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WFY Partner Kahni Bizub as Panelist at 2019 Business Owner Summit

November 8, 2019 | by | Comments Off on WFY Partner Kahni Bizub as Panelist at 2019 Business Owner Summit

On November 8th, WFY Senior Tax Partner, Kahni Bizub, will be one of the panelists for WealthWise Financial Services’s 2019 Business Owner Summit. The 2019 Business Owner Summit is a day-long event which includes discussing topics such as scaling your business, income tax strategies, retirement plans strategies, and more. The keynote speakers are Jacob M. Gerber, an equity & multi-asset investment director, and E. Luke Farrell, a fixed income investment director. Kahni Bizub’s specialty is tax planning and compliance services for closely-held and family-owned businesses and their key executives in the service, manufacturing, and distribution industries. She has served some
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WFY Title Sponsors Veterans Legal Institute’s Lawyers for Warriors Event

October 3, 2019 | by | Comments Off on WFY Title Sponsors Veterans Legal Institute’s Lawyers for Warriors Event

Wright Ford Young & Co. had the privilege of serving as the title sponsor to the Veterans Legal Institute’s annual Lawyers for Warriors event on Monday, September 23rd.  Senior audit partner Jeff Myers spoke on Wright Ford Young’s behalf to honor our ongoing partnership with the Veterans Legal Institute. Lawyers for Warriors is an event that started four years ago where over 250 business leaders who represent legal, medical, financial, military, and other professional industries can network, enjoy wine and appetizers, and recognize those legal community leaders who have graciously offered their services to our veteran heroes.  All the proceeds
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WFY Attends Meet the Firms at CSUF and NAU

October 3, 2019 | by | Comments Off on WFY Attends Meet the Firms at CSUF and NAU

On Thursday, September 26th, a group of our Wright Ford Young & Co. employees attended California State University, Fullerton’s Meet the Firms event as well as Northern Arizona University’s Career & Graduate School Expo. These type of meet and greet events are a way for students and professionals in the accounting community to network with a wide range of firms from boutique to the Big Four.  We attend these events to educate students about WFY and what we do, and encourage them to get a hands-on learning experience with our firm. Wright Ford Young & Co. thanks California State University,
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CA Governor Signed Law to Conform to Federal Tax Law Changes

July 11, 2019 | by | Comments Off on CA Governor Signed Law to Conform to Federal Tax Law Changes

The California governor signed law AB 91, also known as the “Loophole Closure and Small Business and Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019” which partially conforms to certain provisions of the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, some of the significant items are as follows: Small business accounting method reform and simplification Allow businesses with average gross receipts less than $25 million to adopt the cash method of accounting Net operating losses Only allow net operating loss carryforwards The new California law does not conform to: Opportunity zone gain deferrals and capital gain exclusions Fringe benefit federal deduction limitations
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Problems Faced Between You and Your Current CPA This Past Tax Season

May 1, 2019 | by | Comments Off on Problems Faced Between You and Your Current CPA This Past Tax Season

Once the corporate, individual and foundation tax reporting season is complete, there’s always an opportunity to evaluate and reassess the taxpayer’s level of satisfaction with their CPA relationship. Lack of communication, unwanted tax return extensions, incorrectly prepared Schedule K-1’s, and inability to accurately apply the qualified TCJA reform benefits  are just a few of the many frustrations that may have been experienced this past tax season. Situations can arise in a taxpayer-CPA relationship which makes a taxpayer to question whether or not their current accounting firm is the right fit for them.  Small to mid sized closely held companies and
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Tags: accountant, accountants, accounting, audit, business, california, certified public accountants, company, cpa, erisa, estates, estates and trusts, irvine, issues, orange county, plan, problems, small business, southern california, tax, tax season, taxation, TCJA, trusts, and wfy.

When Does a Resident Become a Nonresident?

March 6, 2019 | by | Comments Off on When Does a Resident Become a Nonresident?

According to a recent SFGate poll, 53% of Bay Area residents interviewed want to leave California.(1) We have been hearing similar comments from seminar attendees across the state, and we know many of you have clients who are attempting to “move out of California.” Keep in mind, one of the FTB’s longest running, and most active, audit programs is the residency audit program. The FTB looks closely at a taxpayer who moves from California, and often they are high income taxpayers who have large amounts of income after they change their residency to another state. However, lower income taxpayers can
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Tags: accountants, accounting, california, certified public accountant, cpa, ftb, irvine, nonresident, orange county, resident, spidell, tax, taxation, taxes, taxpayer, wfy, and wright ford young.

WFY Grows Tax Department Before 2018 Tax Season

January 10, 2019 | by | Comments Off on WFY Grows Tax Department Before 2018 Tax Season

WFY grows their firm with eight new hires: Michael Montgomery, Jennifer Nguyen, Karla Young, Alice Wang, Jeff Hwang, Linh Trinh, and Farheen Kolsy.  All these new hires are joining WFY’s tax department as tax staff or tax interns.  WFY is pleased to welcome these new hires to the WFY team. Michael Montgomery Joining the WFY tax staff is Michael Montgomery. Michael graduated from CSU Fullerton in 2015 and has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration on Accounting.  With his experience in accounting, he has mainly worked in offices that specialize in small businesses and individuals.  During the
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New IRS Partnership Audit Rules Prompt New Look at Operating Agreement

January 10, 2019 | by | Comments Off on New IRS Partnership Audit Rules Prompt New Look at Operating Agreement

The IRS introduced a new set of partnership auditing rules which take effect in the financial year 2018 and are meant to make it easier for the agency to uncover and collect underpaid taxes from partnership entities.  The previous audit system was challenging for the IRS because it was difficult to pin down who owed the tax under a complex partnership structure. Small partnerships with less than 100 members can opt out if no partner is a pass-through entity. The IRS will begin reviewing tax filings in line with the new procedure in 2019, so audits could start as soon
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Making Large Gifts Now Won’t Harm Estates After 2025

November 29, 2018 | by | Comments Off on Making Large Gifts Now Won’t Harm Estates After 2025

On November 20th, the IRS announced individuals taking advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts in effect from 2018 to 2025 will not be adversely impacted after 2025 when the exclusion amount is scheduled to drop to levels before 2018. The Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations which implement changes made by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).  As a result, individuals planning to make large gifts between 2018 and 2025 can do so without concern that they will lose the tax benefit of the higher exclusion level once it decreases after 2025.
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Tax Saving Moves to Improve Your Tax Situation

November 29, 2018 | by | Comments Off on Tax Saving Moves to Improve Your Tax Situation

Since 2018 is coming to a close now is the time to take action to proactively reduce your tax liability before the new year.  Included are a few strategies that may help with your tax situation: Harvest stock losses while substantially preserving one’s investment position. This can be accomplished by selling the shares and buying other shares in the same company or another company in the same industry to replace them, or by selling the original shares, then buying back the same securities at least 31 days later. Apply a bunching strategy to deductible contributions and/or payments of medical expenses. Beginning
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