Estate planning is an important part of life planning that affects your entire family. The decisions you make today regarding your estate plan can help protect your loved ones in the future. Without an estate plan, you can’t choose who gets everything that you have worked so hard for. Instead, the courts will decide who
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Understanding the IRS Audit Technique Guides: An Overview for California Businesses
The IRS audit process is stressful and overwhelming for business owners. Fortunately, the IRS publishes its IRS audit technique guides that employees use to conduct these audits, which can provide business owners with insight into the process. Of course, an IRS audit attorney is one of the most valuable tools business owners have during this
A Complete Guide to California Payroll Taxes
Payroll Taxes As a California business owner, there are many different tax laws that impact your company. What taxes are you responsible for? How do you calculate your payroll taxes? To learn about the answers to these questions and more, check out our guide below. California Payroll Taxes: What Are They and How to Calculate
California Cities With The Largest Number of Delinquent Taxes & Taxpayers
As the most populated state in the country, California exceeds many other states across a number of quantifiable records and taxes are no exception. The Golden State not only has the highest tax rates in the country, but also has some of the highest rates of tax delinquency. Being that the largest delinquent tax accounts
Head of Household Tax Mistakes
Every year the IRS and Franchise Tax Board send out thousands of questionnaires to taxpayers for clarification on their tax filing statuses. We regularly work with clients at our tax law offices in San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles to help them choose the correct filing status from head of household tax mistakes. Head
I Paid My Taxes, Why Do I Still Owe Money to the Franchise Tax Board?
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) collects personal income taxes and corporate taxes due to the state. When you pay your state taxes, you pay them through the FTB as a franchise tax board payment. One of the most common questions we get from our clients in cities like Newport Beach, Irvine and Santa Ana
I Paid My Taxes, Why Do I Still Owe Money to the Franchise Tax Board?
California FTB The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) collects personal income taxes and corporate taxes due to the state. When you pay your state taxes, you pay them through the California FTB. One of the most common questions we get from our clients in cities like Newport Beach, Irvine and Santa Ana has to do
What To Do If You Underpaid The IRS
It happens to the best of us. We carefully prepare for an appointment with our accountant or we gather all our documents and go through the process of preparing our tax returns. A short while later we receive a notice from the IRS letting us know that we underreported our taxable income. Now what? Our
What to Expect From an EDD Audit
There are few things in Southern California businesses that create more worry than a notice of audit by the California Employment Development Department EDD. The good news is, with some guidance by experienced employment law teams in Orange County and San Diego like those at RJS LAW, companies can get through the audit process with
Five Things to Do if You Owe Money to the Board of Equalization
California State Board of Equalization One of the most common problems we help our clients address at our tax law offices in San Diego and Orange County is taxes owed to the California State Board of Equalization. In this blog post we’ll take a look at the five best ways to address that issue and