Current Newsletter Articles from Avodah Law Group
Top Five Tax Tips for Year End Planning
By Joe Abesamis 2018 brought a host of new changes to the tax code. For example, corporate tax rates were reduced from 35% to 21% and the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was eliminated. For Individuals, a new 20% deduction for most pass-through income was...
Effective Listening: The Key to Improved Communication with Your Team
By Linda Nakayama Have you ever walked away from a conversation, wondering why the person was upset with something you said? Or, you're wondering how you could have missed delivering a key piece of information in your report. Communication is more than talking with...
10 More Ways to Improve Your Business
By Ron Feher Used with permission from Whiterock Business Solution's blog. “The only thing that stands in the way of improvement is the lack of will to do so.” – Ron Feher Last week I offered 10 ways to improve your business. I hope that you found them both...
Your Business May Be Subject to Sales and Use Tax: the Impact of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (2018)
By Eugene Kim, Esq./CPA and John J. Kim, CPA On June 21, 2018, in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court removed the physical presence requirement for states to be able to impose sales and use tax collection obligations on retailers. Those of you with...
How to Read Your Own Business Contracts – Beware of These 3 Common Clauses
By Andrew W. Sohn, Esq. In a previous article, the senior partner of our firm, Ms. Gahram Kang, wrote a practical article titled, “5 Ways to Get Sued & Lose the Lawsuit (as a Business Owner)” (read the article here). The article highlighted five common mistakes...
Courageous Questions Every Leader Should Ask
By Bob Karcher There’s a statistic out there that haunts me. For more than two decades, the Gallup Organization has asked this question: At work, I get to do what I do best every day. Sadly, only twenty percent of us answer "YES" to that question. That means that most...
CA Case Law Update (Dynamex): Your Relationship with Independent Contractors Could Now Be Illegal
By Andrea W. Paris, Esq. The California Supreme Court recently published an opinion that will affect many businesses that hire independent contractors within the State of California. The main take away from this opinion, Dynamex Operations W. v. Super. Ct., Cal., No....
Own Any Overseas Assets? Then Form 8938 May Apply to You
by Jim Curtis, JD In this largely shrinking global neighborhood that we live in, as the world gets smaller, many of us may have (or know someone who has) assets such as real estate or bank accounts in other countries. Some of us may have also set up foreign entities...
What Every Business Should Know: Three Common Myths About Cyber Security
by Mike Yoon "Most people think that finding a cyber security solution is unnecessary, even unreasonable —due to the cost and the burden of slowing down workflow." Cyber security is a concern for everyone. And yet, business owners and managers still overlook this...