What will happen to your business if you aren’t there to run it? What happens if you are seriously injured in an accident, incapacitated, suffer a serious illness or lose your life? It is so much more exciting to think about new growth opportunities for your business, or ways you...
Those in a Blended Family Should Consider a Trust
It may not have occurred to you that those in a blended family should consider a trust? How can Allen Barron help to protect your interests as you start a new family or consider estate planning as part of a blended family? Blended families have become much more common here...
How Long Do You Need to Keep Tax Files
We are often asked “How long do you need to keep tax files as a business?” With most businesses, files pile up fast and storage may run low. As an experienced San Diego business and tax attorney we’ve developed a guide to legal files that you should hold onto, as...
Why the Attorney Client Privilege Matters in IRS Issues Involving Foreign Assets
It is important to understand why the attorney client privilege matters in IRS issues involving foreign assets. The attorney-client privilege is a solid legal protection that allows a client to discuss the details of foreign accounts and assets with our experienced tax attorney Janathan Allen without concern of disclosure to...
Should You Amend Your IRS Tax Filing or Just Let it Go?
If you have found a mistake in a recent return should you amend your IRS tax filing or just let it go? Today is the dreaded extended deadline day for filing your taxes, and there may be some people out there who are realizing that they made a tiny, honest...
What Do You Need to Know When Corresponding with the IRS
What do you need to know when corresponding with the IRS? When it comes to dealing with the IRS, a lot of people are filled with fear. That's understandable simply because the reputation that the IRS has made for itself certainly doesn't lend to the agency being a particularly nice...
What is an IRS Correspondence Audit
What is an IRS correspondence audit and what do you need to know about any IRS audit? Not all Internal Revenue Service audits are the same. Rather, many US taxpayers are surprised to learn IRS audits can take different forms. Today, we will be discussing one form in particular, the...
Many Penalties Accrue When You Fail to File Taxes
Did you know that many penalties accrue when you fail to file taxes? Imagine that you are filing your taxes, and during the course of filing these taxes you discover that you will actually owe the Internal Revenue Service some money. No refund for you -- instead, you have yourself...
What if the Trustee and Beneficiaries Could Ignore your Instructions and Re-Draft Your Trust After Passing?
What if it the trustee and beneficiaries could ignore your instructions and re-draft your trust after passing? Is it possible for your heirs and the trustee of your and your spouse's trust to ignore your wishes, and simply get together and re-write the terms of the trust and divide things...