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Providing actionable insights and valuable information to help you navigate the complexity of tax law for your business.
Tax Compliance Tips for California Businesses
Whether or not you owe any sales and use tax, California mandates that any business holding a seller’s permit routinely file sales tax returns. Depending on the situation, this may be every month, quarter, or year.
Considering the extensive…
Sales Tax Audits: What to Know and How to Prepare
When businesses fail to pay taxes in California, the state does not hesitate to aggressively pursue what it’s owed. Most California businesses will have to endure an audit at some point. Even if your business has kept meticulous records and…
Understanding EDD Obligations as a California Employer
All employers in California have certain state tax requirements on top of their federal tax obligations. Read on to learn more about these requirements, including how they can affect your business and what happens in the case of an Employment…
How to Prepare for a Payroll Tax Audit
Like most California business owners, you’ve likely kept diligent financial records and have never tried to defraud the government on your taxes. However, if the state targets you for a payroll tax audit, it may understandably cause you…
How Can Entrepreneurs Find Trustworthy People?
Trust is an internal barometer that each of us has calibrated over time — yet we sometimes end up disappointed and frustrated with people we thought we could trust. With human behavior as unpredictable as it is, how much trust can you place…
IRS Appeals: What Are Your Options?
Audits from the IRS are not only stressful, but they can also disrupt your business and force you to change your operating practices. Some companies can afford to absorb the new additional taxes. For others, appealing an audit decision may be…
7 Things Small Business Owners Should Reconsider Handling Themselves
If you’re a small business owner, you probably consider yourself a jack-of-all-trades. That’s not necessarily a bad thing — it’s a trait that likely got your company off the ground in its earliest phases. Without a full complement of…
Small-Business Hiring: Who Should Be Your First Employee?
You’ve decided it’s time you hire some extra help for your business. Congratulations! That’s a big step and a sign of growth.
Being a small-business owner means knowing how to do everything yourself. The hours are grueling, and the…
Are You Maximizing Your Small Business Tax Deductions?
The lifeblood of every business activity is money, and small business owners need to hold on to as much of it as possible to keep their companies afloat.
The IRS gives small business owners some wiggle room in the form of tax deductions.…
6 Business Expense Deductions That Could Get You Audited.
While U.S. business taxation rates seem to be the largest for developed countries, these rates are often masked by the numerous tax benefits and write-offs allowed to U.S. business entities. Even though savvy business owners can effectively…
Problems with Preparing Business Financial Documents
One of the most common misconceptions business owners have about their tax returns is that their liability ends once they hand their financial information to their CPA or tax preparer. This could not be further from the truth.
Each year business…
10 Myths of Worker Misclassification (Independent Contractor or Employee)
As the deadline to file your W-2s for employees approaches at the end of January 2017, many business owners have probably found themselves wondering whether or not certain workers should be labeled as employees or independent contractors.
With…