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This week we're covering reporting issues for workers who are classified as California employees and federal independent contractors.
This week we're covering late-payment notices that the FTB is sending for the 2024 tax year.
This week, we're discussing the tax and filing requirements of changing an LLC's tax classification.
This week, we're covering the tax changes in the Governor's proposed budget revision.
This week we're covering how to treat insurance payments and other reimbursements received after a disaster.
This week we're covering how to help clients who never formally dissolved entities.
This week we're covering whether Employee Retention Credit adjustments are required on the California return.
This week, we're covering when the FTB can intercept a taxpayer's refund.
This week we're covering some considerations for making the passthrough entity tax prepayment, due on June 16.
This week we're covering property tax planning options for taxpayers affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.
This week we're covering some tips regarding the passthrough entity tax.
This week we're covering the disaster postponements for Los Angeles County wildfire victims.
This week we're covering some California filing updates to be aware of for the start of the 2025 filing season.
This week we're covering key nonconformity issues to watch for on 2024 returns.
This week we're covering California conformity to certain provisions of the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act.
This week we're talking about planning for California's net operating loss suspensions that go into effect in 2024.
This week we're covering penalty relief options for taxpayers who are subject to estimated tax payments.
This week, we're covering how to report IRS partnership audit changes to the FTB.
This week we're covering some of the exemptions from the ABC test for worker classification that will sunset for certain industries at the end of this year.
This week we're covering three California planning strategies to consider implementing by the end of the year.
This week, we're talking about holding a vacation home in an LLC and the California tax consequences.
This week we're covering property tax adjustments for commercial properties.
This week we're looking at some of the tricks and traps around filing a final corporate return.
This week we're discussing how California treats accrued market discount income.
This week, we're covering the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the Olsen case challenging AB 5.
This week, we're covering dividing property in a divorce and how that affects basis and the principal residence exclusion, among other things.
This week we're covering some of the more common California adjustments to be aware of for individual taxpayers.
This week, we're covering the coming FUTA payroll tax increase that's the result of California's Unemployment Insurance Fund loan.
This week we're discussing nonresident sole proprietor income taxability in light of several Office of Tax Appeal decisions.
This week we're discussing the common misconception that a California entity needs to be dissolved by December 31 to avoid the $800 annual tax from accruing for the following year.
This week we're covering calculating California tax on trust income.
This week, we're talking about changes that Proposition 19 made to transfers of California real property between parents and children.
This week, we're talking about nonwage withholding and some tips for tax pros to make sure clients don't lose out on withheld amounts.
This week, we're discussing how to determine the basis of inherited property that's held in joint tenancy.
This week, we're discussing some tips for filing Form 3840 to report certain like-kind exchanges.
This week we're covering common errors taxpayers make when using FTB's Web pay system, and some tips for avoiding those mistakes.
This week, we're covering reasons why the FTB may reject a Power of Attorney submission and tips for avoiding errors.
This week we're covering the voluntary and involuntary administrative dissolution process for nonoperating entities.
This week we're covering two common scenarios that arise when employees are working remotely.
This week we're covering what it means to be doing business in California for the purposes of filing returns and paying the annual or minimum franchise tax.
This week, we're discussing the use of loan-out corporations, which are in the crosshairs of the EDD for AB 5 purposes.
This week we're covering how real estate withholding is reported when the property is owned by a trust.
This week we're talking about what factors into a taxpayer's tax rate and how it can add up.
This week, we're covering the FTB's annual outreach campaign to certain taxpayers who filed Schedule A and Schedule C.
This week we're covering when a tax professional may be classified as an employee versus an independent contractor, and exemptions from the application of the ABC test to tax professionals.
This week we're covering some things to keep in mind about making the June 17 passthrough entity elective tax prepayment.
This week we're discussing the FTB's new multi-factor authentication process for MyFTB Accounts.
This week we're covering LLC fee late-payment notices for 2022 that some taxpayers have only recently received.
This week we're talking about property tax increases for partial transfers of property.
This week we're covering the tax treatment of CalPERS long-term care premium settlement payments.
This week we're covering a bill that has been introduced which would allow entities to make a passthrough entity tax election even if they didn't make a June 15 prepayment.