Publication: KROST Monthly News Release Approximately 95% of all businesses now experience some type of employee theft totaling an estimated $52 billion dollars a year. Cash-based businesses such as restaurants and bars are even more vulnerable to theft by employees. While it would be nearly impossible to eliminate employee theft and dishonesty completely, we can gain Read the full article…
Publication: California Restaurant Association Email AB 48, by Assembly Member Sally Lieber, was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger late last week. This bill would have raised California’s minimum wage by $1 and would have tied future increases to a cost of living adjustment. CRA lobbyists fought hard against AB 48 this year, just as they did Read the full article…
Publication: Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, Attorneys California employers may now deduct partial-day absences from an exempt employee’s accrued vacation without fear of rendering the employee non-exempt. Although partial-day deductions have been permitted under federal law for a number of years, California law had been in limbo since a 2002 opinion letter from the Division of Read the full article…
1. Purpose This revenue procedure provides taxpayers engaged in the trade or business of operating a restaurant or tavern (as defined in section 4.01 of this revenue procedure) with a safe harbor method of accounting for the cost of ‘smallwares’ (as defined in section 4.02 of this revenue procedure) (‘smallwares method’). This revenue procedure also provides Read the full article…
The restaurant industry is notoriously competitive. Over fifty percent of all restaurants close within five years of opening. In addition, profits for full services operations only average four to five percent. By paying attention to the details, an operator can increase profits significantly. A key tool used by many operators to maximize profits is a Read the full article…
