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You may have outgrown your CPA… you don’t know it!
Today I received a call from a CPA in response to one of my recent blogs. He was concerned because he was unfamiliar of the issue I raised. He wanted to assess its impact on one of his clients.
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What California Pre-revenue Companies Need to Start Now to Preserve State Net Operating Loss Carryforwards
If you are a pre-revenue CA domiciled company with employees in other states, you need to sell something before December 31, 2016.
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Stop Thinking In Absolutes, It’s All About Scope!
We have previously shared our thoughts about the meaning of two sides of the project management triangle, cost and time. Now we’ll tackle the third, scope.
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Is the application of ASC 740-10 akin to being Partially Pregnant?
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are challenging the way national politics is done in America. May I challenge just a small piece of the way business is done in America.
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Attention Start-Ups: Extended R&D Credit Has Unexpected Use
There’s a newly refreshed federal R&D tax credit waiting for you to take advantage of and I wanted to get you up to speed on it. The research & development tax credit has now been made permanent. The changes take effect immediately.
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A Year-End Tax Planning Solution That Works
For years, the biggest complaint we’ve heard from prospective clients is that they weren’t getting pro-active tax planning from their tax advisor. This was often the driving reason for a change.
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The United States Needs to Pass Legislation to Keep Research & Development in this Country
U.S. Research and development is key to the development of new and improved products from the Apple watch to the latest vacuum cleaner.
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Deductibility of Corporate Interest on Convertible Debt
For companies with convertible debt (debt) there have been concerns about the tax deductibility interest expense on such debt.
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How To Get The Most Out of Your Workday
In my prior life as a tax partner at KPMG, I didn’t understand how clients regarded tax returns. But when I became responsible for tax filings for a theater company, my perspective changed.
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Tax Costs… Are You Seeing the Bigger Picture?
Ever heard of the project management triangle? Ever thought about business taxation in the context of project management?
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