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Big Changes Are Happening to California Tax Law
By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. As of July 1 st , important changes are now being implemented regarding the administrative side of California tax law. The state Legislature has restructured the Board of Equalization (BOE) into three separate entities: the BOE, the California...
Urgent LLC Alert – Erroneous Tax Refunds
By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. Very recently, the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has had to notify certain California limited liability companies (LLCs) that their 2017 LLC annual tax/estimated fee payment were misapplied to the 2016 tax year, which resulted in the FTB mistakenly...
LLC Tax Reminders
By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq . As many of you are aware, annual fees for California limited liability companies were due June 15 th . So here are a few pointers to keep in mind as you are filing forms and paying fees. While the due date for filings may have changed this...
Tamara Pow will be speaking to the CalCPA Santa Cruz Discussion Group on June 14th about 1031 Exchanges, Drop & Swap and Swap & Drop
Tamara Pow will be speaking to the CalCPA Santa Cruz Discussion Group on June 14th. The topics covered will include 1031 Exchanges, Drop & Swap and Swap & Drop.
Tamara Pow will be presenting to the Bay Area Apartment Brokers Forum on June 14th
Tamara Pow will be presenting to the Bay Area Apartment Brokers Forum on Wednesday, June 14th. The topics covered will be the Real Estate Attorney's point of view on Letters of Intent, what addendums should be added to the CAR form PSA when an LLC is going to be the...
In An Attempt to Avoid Identity Theft, The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) is Sending Out Additional Forms to Taxpayers and Tax Professionals
By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. Due to a dramatic increase in tax returns that appear to be related to possible identity thefts, the Franchise Tax Board “FTB” is sending out additional forms for taxpayers to fill out, in order to ensure that these refunds do not fall into the...
Congratulations to Tamara!
Tamara was chosen as one of the Silicon Valley Business Journal's 2017 Women of Influence! Press release .
California Bureau of Real Estate Releases Warning to Real Estate Salespersons Who Mislead Consumers into Believing That They Are Brokers and to the Irresponsible Brokers Who Allow Such Practices
By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq . Back in September of 2015, the California Bureau of Real Estate ( CalBRE ) released a warning, officially known as a supplemental disciplinary advisory, to salespersons working in real estate who illegally mislead consumers into falsely...
Beware of the New Form W-2 Email Phishing Scam
By: Tamara Pow , Esq. On February 2 nd , 2017, the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies, and the tax industry sent out an urgent alert to all employers regarding a recent spike in cases of the Form W-2 email phishing scam that is now spreading beyond the...
How to Beat Real Estate Passive Loss Rules and Deduct Rental Losses
By: Tamara Pow, Esq. For anyone who is currently invested in real estate or is considering doing so, whether you intend on moonlighting as a real estate professional simultaneously with your day job, or transmitting away from your current profession into the field of...
Ethics of Lawyering in a Digital Age
On February 16th, Bob Hawn will be presenting during a webinar for the California State Bar on the Ethics of Lawyering in a Digital Age.
Cannabis Cash – Green Industry’s Troubles with Greenbacks
By: Robert Hawn, Esq. Being a business lawyer in Silicon Valley, I have seen new industries develop and bloom overnight. Last November, California voters created the State’s newest green industry by adopting the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of...
LLC Alert! Updated LLC Forms
By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. The Secretary of State recently updated some of their LLC forms for the second time in several months. They were last updated in July of 2016 and were revised again for 2017. The forms that have been revised include: Certificate of Dissolution...
How to Become a Secured Creditor on Personal Property
By: Serge Filatov, Esq. A mistake that I often see inexperienced lenders make when making secured loans is that they do not take all the steps necessary to become a secured creditor. There are numerous traps for the unwary and people should be careful when documenting...
Not So Fast Getting Out of that Guaranty! (A story about a real estate loan and guaranty.)
By: Jack Easterbrook, Esq. The enforceability of the guaranty of a commercial real estate loan is a question presented to the courts with regularity. A new case, LSREF2 Clover ** testing whether a lender can enforce its guaranty, was decided by a California Court of...
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