Federal Income Taxation
Calculating and Maximizing Deposit Insurance for Revocable Trust Bank Accounts
Prompted by the recent takeover of Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) has published guidance ...
How To Factor In Taxes When Considering Special Needs Trusts / (ABLE) Accounts
Cameron L. Hess was recently interviewed by Financial Advisor Magazine on the topic of the financial vehicles used ...
California v. Texas – Now is the Time to Consider Filing a Protective Claim for Refund
A protective claim for refund may be filed by or on behalf of a taxpayer if the resolution ...
Announcements – Cameron Hess, CalCPA & the Paycheck Protection Program
Cameron L. Hess, Esq. recently spoke at two CalCPA webinars covering the PPP Program, including the Sacramento Chapter ...
Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Act of 2019
(and Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019) By Cameron L. Hess, CPA, Esq. Late-year ...
Centralized Partnership Audit Regime – What Me Worry?
By: Cameron L. Hess[1] Overview. It’s fitting tribute that Mad Magazine’s final publication ending the use of the sarcastic catch-phrase ...
Robin Klomparens receives the 2019 Joanne M. Garvey Award
Robin L. Klomparens received the Joanne M. Garvey Award to recognize her lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution in ...
Qualified Opportunity Zone Investments: Distribution Waterfalls
The Qualified Opportunity Zone program was enacted through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Department of ...
Should You or Shouldn’t You Dissolve an LLC When the Business Is Over?
Originally published in the California Business Law Reporter - March 2019 - Volume 40 - Number 5. ...
Musings on Implications of the Repeal of the Technical Termination Provisions Under IRC 708 for 1031 Exchanges
The real estate industry customarily uses limited liability companies or limited partnerships(herein “partnerships”) to hold real estate assets ...
IRS Issues Final Return Preparer Regulations
Back in August, we announced that WKBK&Y attorney Matthew D. Carlson (member of the Taxation Section of the CLA, and ...
Breaking Up is Hard to Do | Comstock’s Magazine Article
Before big-time Sacramento developer Mort Friedman passed away in 2012, he handed the keys of the family business ...
Comments on Proposed Regulations on Tax Return Preparer Due Diligence Penalty
Members of the Taxation Section of the California Lawyers Association (“CLA”) are pleased to submit these comments on ...
Employee or Independent Contractor: A California View
California's Employment Development Department ("EDD") has long been known for aggressively targeting industries for review of independent contractors ...
IRS vs. California EDD on Reclassification of Independent Contractor
California businesses whose outside contractors are examined for misclassification wish they had a Jedi mind power over auditors ...
Tax Strategies Under the New Section 199A
For an offline copy of this presentation on appropriate tax strategies in response to the passage of the ...
Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Ending
Because US laws differ from most other countries, many do not realize that those who are considered to ...
New Tax Law and How It Affects the Real Estate Industry
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (ACT) has produced probably the greatest tax law changes in 30-years. In ...
Section 199A: To Be or Not to Be a Trade or Business
The fickle Section 199 domestic production deduction, which benefitted the real estate construction industry, has left us like ...
Tax Treatment of Appreciated Property Donations
To view this presentation on tax treatment of appreciated property donations offline, click here to download a PowerPoint ...
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