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- Category: Business Law
- What Happens to Employees During Mergers and Acquisitions?
- Which Type of Challenge is the Hardest to Overcome in a Merger?
- Common California Business Legal Documents
- Fresno Business Formation Lawyer
- Understanding the California Exit Tax
- California FTB Penalties
- How Long Do I Have to Keep Client Files in California?
- Can a Lawyer Represent More Than One Party in a Business Transaction in California?
- What Is the General Rule About Business Transactions Between Lawyers and Clients in California?
- Category: California HR
- Can You Get Fired Without a Written Warning in California?
- What Is Considered a Hostile Work Environment in California?
- California Overtime and Work Break Laws: What Employers Need to Know
- Is Poaching Employees Illegal in California?
- What Is the California Employment Development Department (EDD)?
- California Employers: Stop Rounding! Camp v. Home Depot
- Fresno Medical Contract Attorney
- They’re Not Dancing to the Music – A Summary of Sharp v S&S Activewear
- Understanding Your IRS Letter 2645C
- Preventing Employee Lawsuits in California
- California Drug Testing Laws Employers Need to Know About
- California Employer Bereavement Leave Requirements
- What Are the New Labor Laws for 2023 in California?
- What Is Unique About California Employment Law?
- What Are Some of the Responsibilities That Employees Have During Their FMLA Leave?
- What Can an Employment Lawyer Help With?
- Is Employment Law Complicated?
- The Arbitration Saga Continues for California Employees
- What Is an Employment Litigator?
- What Is Considered Wrongful Termination in California?
- What Is a Serious Health Condition Under CFRA?
- Can CFRA Be Denied?
- How Much Time Do You Get Off for Maternity Leave in California?
- Does CFRA Apply to Out of State Employees?
- Can I Take Both FMLA and CFRA?
- What Is the Statute of Limitations on Wage Claims in California?
- What Is a Wage and Hour Audit?
- What Is the Most Commonly Litigated Wage and Hour Violation?
- What Is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
- What Exactly Is the California Family Rights Act?
- Isolation and Quarantine (“Exclusionary”) Periods For California Employees
- Employers Beware: Exempt Salary Increase as Minimum Wages Increase
- FMLA vs. CFRA: What Are the Differences?
- What Employers Are Subject to CFRA?
- What Are Wage and Hour Claims?
- What Are the Five Major Kinds Of Employment Laws?
- What Is Covered Under Employment Law in California?
- Compelling Employees to be Vaccinated Before Entering the Workplace
- Devastating News for Employers on Meal and Rest Period Premiums
- Taking Employees’ Temperature Could be Compensable Time
- Meal Period Rounding Rejected by the California Supreme Court
- Pay Data Reporting Requirements for California Employers of 100 or More
- The Newsom Who Stole Christmas California’s Regional Stay Home Order
- New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Standard
- The Department of Labor Amends its FFCRA Regulations
- Payment of Vacation Benefits at Lay-Off
- COVID Leave Restrictions Struck Down
- Governor Newsom Again Shuts Down the Economy
- Independence Day Does Not Mean The Same To Everyone
- Governor Newsom Issues Statewide Order Compelling Face Masks
- Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act
- Creating Safety in Times of Volatility
- Frenso City and County Emergency Orders — the Noose is Loosening
- Labor Commissioner FAQs on COVID-19
- Cal/OSHA Jumps Into The Game with COVID-19 Interim Guidelines
- PPP Loan Good-Faith Certification of Need
- COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Employees Who Contract COVID-19 During the Stay-at- Home Order
- Small Business Viability Exemption from Paid Leave
- Fresno County Requires Employers to Screen Employees and Visitors for the Coronavirus
- The Federal Government Will Make Your Payroll under the CARES Act
- Terminations in the Age of the Coronavirus — Stop Using “Furlough”
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Tax Credits
- Coronavirus – California COVID-19 Emergency Orders
- Fresno City COVID-19 Emergency Orders
- California WARN Act – Suspension of Certain Requirements
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act — Emergency Paid Sick Leave
- They’re Back! Strojnik and Theresa Brooke
- The Epic Fallout – More Good News on Class Action Waivers
- Anatomy of a PAGA Lawsuit
- Be Careful What You Say – Trade Secret Theft
- AB 3080 Vetoed! Employers Can Use Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers
- The Supreme Court Validates Class Action Waivers in Arbitration
- Employee Handbooks and the NLRB
- They’re Back — More ADA Access Lawsuits
- Labor Commissioner Hearings – Take Them Seriously
- California Employment Changes — The Year in Review
- Paying for Your Employee’s Mistakes
- My Former Employee Is Competing With Me, Now What?
- My Former Employee Is Competing With Me, Now What?
- I’m Too Sexy For My Job
- Is The Tide Turning On ADA Access Litigation?
- The Nuts and Bolts of a Wage and Hour Lawsuit — Join Our Workshop
- Is Your Website ADA Accessible? The Next Frontier of ADA Litigation
- Notice to Victims of Domestic Violence
- Retaliating Is A Bad Idea for an Employer and Its Attorney — Arias v. Raimondo
- Evaluate Your Pay Practices Now
- Paycheck Stubs, PAGA and Related Litigation
- Hey California, can you be a little more like Arizona? Let’s Curb ADA Drive-By Cases!
- Hugging and Kissing in the Workplace
- ADA Drive-By Lawsuits. New Law Firm Name. Same Players.
- Use the Revised Form I-9!
- Use of a Model Release in the Workplace
- DOL Salary Increase Is Found Unlawful
- Will You Be Ready for the DOL December 1st Salary Increase on November 27th?
- Hey Hoteliers, Don’t Settle Your ADA Lawsuit Just Yet!
- ADA Vultures Hit Central Valley Hoteliers
- Employers Beware – Look at Your Pay Practices Now!
- 21 States Challenge DOL Overtime Rule
- The Irony of the Changes to California’s Wage Law — Disappointment for All
- Assaulted with a Secret Sauce — Is the Company Liable?
- Cal/OSHA – We Poke Around, That’s What We Do
- The DOL Persuader Rule — Act Quickly to Avoid Oppressive Disclosure Requirements
- The Devistating Impact of California’s Minimum Wage Increase on Rural California
- Managers Can Be Held Liable For Unpaid Wages
- EEOC Now Collecting Pay Data So It Will Be Easier To Sue You
- What Happens When The Employer Fails To Keep Time Records?
- The DFEH’s Foray into Criminal Background Checks
- Are You Ready for Another Minimum Wage Increase?
- Could The Temporary Employment Agency You Use Sue You?
- AB 1513 – New Requirements for Employers Who Pay Piece-Rate Wages and a Limited Safe Harbor for Past Violations
- Retaliation For Filing A Police Report – A Fresno County Dentist Learns An Expensive Lesson
- Year in Review 2015
- Year in Review 2015
- Labor Day Musings
- The Appellate Court Upholds DOL Regulation on Caregivers
- The Appellate Court Upholds DOL Regulation on Caregivers
- The First Legal Opinion on Paid Sick Leave
- AB 465 – California’s Attempt to Kill Arbitration Agreements
- Be Prepared for the Proposed Amendments to FEHA
- The DOL Tightens the Line on Independent Contractors
- Obama Proposes Overtime Overhaul
- Withholding Payroll Taxes On Settlements or Judgments — Cifuente v. Costco
- Withholding Payroll Taxes On Settlements or Judgments — Cifuente v. Costco
- The Changing World of Paid Sick Leave
- Religious Accommodations in the Workplace – Abercrombie Hijab Case
- Do The Math — It’s Obvious Why Wage Lawsuits Are Filed
- Should An Employee Be Eligible for Unemployment Benefits When She Quits for Being Scolded?
- How to Make A Million $$ with Burritos and Burgers
- You are A Nasty Mother F*****: Here We Go Again with the NLRB
- How Many Ways Can An Employer Be Sued For Discrimination Under FEHA?
- Is Your Business An Easy Target for a Paycheck Stub Lawsuit?
- Co-Workers Fail to Notice Their Dead Colleague for Two Days
- The Restroom Peeper — Rehired to Peep Again
- Retaliation Tops the List of EEOC Charges for 2014
- Controversy at Selma Unified — How A New Board Can Create a Lawsuit
- Don’t Use Non-Compete Clauses in California!!!
- AB 1897 — Your Business Can Be Liable For A Contractor’s Non-Payment of Wages
- Paid Sick Time Is Really A Free Pass From Work
- Paid Sick Time Is Really A Free Pass From Work
- Security Screenings for Employees — Compensable? Not Under Federal Law
- Are They Really Independent Contractors?
- Vote Yes On Measure Z
- AB 1897 — The California Employer’s Next Nightmare
- It’s The Little Things In Life … And Business That Matter — Like Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Itemized Wage Statements. Just ask Classic Upholstery
- The NFL Does It. Can I Discipline My Employee for Off-Work Behavior?
- It’s Here – State Mandated Paid Sick Leave (AB 1522)
- Even Those Who “Like” On Facebook Are A Protected Class
- Claims for Minimum Wage Violations Extended
- The EEOC Targets Onionheads
- Commissioned Employees May Be Entitled To Overtime Under Peabody v. Time Warner
- Missclassifying Indpendent Contractors
- Putting Your Head in the Sand Does Not Eliminate the Problem
- It’s Almost Time — Are You Really Ready For A Minimum Wage Increase?
- Men Who Cook
- Mother F********** Ass***** — Fighting Words But Not Firing Words
- Nothing Fails Like Workplace Romances
- Are Employers Prohibited From Barring Personal Use Of Their Electronic Systems?
- Flagged Hours, Piece Rate and Wage Violations. It’s Only Money.
- Does The Heat Illness Standard Apply To Indoor Workplaces?
- A Lack Of Pay Equity In The White House
- Cross Every t And Dot Every i Or Face The Wrath Of The NLRB
- President Obama Set To Raise Salary Requirement For The Overtime Exemption
- A Disturbing Lawsuit (Unrelated to California HR)
- How A Bratty Daughter Cost Dad $90,000
- Sipping On Carbonic Acid — Does That Really Happen In The Workplace? Montague v. AMN Healthcare, Inc.
- The Latest At the EEOC — Challenging Severance Agreements
- The EEOC Doesn’t Like Hamburgers
- The NLRB’s Interference with Arbitration Agreements Continues
- It’s Relationships Stupid
- 1 Traffic Stop, 3 Enemas, $1.6 Million
- What The Heck Is Gamification?
- The Judicial Hellhole We Call Home
- 1st Grade Harassers
- Ouch! Really Bad Arguments Result in Big Fines from the Labor Commissioner
- “Retiring with More Dignity and Comfort”
- The Devil is in the Details — San Francisco’s Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance
- Was It “Clear Sailing” to $1.9 Million in Attorneys’ Fees?
- FLGZ is an HRCI Approved Provider
- It Should Come As No Surprise — Personal Liability For Unpaid Wages Under The FLSA
- When Arbitration Agreements Violate The National Labor Relations Act
- Gold’s Gym Employees Are Flexing Their Muscles — The Regular Rate of Pay
- They All Look Like Mary Poppins
- The Ambiguity of the On-Duty Meal Period
- When Is Same Sex Harassment Actionable?
- Same-Sex Marriages Are Recognized Under ERISA
- Sip on This One — The Starbucks Class Action Wage Lawsuit
- The Impact Of California’s Minimum Wage Increase
- An Old Ambulance, Facebook Posts & Two Fired Employees — A Recipe For NLRB Intervention
- Getting Sued For Sending A Text
- A Disturbing Trend – Attacking Religious Practices for Political Correctness
- NRLB, EEOC, DFEH — Measuring Success by the Money They Collect From Employers
- Donning, Doffing & Security Check Points
- SB 462 — The California Legislature Shifts the Balance Against Employers … Again
- It Didn’t Take Long for the Other Shoe to Drop — Another Lawsuit Against Kaweah Delta for Negligent Hiring / Supervision
- Take Your Lunch To Work On August 29th — Striking Fast Food Workers
- Put It In Writing — Commission Compensation
- Sexual Harassment Does Not Require Sexual Motive
- Effect of Prop 8 and DOMA Rulings Minimal
- On-Call Can Mean Pay Up: Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc.
- Another Claim Against Kaweah Delta — When Is The Employer Liable for Employee Acts?
- Amy’s Baking Company Would Be In Big Trouble In California!
- Black Swan — A Dirty Little Secret in Hollywood
- E-Verify and the Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill
- Mixed Motive Is Not The Standard for Retaliation Cases Under Title VII
- Who Is A Supervisor Under Title VII? Vance v. Ball State Univ.
- Security Guards, Night Auditors and Swing or Night Shift Workers
- Can I Mail An Employee’s Final Check To His Home?
- Men Who Cook
- Will California Mandate Paid Family Leave
- Does Raising Minimum Wage Improve Conditions?
- The Family Flex Act of 2013 (H.R. 1406) — Impact in CA
- Can You Or Your Company Be Liable If Your Text Causes A Crash?
- The NLRB Took It In The Shorts … Again
- When the Obligation to Engage in the Interactive Process Arises
- What is All the Fuss About the Want Ad
- The EEOC Hates These Apples!
- FEHA Disability Regulations — Invitation to Our Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Training Course
- The Impact of the Private Attorneys General Act on Employment Claims
- Occupational Assumption of the Risk
- When is an Intern Really an Intern?
- Do You Pay a Piece Rate or for Flagged Hours? Employer Beware!
- Cheer Up! It Could Be Worse — You Could Be Working For Me
- $4.5 Million For Bad Timing
- Kaweah Delta Hospital, English-Only Rules and Third Parties
- Accurate Paychecks Could Have Saved $6 Million
- ObamaCare — A Few Bites At The Law
- Brandi Cochran Overbid On Her Showcase!
- It’s Always The One You Don’t Suspect
- This Case Has It All When It Comes To California Wage Law — Guerrero v. Superior Court
- Now We Have A New I-9 Form, When Is An Employer Liable For Hiring An Illegal Worker?
- It’s Here — The New I-9 Form
- Bonuses and the Regular Rate of Pay — Employers Beware
- Guns in the Workplace — A Violation of the General Duty Clause
- A Twist on Workplace Romance — Thompson v. North American Stainless
- Behavior Based Interviewing & The Receptionist Who Didn’t Want to Answer the Phone
- Substance Abuse — From Snow Plows to Bus Drivers
- Did the City Wrongfully Terminate Its Drunken Snow Plow Driver?
- Harris v. Santa Monica — The Case That Keeps On Giving
- Why Litigate? Perhaps to Persuade Other Workers Suing Isn’t the Answer
- Spending Time with the Labor Commissioner is Not Fun!
- The Problem with Working With Problem Employees
- Is the Court Putting the Brakes on the NLRB?
- Mandatory Sick Leave — Paying Employees To Do Nothing (Maybe You Already Do)
- Let’s Clear the Air — Flatulence in the Workplace
- The Perils of PEO’s and Similar Organizations
- Suitable Seating — Another Stupid California Law
- Hot or Not? Firing An Employee for Being Irresistible!
- Hispanics United of Buffalo — Protecting Pre-Concerted Activity
- The Price IS Right for Brandi Cochran!
- Hourly Rate of Pay for Computer Software Professionals and for Physicians
- California Workplace Law — Year in Review
- Shoes Reveal the Woman
- Can AutoZone Fire Its Employee for Stopping an Armed Robbery?
- Join Us At Our Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast on Nov. 27th
- Tulare is in the News Again, This Time for a Business Failing to Provide Seats for its Workers
- Pigs Get Fat, Hogs Get Slaughtered
- I Didn’t Know Men Complained About Sexual Harassment!
- Associational Discrimination — The Zone of Interest and the EEOC
- EEOC Cases Against Central Valley Employers
- EEOC Enforcement Focus — Employers Beware
- The EEOC Sues Tenaya Lodge for Harassment and Retaliation
- An Example of the Obama Administration’s Hostility toward Religion: Hosannah-Tabor Church v. EEOC
- Stripping Pays — Especially for Laywers!
- NLRB Prohibits Confidentiality in Harassment Investigations
- A New California Law Affecting Commissioned Employees
- Tulare County Spends $300,000 On A Meritless Claim — Why???
- It Couldn’t Happen To A Nicer Group — The SEIU
- Employee Handbooks — Updates for 2013
- California Gives Two Thumbs Up For Breasts
- Asking Employees for the Facebook and Social Media Passwords
- Does It Really Take An Appellate Court To Tell Us Check Fraud and Timecard Fraud Are Grounds For Termination? Dutra v. Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
- Reporting Time Pay, Split Shift Premiums & Attorneys’ Fees
- Avoiding Grade Inflation on Personnel Evaluations — Brutal Honesty
- Maintaining At-Will Employment In California — Good, Better and Best Methods
- When Employees Engage in Political Activities
- Not All Is Well On Wisteria Lane — A Desperate Housewife And A Desperate Lawsuit
- Accommodating Religious Practices in the Workplace — Disney in the News
- Medical Examinations for Applicants — Penske Takes It on the Chin
- Workplace Hotheads — Can They Be Sued?
- Attorneys’ Fees on an Appeal of a Labor Commissioner Decision: Arias v. Kardoulias
- No Attorneys’ Fees for Missed Meals & Breaks: Kirby v. Immoos Fire Protection, Inc.
- Enforcing Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Provisions in California
- A Flow Chart for Understanding an Employer Obligations Per EEOC Guidance on Considering Criminal Records in Employment Decisions
- Another Example of the Anti-Business Obama Administration
- Employer Beware — NLRB Emphasis on “Concerted Activities”
- Anyone Can Sue Your Company for Retaliation — Fitzsimons v. CEP Med. Group
- Workplace Grooming & Dress Standards and Gender Expression
- Ignoring a DFEH Complaint — Not a Good Idea
- Talking & Driving — The Dreaded Cell Phone Dilemna
- An Inappropriate Relationship Torpedoed the CEO
- Predatory ADA Access Lawsuits — SB 1186
- I’m Sorry … I Got Caught: Resume Fraud
- Asking Applicants for Facebook Passwords — AB 1844
- Did the Good Guy Win? Who Gets the Award of Attorneys’ Fees?
- The EEOC and Background Checks
- The Saga Continues … NLRB Posting Rule
- Can You Compel Your Employees To Show Up?
- Did You Remember to Pay Your Taxes Yesterday?
- AB 1831 – “Ban the Box”
- It’s Here! The Supreme Court Issues The Brinker Decision
- Accessibility and Swimming Pools
- Settling is Like Kissing Your Sister!
- Politicians with Their Knickers in a Wad
- That Music Isn’t Free!
- Arbitration Clauses: What to do When Current Employees Won’t Sign
- What Does March Madness Cost You?
- Follow the Money
- Do The Right Thing In The Right Way
- AB 469 Notice to Employees at Time of Hire
- Employment Lawyers Attacking Local Businesses
- Calling The Boss An “F-ing Crook” — Is This Language Protected By Law So Long As You Don’t Hit Him?
- Don’t Play Loose with Independent Contractors
- How Often Can An Employer Harass Before It Becomes Unlawful?
- Did You Ever Want To Sue Your Employee Or Ex-Employee?
- Oral Arguments Scheduled in Brinker
- Changes to Credit Checks in California
- The NLRB Issues a Report on Social Media Policies
- Meal and Rest Periods — We’re Still Waiting on the Supreme Court
- A Pregnant Employee’s “Secret” Emails Sinks Her Case
- Waiting Period Penalties Can Come Back To Haunt An Employer
- It Can Happen Anywhere — Employees Claiming Hostile Work Environment
- E-Discovery, The Stray Remarks Doctrine and Reid v. Google
- Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more strange in CA — Getting sued for not providing a chair!
- When criticizing the boss makes you a protected class
- Company retreats and meetings
- Category: California Tax Review
- COVID-19 Support
- The CARES Act–Summary of Tax Provisions-Major Relief For Businesses, Including Loan Forgiveness
- It’s Official. No Clawback For Huge Gifts Prior to 2026
- IRS Releases Inflation Adjusted Tax Figures for 2020
- Qualified Opportunity Funds–Excellent Opportunity to Defer (& Exclude) Capital Gain
- President Trump Signs IRS Reform Bill
- How to Avoid Tax Refund Delays in Light of the Government Shutdown
- IRS Announces No Clawback for Large Gifts!
- Proposition 13 Under Fire
- Gas Tax Repeal Will Appear on November CA Ballot
- Trump Tax Plan a Mixed Bag For Californians
- It’s Official–California is # 1! (in gas prices)
- IRS Announces 2018 Estate & Gift Tax Limits
- CA Supreme Court Ruling Will Likely Lead to Flood of Tax Raising Ballot Initiatives
- First-Time Penalty Abatement Rules
- CA Supreme Court Applies Documentary Transfer Tax To Legal Entity Transfers
- Legislature Terminates the Board of Equalization
- The Increased Price of Gas: The Gas Tax
- California To Revive Its Estate Tax?
- What You Didn’t Know About Dr. King and Taxes
- My Response to the Bernie Sanders Tax Proposal
- Are Trump’s HUUUGE Losses Real?
- Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Estate Tax
- IRS Proposes New Regs To Limit FLP Discounts
- So How Long Can the IRS Collect From Me?
- How to Pay a Deceased Employee’s Unpaid Wages
- Why Mark Zuckerberg (and others) are Setting Up For-Profit Charitable Enterprises
- National Review: Why Businesses Leave California
- Brown Not In Favor of “Split-Role” to Modify Proposition 13
- Unions Back Measures to Extend Proposition 30 “Temporary” Tax Increases
- Single Member Limited Partnerships: So What Returns Do I File?
- Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions and Exclusions: 2016 Projections
- IRS Delays New Section 6035 Basis Reporting Requirements
- How to Revive Your Suspended Business Without Paying Back Taxes
- Hillary Clinton Releases Eight Years Worth of Tax Returns
- California “Waiting Time” Penalties NOT Classified as Wages for Payroll Tax Purposes
- L.A. Times Reports Support for Gutting Prop 13 is Waning
- Estate Planning, Portability & Step-Up in Basis
- When Parents Die…Often the Fighting Begins
- GOP Tries Repeal of Estate Tax
- Suspended CA Corporations Cannot File Tax Court Petitions
- Blue Shield of California Loses CA Tax Exemption
- Tax Relief for Farmers Who Got Incorrect Obamacare Tax Forms
- Can My New Business Keep My Old EIN?
- Identity Theft and Your Federal Tax Refund: what to do if your tax identity has been stolen
- The President’s “Trust Fund Loophole” is Really an Attack on Basis Step-Up
- “Trust Fund Loopholes” To Be Attacked in State of the Union Address
- Relief From Penalties Due to Partnership’s Late Filing
- Single Member Limited Partnerships: A Tool to Get Around the CA Gross Receipts Tax
- IRS Releases Fact Sheets on Obamacare
- Get Ready For the Big Tax Ballot Initiative in 2016
- The 2014 Nexus Symposium-Panel Discussion on California Tax Law
- So Your Charity Has Had Its Tax-Exempt Status Revoked?….Now What?
- Tax Relief for Napa Earthquake Victims
- Corporate Deadbeats: How Companies Get Rich Off of Taxes
- Gubernatorial Candidate Poses As Homeless Man…in Fresno!
- Shelly Wins Right to Sell the Clippers . . . and how an obscure provision in the Probate Code made it unappealable
- About Those Missing IRS Emails…
- Understanding Family Limited Partnerships: A Visual Demonstration
- Circular 230 Changed! No more obnoxious disclaimers at the end of every email.
- Donald Sterling Couldn’t Dodge the NBA…But Could He Dodge the IRS?
- The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Caves on Prop 13 Changes
- IRS Releases Draft “Streamlined” Application for Tax-Exempts
- Beware of On-Line Estate Planning Forms: a penny-wise and a pound-foolish
- It’s Settled–Severance Payments Are Subject to FICA
- Couple Finds $10 Million in Gold Coins! But How Much to the Taxman?
- IRS Issues Draft Instructions For Net Investment Income Tax
- The Zeroed-Out GRAT
- Tax Man’s Best Friend: The Dobermann Pinscher
- The Disability Pension Tax Scam
- U.S. Debt Clock: You have to see it to believe it
- Bell City Manager Rizzo Pleads No Contest–Blames Assistant
- How to Avoid the Obamacare Employer Mandate (without firing or reducing employee hours)
- Estate Tax Exemption Raised in 2014
- Proposed LA Skyscraper Deal Raises Ire of Prop 13 Activists
- Booster Clubs Beware: The Tax Man Cometh
- The Hidden Tax Impact of High Speed Rail: Don’t Get Hit With the Tax!
- DC Residents Lose Homes Over $44 Tax Bills
- Man Pays Tax Bill in One-Dollar Bills to Protest “Unfair” Taxes
- 16 Out of 17 Fast Food Strikers Not Fast Food Employees But SEIU Members?
- New Jersey Mayor “Taxed Out” of Home
- Does My Foreign LLC Owe California Franchise Tax Fees?
- Record Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship To Avoid Tax Burden
- Former Detroit Pistons Owner Hit With $2 Billion Estate Tax Bill
- Innocent Spouse Relief Extended
- How $1MM In Offshore Funds Can Cost You Over $4MM in Taxes
- IRS Offers Streamlined Processing for Certain 501(c)(4)s
- Will Prop 13 Lead to a Detroit-Like Bankruptcy for CA Cities?
- IRS Inspector General Confirms Improper Access of Political Donors’ Tax Records
- Ohio Tea Party to Challenge Executive Salaries of Nonprofit Hospitals in Fight Against Medicaid Expansion
- Don’t Make Section 501(c)(4) The Patsy of the IRS Scandal
- How the Prop 8 Ruling Threatens Prop 13 (and other future tax reforms)
- IRS Sent $7,319,518 in Refunds to a Sinlge Bank Account Used by 2,706 Aliens
- IRS FBAR Tax Forms Due June 30
- Tax Avoidance Sinful, Says UK Archbishop Ahead of G8 Summit
- So The Problem Is Not Just IRS Lawyers… It’s All Government Lawyers?
- The IRS Targeting Scandal–An Engaging Infographic
- Am I Liable for my New Spouse’s Old Tax Debts?
- IRS Scandal Extends to Gift Tax Return Abuse
- How to Fix the Prop 13 Loophole Without Harming CA Businesses
- The Darkside of IRS Automation
- Vote For “La Wendy”–Worst Political Support Song Ever Written
- A Rational Explanation for the Targeting of Tea Party Groups by the IRS?
- Happy Mother’s Day! Son Tries to Deduct Over $1MM in Legal Fees to Parents
- Proposition 13: Buying Property Without Reassessment of Property Taxes
- How Apple Saved Billions By Issuing $17 Billion in Bonds
- California High Speed Rail: How to Defer Paying Income Tax on the Sale of Your Property
- Obama’s Proposed Budget: Making the Death Tax More Deadly
- Income Earned by Tribal Members on Reservations Now CA Tax-Exempt
- Why Mark Zuckerberg May Never Pay Taxes Again: Buy, Borrow & Die
- The Unflappable Iron Lady
- California Has A Negative Net Worth in the “Hundreds” of Billions of Dollars
- High-Speed Boondoggle? $800 Million to Save 10 Minutes
- What Are My Chances of Being Audited? IRS Releases 2012 Stats
- Is My Fresno County CSA 51/283 Tax Assessment Deductible as a Property Tax? (Part I)
- The Tax Consequences of Superman’s Diamonds
- Furlough Fridays: Coming Back to Haunt Taxpayers
- A Depressing Look at the CA Sec. of State’s Office: why it takes CA 43 days to do what TX does in 5
- Explaining the Debt Limit: How an Absurd Video Makes the Debit Limit Debate Understandable
- California Fire Prevention Fees Are Not Tax Deductible Says IRS
- Camp Taylor–Helping Kids With Heart Disease
- A Sequestration Visual Aid
- The “Jock Tax” Payback: How Pro Athletes Are Cashing in on CA Worker’s Comp
- Over-Hyped Sequestration Amounts to One Week’s Worth of Spending Cuts
- “Gentle Soul” Shoe Shiner Donates $200K to Charity–But Beware of the Tax Man
- Is Plastic Surgery Really Tax Deductible?
- Will the Chris Dorner $1 Million Reward Ever be Paid Out?
- Memorable Tax Quotes
- Pres. Obama Lectured on the 10% Biblical Tithe and the U.S. Tax System
- Converting From a For-Proft to a Nonprofit Entity
- Obama Warns of Increasing Taxes…Again
- What We Can Learn From the 100th Anniversary of the Federal Income Tax
- California Out of Funds to Disarm 19,700 Felons and Mentally Ill People
- Will Fresno’s High Speed Rail Look Like Vermont’s “Higher” Speed Rail?
- Grover’s Anti-Tax Pledge Spreads to Italy
- The Unintended Consequences of Plastic Bag Bans: An Armful of Designer Clothes and Ecoli
- France’s Richest Man Leaves County to Avoid France’s High Taxes
- Surprise, Surprise…Prop 30 Funds Steered Towards Salaries and Benefits–Less Than Half For Education
- 2012 Tax Relief Act Hammers Certain Trusts
- 2013 Tax Surprise–Everyone Pays More
- Is the New $450,000 Threshold of “Increased” Taxes Political Fiction?
- Putting the Fiscal Cliff Negotiation Into Perspective: Increased Taxes and Spending
- Senate Passes Tax Bill To Avert Fiscal Cliff-Now Up to the House
- Remembering Robert Bork
- Gerard Depardieu Fires Back at Critics Attacking His Tax Saving Move to Belgium
- Should I Really Make a Large Gift Before the End of 2012?
- Income Tax Rates Rise…Revenues Fall: The UK’s Vanishing Millionaires
- Are Tax Hikes The Cure For CA Budget Woes?
- As Goes San Bernardino, So Goes CA?
- Occupy Wall Street Group Buys Consumer Debt–Then Just Forvgives It: a bailout of the 99%
- To Avoid 21% Sales Tax Theater Sells $16 Carrots–Gives Away Tickets
- What the Passage of Prop 30 Means for You
- Sacramento Man Hit With 17 Year-Old Tax Bill
- Proposition 30 and that $6 Billion in Education Cuts
- So Did The Wall Street CEOs Actually Call For Tax Hikes to Fix the Deficit?
- Obama’s 20 Page Booklet and Offshore Tax Incentives
- IRS Releases Inflation Adjustments–gift tax exemption increased
- Year-End Gift Planning: How Valuation Clauses Can Get Around a Late Appraisal
- State “Names and Shames” Top 500 Tax Delinquents
- Debate Fact-Check: Special Tax Break For Shipping Jobs Overseas? Not Really
- How Mitt Romney’s Use of a “Defective” Trust Saves Him Taxes
- Fresno County Keeps Williamson Act Tax Break…For Now
- Amazon Sales Tax Loophole? When your purchase will NOT have sales tax withheld
- Tax Court Rejects The “TurboTax” Defense
- Brown’s Plan to Stem CA Public Pension Costs Not Sufficient
- Draft Form 706 Released–Includes “Check the Box” Feature to Opt Out of Portability
- Homeowners See Jump in Property Taxes–what happened to prop 13?
- WSJ: How to Control Your Heirs From the Grave
- CA School District Borrows $100M, Will Pay Back $1B.
- CA School District Borrowss
- Williamson Act Threatened in Fresno County
- Gift Tax Appraisers–The Potential Bottleneck For Year End Gifts
- CA Tax For Mentally Ill Being Used for Zumba Classes and Much More
- CA State Slush Funds Flush With Cash
- What’s the FMV of artwork that cannot be sold? IRS says $65 million
- Fresno Water Fight–CSA 51 Goes Down
- NY Times: Wealthy Turn to Family Limited Partnerships
- Gov. Brown Forces His Tax Initiative to Top of Ballot–Courts Uphold
- Mandate Constitutional–3.8% Investment Tax Now On Its Way
- Ann Romney’s Tax Deductible Horse Activity–The Tax Code Got This Right
- 3 Tax Increase Measures Qualify For November Ballot
- Why the Tobacco Tax Defeat Does Not Bode Well for Gov. Brown
- Do My Gifts of Limited Partnership Interests Qualify for the Annual Exlusion?
- California Entrepreneur Fills Out Form Himself– Loses $18.5 Million Charitable Deduction
- Californa 9/11 Funds Raided By Politicians
- California’s Facebook Windfall Falters?
- Will Smith Discovers France’s Top Marginal Tax Rates–Shrieks
- Brown Cites California’s “Day of Reckoning” in Support of Temp Tax Hikes
- California Ranks at the Bottom of Tax Friendliness Survey
- High Speed Rail Tax Planning–Options For Land Owners in the Line of Fire
- $4 Billion in Annual Tax Fraud From Undocumented Workers
- Formula Value Gifts–How to Make a Gift That is Essentially Audit Proof
- So CA Legislators Won’t Have Their Pay Cut–Prop 25 Rendered Toothless
- Family Limited Partnerships Video Presentation
- California’s Tax Takers Await Day-by-Day Updates of Tax Proceeds
- California’s Ever Growing Public Employee Health Care Costs
- The Great California Exodus
- So what would an artist’s depiction of a tax cut look like?
- Interview with John Malos of MeTV Fresno: Tax Day
- So how much did President Obama donate to charity before running for office?
- Thu, 04/12/2012 – 16:47
- So does an employer have to make sure its employees actually take breaks during break period?
- How will the “Buffet rule” reduce the deficit?
- Yes, executors can be personally liable for a decedent’s unpaid taxes
- So if you win the $640 million jackpoint, how much does Uncle Sam get?
- Do we have a revenue problem, or a spending problem?
- Headlines Indicating That 64% of Californians Support Gov. Brown’s Tax Hikes are Likely Overstated
- Today it’s a penalty…tomorrow a tax?
- The Beholden State
- California’s Secret Government
- Will California’s Bullet Train Be Solyndra Times Seven?
- Proposal to Cap California Gas Taxes
- California’s Reliance on the One Percent
- Test
- Employee Could Not Deduct Forgiven Interest on Employer’s Loan
- California’s Greek Tragedy
- Category: Estate Planning