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...
Accounting Services for Your Unique Business
Any successful business strategy should include tailored integrated accounting services for your unique business. Whether your business is just starting out, restructuring or trying to get its financial house in better order, it is hugely beneficial to consider and implement Allen Barron’s professional accounting services. Our professional San Diego-based accountants...
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...
Update Your Living Will or Trust – Provide Authorization for Online Assets to Executors and Trustees
One reason to update your living will or trust in San Diego is to ensure your trustee or executor has authority and electronic access to digital accounts and assets. When a person passes away, the deceased's assets are distributed pursuant to a trust or will (or according to the California...
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...