A 39-Item Tax and Accounting Year-End Checklist for Your Small Business
Keeping your accounting records up to date all year long is essential for any business so you can see exactly where your business stands and be able to make thoughtful decisions based on clean numbers. At year-end, there are a few extra accounting tasks to finish so...
Limits on the Installment Method of Accounting For Gain
When a seller is paid over several years, she may be eligible to report some of the gain pro rata with each installment, rather than all at once. See IRC §453(c) (installment method defined). However, the installment method is not always available. In some cases,...
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Incentive under the CARES Act to Invest in Capital-Intensive Businesses In 2020
By Andrew Gradman Published at www.gradmantax.com on August 17, 2020. This article is intended for general information only and does not constitute legal advice. Every investment must be evaluated on its specific facts, and every investor should seek tax advice...
IRS Filing Deadlines & Penalties
IT’S TIME TO FILE YOUR TAX RETURNS! On June 29, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service announced that the tax filing deadline of July 15 will not be postponed. Thus, individuals, trusts, estates, C-corporations, and others with an April 15 deadline who filed for an...
California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates (effective July 1, 2020)
Please note that Sales and Use Tax rates changed in California Cities and Counties are effective July 1 2020. Be sure to visit the CDTFA to determine the appropriate tax rates for your transactions. https://cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/rates.aspx As always, please...
November 2020 Ballot Measure Would Limit Proposition 13
By Andrew Gradman, Esq. An earlier version of this article was published by California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB.com) on June 25, 2020 On May 29, 2020, the California Secretary of State announced that the California Schools and Local Communities Act of 2020...
The Mechanics of the Cannabis Cultivation Tax in California
By Andrew Gradman Esq and AB FinWright Partners Abraham Finberg & Rachel Wright In addition to the sales and use tax, California cannabis businesses pay two unique taxes: The cannabis excise tax, and the cannabis cultivation tax. This article discusses the...
Accounting Methods in an Emerging Cannabis Loophole – Part 4
For cannabis businesses, federal income taxes can be ruinous—even in loss years. Unlike other industries, which pay income taxes only on actual income, cannabis businesses, defined in federal law as drug traffickers, are singled out for an extra tax on a portion of...
Accounting Methods in an Emerging Cannabis Loophole – Part 3
For cannabis businesses, federal income taxes can be ruinous—even in loss years. Unlike other industries, which pay income taxes only on actual income, cannabis businesses, defined in federal law as drug traffickers, are singled out for an extra tax on a portion of...