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Business · 2 min read ·

How to Account for Loss when Disaster Strikes: Part 3

In the first post in the series, we discussed accounting for losses and in part 2 we shared information on calculating payroll in the event of a disaster. To review the information, you can click here to visit part on…

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Payroll · 2 min read ·

How to Account for Loss when Disaster Strikes: Part 2

In today's post we will be discussing how your company's payroll should be handled if you should find yourself in the midst of disaster. To refresh your memory on our discussion last week on accounting for loss and pr…

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Business · 2 min read ·

How to Account for Loss when Disaster Strikes: Part 1

With the most recent natural disasters happening around the world, worrying about how you can prepare and protect your business may be weighing heavily on your mind. You can find out what accounting steps to take in t…

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Business · 2 min read ·

New E-Verify Poster Published

Do you use the E-Verity program in your workplace? If you do, then you need to update the mandatory poster in your workplace. Recently, the federal E-Verify Participation poster has been changed by the U.S. Citizenshi…

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News · 3 min read ·

IRS Offers Help to Hurricane Victims

The Internal Revenue Service has recently released information on tax relief that is available to victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. In general, the IRS is now providing relief to individuals and businesse…

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News · 2 min read ·

Hurricane Charity Scams on the Rise

With many victims of the most recent natural disasters still dealing with the devastating effects on their homes and businesses, good hearted people are looking to donate and help in any way possible. The IRS has rece…

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Taxes · 4 min read ·

A Radical Proposal for Fighting Tax-Related ID Theft

Are you concerned about your tax information being stolen? A recent article from TaxProToday.com, written by Roger Russell, brought to our attention how a new idea could help cut down on tax-related ID theft and prote…

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News · 2 min read ·

Wage Theft and Worker Mis-classification: Part 3

In the second part of our blog series on the lawsuits filed by the Labor Commissioner's Office, we covered a Chula Vista restaurant, La Querencia, who deprived their workers of their hard-earned pay and was ordered to…

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News · 3 min read ·

Wage Theft and Worker Mis-classification: Part 2

In our latest blog post, we talked about the lawsuit against Calcrete Construction, Inc., a construction company which committed multiple wage theft and worker mis-classification violations for which the Labor Commiss…

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News · 4 min read ·

Wage Theft and Worker Mis-classification: Part 1

In the last few weeks there have been 3 large scale documented cases published on how the Labor Commissioner is cracking down on companies mis-classifying employees and committing wage theft violations. Over the cours…

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Sales tax · 4 min read ·

New Sales Tax Amnesty Program for Online Sellers

Just ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, states are incentivizing online marketplace sellers to register for tax collection and remittance within their jurisdictions. As ecommerce has risen in recent years, sta…

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Sales tax · 1 min read ·

Los Angeles Sales Tax to Increase Again!

The Los Angeles Sales Tax rate is set to increase again on October 1. If you operate a business located in the county, or ship/deliver items to customers located in the area, make sure to update your rates in your POS…

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