by Leif Jensen | May 5, 2015 | General |
For those who live in a bubble with no contact with the outside world; the number of new banks is on the wane. From 1990 to 2008, new banks were formed at the rate of about 100 per year. Since the “Great Recession” bank formation has all but stopped, partly because of...
by Leif Jensen | May 4, 2015 | General |
With the current budget cuts in place, the IRS has curbed some of its criminal investigations. Most of the agency’s investigative priorities have been affected, including identity theft, international operations and money laundering schemes plus suspicious refunds and...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 27, 2015 | General |
Having an S-Corporation rent realty to a related company may not net a tax break. The owner cannot always use the rental income to offset other passive losses, according to the Williams case in which two people set up an S corporation to rent real estate to their...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 22, 2015 | General |
I have a client who was having some financial challenges. The couple had over extended themselves and created a harmful tax liability, all while being taxed at a high marginal tax rate. So at one point the couple’s family tried to help. But with one hand they giveth...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 21, 2015 | General |
I have a client that was flabbergasted by the response from a candidate for a newly crated CEO position. As a small company looking for future growth they pulled together a package that was modest in the beginning but became much more generous as the position...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 20, 2015 | General |
This tax season was a bit of an eye opener. There were a few clients that had received an additional PIN number from the IRS because their privacy had been compromised. We were also made aware of a client whose employer’s information was compromised and they would be...
