our video below: IRS sends audit letters to taxpayers when tax returns and reported data from employers or banks do not match. This specific letter is IRS letter CP 2000. It is not a formal audit letter notice. However, it does notify the taxpayer… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, CPA, IRS Tagged With: Attorney, Audit, audit triggers, CP 2000, IRS, IRS Audit, IRS Audit letter CP 2000, Letter CP 2000, Tax Attorney

What Should You Pay for a Tax Attorney?

November 7, 2021 by Beatriz Carias

What should you pay for a tax attorney?

  How much should you pay for a tax attorney? It depends on the issue you’re facing. If you’re a business owner, you can expect to pay a little bit more because these cases tend to have more complicated issues. Sometimes, cases can cost $2,000 to $3,000, but it depends… [Read more]

Filed Under: Blog, CPA Tagged With: Attorney, Audit, audit triggers, case study, contractor, Independent Contractor, IRS, Tax Attorney

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