A cross border business can create significant opportunities for growth, expansion, investment, manufacturing, sourcing, and access to new markets. It can also create tax, accounting, legal, banking, reporting, payroll, customs, and regulatory obligations that do not exist in a purely domestic business.Many business owners assume that international operations simply add...
Preparing a Small Business for Sale or Acquisition
Many business owners spend years building value, strengthening operations, and growing revenue. However, one of the most important phases of the process often begins long before a buyer appears. Preparing a small business for sale requires careful planning, organization, and evaluation to ensure the company is positioned to achieve the...
How Have California FTB Tax Audits Changed in the Past Year?
The nature and practice of California tax enforcement has undergone a relatively unobserved but profound transformation over the last twelve months. While many taxpayers still envision an audit as a face-to-face meeting with a state official, the reality is that the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has largely moved toward a...
Strategies to Reduce Capital Gains When Selling a California Business
The decision to sell a business can be driven by timing, market conditions, or long-term planning. What many owners underestimate is how much of the outcome is determined not by the sale price, but by what remains after taxes. The effort to reduce capital gains when selling a California business...
What Will Happen to Your Company if You Aren’t There to Run It?
What will happen to your company 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? Most business owners spend their time focused on the operation of their business, and the next steps in...
Legal Services in a Rapidly Changing World
Are you searching for a reliable partner to provide legal services in a rapidly changing world? Allen Barron, through Janathan L. Allen, APC, provides a complete palette of legal services for an evolving business climate here in San Diego and around the world. In addition to our tax, accounting, and...
What Can an Experienced San Diego Tax Attorney Do For You?
What can an experienced San Diego tax attorney do for you? San Diego is uniquely positioned to support a local, regional, national, or multinational business or corporation. Janathan Allen is an experienced San Diego tax attorney for domestic and international companies. With decades of experience, Ms. Allen advises individuals, U.S....
Integrated Business Services Provide a Broader Perspective
How do integrated business services provide a broader perspective? Why is it important to look for a single-source provider of legal, tax, accounting, and business advisory services? Perhaps one of the most basic corporate models can provide insight into the importance of integrated professional services. Why do corporations have a...
What is an Integrated Business Services Partner?
What is an integrated business services partner, and why is the integration of these important areas of expertise essential to your company's success? Recently, an international "big four" accounting, tax, and business advisory services company won a major victory in Arizona: the right to integrate legal services with existing accounting,...