Mara Garcia, CPA, Nominated for CalCPA’s 2019 Women to Watch
KROST’s Assurance & Advisory Manager, Mara Garcia, CPA, was nominated for CalCPA’s 2019 Women to Watch Award. Mara Delivers Focus, Drive, and a Team Attitude Mara has spent her career translating complex concepts into understandable ideas, so her clients know where they stand in their business. She has successfully helped clients increase efficiencies in business … Read More
2018 Tax Planning – TCJA Impact on Cash Method of Accounting
Enacted on December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was hailed as the largest major tax reform for the past three decades. In particular, the TCJA contains a series of favorable accounting method reforms that will impact countless of business taxpayers such as the use of cash method of accounting and the … Read More
Tax Basis and At-Risk Loss Limitations for Individual Partners and S-Corp Shareholders
Taxpayers constantly feel entitled to deduct losses from their businesses and investments. However, taxpayers need to be aware of the multiple loss rules provided by the Internal Revenue Code that limit the ability to deduct these losses from their trade or businesses. Taxpayers need to take their losses through four different loss limitations before one … Read More
Updates to Qualified Improvement Property
Below is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST QUARTERLY Real Estate Issue, titled Updates to Qualified Improvement Property by guest author, Harry Sahi, Manager – Cost Segregation Services, KBKG. With the 2017 tax year behind us, tax professionals are laser-focused on the various new rules presented by the recent Tax … Read More
Client Spotlight: Mamal Moinpour
Below is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST QUARTERLY Real Estate Issue, titled Client Spotlight: Mamal Moinpour by Jonathan Louie, CPA. Recently, we had the opportunity to interview one of our tax clients, Mamal Moinpour, who owns real estate in the Greater Los Angeles and across the U.S. He is … Read More
KROST Celebrates 80 Years of Success in Pasadena
KROST is proud to announce the celebration of its 80th anniversary. Since 1939, the firm has assisted thousands of businesses and individuals to reach their financial goals through tax, accounting, and consulting services. KROST is headquartered in Pasadena, California with four strategic locations throughout Greater Los Angeles. In 2018, KROST experienced outstanding growth of 31.41% … Read More
New Partnership Audit Rules – “Centralized Partnership Audit Rules”
The 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act brought changes to partnership audit rules beginning with taxable years 1/1/18. Under the old “TEFRA” rules, if an item on a partnership tax return was being audited, the audit would extend to the partners individually. The partner’s individual tax returns would be under audit at that point. Under the new … Read More
The Battle to Be a Profitable Restaurant: How to Deal With Employee Theft
Most restaurant operators are engaged in a battle from new tax laws that adversely impact sales, to protect margins from increasing labor costs and food prices, and accounting for the added cost of delivery (driven by increased demand). Most of these examples are areas that are beyond an operator’s control. However, there are opportunities in … Read More
KROST Featured in LABJ: KROST Adds West L.A. Accounting Firm to Roster
KROST was recently featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal article, “KROST Adds West L.A. Accounting Firm to Roster”. Below is a teaser of the article. “Pasadena-based accounting and consultant firm Krost has purchased West L.A.-based Gaynor & Umanoff, according to the firms. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Chris Gaynor and Richard Umanoff, Gaynor … Read More
Investor Alert: If You Have Not Heard of DSTs, Time to Take a Look
Below is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST QUARTERLY Real Estate Issue, titled “Investor Alert: If You Have Not Heard of DSTs, Time to Take a Look” by Jonathan Louie, CPA. In Los Angeles, from September 2007 to May of 2009, the cost of real estate declined by 60%, driving … Read More
