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 the full article…
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 the full article…
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 the full article…
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 the full article…
On Wednesday, November 7, 2018, KROST was recognized as one of Los Angeles Business Journals’ Fastest Growing Private Companies in Los Angeles County, with 63% growth in revenue between 2015 and 2017. KROST received this recognition during Los Angeles Business Journal’s 22th annual ceremony to honor a select group of private companies that have Read the full article…
With the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, many actors, writers, directors, and other professionals in the entertainment industry will likely see their taxes increase beginning in 2018. The entertainment professionals who earn wages are being hit the hardest because employee business deductions will no longer be allowed in 2018 going Read the full article…
A regular part of business operations in the chain segment of the restaurant industry is the periodic review and evaluation of individual units, units within a given geographic market, and, the overall performance of particular concepts. When a unit, market, or concept fails to meet company expectations for return on investment or performance criteria, the Read the full article…
Before we know it, the holiday season is just around the corner. A lot of businesses are ordering stock, scheduling staff, and doing everything necessary around this time of the year to get ready before the shopping spree starts. Among all the available gift items, gift cards are gaining popularity since they are so easy Read the full article…
The 2007 Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 signed by President Bush on May 25, 2007, waives the limitation on the use of the FICA Tip Credit against Alternative Minimum Tax. Many restaurant operators are aware of the federal FICA Tip Credit, a credit given to taxpayers (with tipped employees) equal to the Read the full article…
Publication: KROST Monthly News Release Running a business can be extremely difficult with income taxes often eating up a good portion of your profits. There are, however, numerous tax benefits available to businesses that most owners are unaware of. As a restaurant owner, you are probably aware that you have to pay social security and Medicare Read the full article…
