Sales Tax Compliance for California Restaurants
Below is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST Quarterly Hospitality Issue, “The Battle to be a Profitable Restaurant: How to Deal with Employee Theft” by Aric Wong, CPA, Manager – Tax. “With 72,000+ restaurants in California, the state does everything possible to ensure taxes are properly reported, collected, and paid … Read More
The IRS Recommends Working with a Cybersecurity Professional: Why You Should Heed Their Advice
Consulting with a cybersecurity professional should be a top priority for tax businesses to protect their clients’ data. Tax preparers deal with a large amount of sensitive information including social security numbers, bank account numbers, EINs, etc. This makes them perfect targets for cybercriminals whose main objective is to file fraudulent tax returns. “As cybercriminals … Read More
The Battle to be a Profitable Restaurant: How to Deal with Employee Theft
Did you know that 75% of employees have stolen at least once from their employer? Learn more in the new article “The Battle to be a Profitable Restaurant: How to Deal with Employee Theft” by Robert A. Benson, Manager – Restaurant Operations that appears in the newest issue of KROST Quarterly. “Most restaurant operators are … Read More
BOE Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase Effective April 1, 2019
Effective April 1st, 2019, a district tax increase will be applied in several localities throughout California. The rate increase is due to the passing of numerous Measures in various counties on November 6, 2018 to fund several improvements such as street improvements, maintain essential services, neighborhood safety, disaster preparedness, among others. To all restaurant operators, … Read More
M&A Video Series – Part 2 of 4
As you may know, KROST offers M&A and Capital Markets Service. Through our resources, experience, relationships, and by running a proven process, we can identify more parties to engage. This increases bargaining power and improves the chances of a successful close. Paren Knadjian leads the practice and comes with over 15 years of experience in … Read More
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
