Even as a Southern California tax professional, when I get a letter from the IRS addressed to my business (or, worse, to my home), I share with you that feeling of initial trepidation: what fresh hell will I now have to deal with?More often than not, it’s...
Finally, the IRS issued guidance on Friday evening about payroll tax deferrals.And, as we’ve been communicating … this may not be a very helpful program for most Southern California taxpayers. In fact, it’s actually up to employers (not employees)...
Still no guidance from the IRS about the payroll tax “holiday” (deferral), so it’s extremely unlikely that your Southern California employer will be ready — simply because the major payroll companies (Paychex, ADP, Gusto, and many others)...
Summer is nearing an end, but this has been no ordinary summer.Everywhere, parents are scrambling in the most unusual “back to school” season in memory. Fall sports are in limbo, and others (MLB, NHL, NBA) are operating in a weird Twilight Zone mode. Urban...
Right now we’re living through an age in which media trust has been thoroughly decimated. “Expert” authority itself is being questioned (in many cases, rightly), and misinformation is rampant.That’s perhaps one of the reasons I’ve...
Right now, it’s almost impossible to escape the conflict, the noise, and the shaming over various cultural decisions we’re having to make. Lockdowns, schooling, more economic stimulus, elections, vaccines — it’s all enough to drive you crazy if...
