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Billionaries fight estate tax repeal

Posted on November 14, 2007
Billionaire Warren Buffet, one of the world's richest men who, critics note, will personally avoid the payment of most or all death taxes on his estate by giving most of it away to charity, went to Congress today to encourage Democrats to retain the estate tax, against the wishes of the Bush Administration and small business groups:Billionaire investor Warren Buffett urged senators Wednesday to reject calls by the Bush administration and business groups to permanently repeal the estate tax...

Hillary Clinton, Democrat for President, on the Estate Tax

Posted on October 30, 2007
In the first in a series, California Business Law Blog examines the Republican and Democrat presidential candidates' stance on the estate tax, sometimes also know as the death tax or ibheritance tax. First up, Senator Hillary Clinton: Her current presidential platform proposal, which is to some extent inconsistent with her prior voting record, as can be seen below, is to freeze the federal estate tax at 2009 levels, that is, a $3...

Online Incorporation Services Review

Posted on September 25, 2007
Mark Stafford's review of online incorporation services:Thinking about incorporating? DON'T waste your time with those online companies that claim to incorporate you. Unless of course you just have a bunch of money laying around. I am sharing this with you because of the lesson I learned the hard way...

Business Licenses and Online Incorporation Services

Posted on September 05, 2007
I recently received an email notification announcing a new service offered by a popular online incorporation and document filing service. For $75, they will email you the appropriate business license forms for you to complete and file. While this information may be helpful to some new business owners in locating the appropriate regulatory agencies and their respective forms, my flat fee full service incorporation and LLC formation packages have included this service for years (except that we complete the forms for you and when possible, file them for you on your behalf, and answer any questions you may have about the filings before and after they are made)...

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Estate Planning Basics / Overview Top Ten

Posted on August 12, 2007
CNN & Money Magazine has a pretty good basic introduction to estate planning that may be valuable to review prior to speaking to an estate planning attorney and which explains why a will or trust is just one part of a comprehensive overall estate plan, and why estate planning is not just for the wealthy:1...

FAQ: How much to form a corporation? Review a contract? Draft a living trust?

Posted on August 09, 2007
As an attorney, I am frequently asked by potential clients some variation of the following question:How much to form a corporation, to review this contract, or to draft a living trust?Usually, the honest answer is, it depends (although this tends not to be what the questioner wanted to hear)...

California LLC Quotes in Today's Los Angeles Times:

Posted on July 25, 2007
LLCs provide key financial benefits:The owners receive tax and liability advantages. Such registrations have risen, but the format is not for everyone.Cyndia Zwahlen: Small Business ReportJuly 25, 2007To be an LLC or not to be an LLC? That is the question for a growing number of small businesses...

Online Incorporation Services Review Article

Posted on July 23, 2007
I recently published an article that reviews the pros and cons of online incorporation services and other non-attorney corporation and llc formation options: http://ezinearticles.com/?Online-Incorporation-and-LLC-Formation-Services-Advantages-and-Disadvantages,-Pros-and-Cons&id=628630 I don't expect this to be too popular with either the online incorporation services, or with the general public, because the article doesn't say what people want to hear, but I see the results of not using an attorney to protect one's self and do things properly the first time on an almost daily basis...

California Tax Burden Among Worst in Nation

Posted on May 29, 2007
According to an article published last year, California ranks among the worst of the states in terms of its tax burdens on businesses and individual residents. The article points to last year's election results in which California voters approved additional taxes, as adding to the state's already high tax burden:California may be back on its way to becoming Taxifornia ? and that's before voters give their verdicts on Propositions 86 (cigarette tax), 87 (oil tax), 88 (property tax) and 89 (corporation tax)...

California Employees Granted Three Years to Sue Employers for Compensation for Missed Breaks

Posted on May 22, 2007
The California Supreme Court today ruled that employees have up to three years to pursue claims that their employer failed to provide required breaks, not one as was previously assumed by many employers. The stakes are high, because California law provides that, upon filing a claim, employers must pay to an employee one hour of pay for each rest or meal break that was not provided to the employee in accordance with California employment law...

Los Angeles Business License Tax Errors

Posted on March 29, 2007
Some new or small businesses in the City of Los Angeles who filed their business tax renewal on time, and qualified for exemptions from tax, are receiving Notices from the Office of Finance indicating they owe tax, interest, and penalties. If you believe you have received such a notice in error, contact your business lawyer, accountant, or the City of Los Angeles Office of Finance directly for resolution: http://www...

Jonas Grant, Jonas M Grant law lawyer attorney

Posted on March 16, 2007
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Jonas M Grant, Attorney at Law Bio

Posted on March 16, 2007
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FAQ: California Fictitous Business Name

Posted on March 06, 2007
A fictitious business name, also referred to as FBN, doing business as, DBA, dba, D/B/A, or trade name is a name other than your own legal name, or the official name of your corporation, LLC, or other business entity. To use such a fictitious business name in California, you must file with your local government, usually at the county level and then publish a notice of this fact in a local newspaper of general cirulcation to put the public on notice of your assumed name...

FAQ: Advantages & Disadvantages of Online Business Incorporation Services

Posted on February 23, 2007
On a legal message board on which I respond to user's questions with user name Calif Business Lawyer from time to time, a question concerning online business incorporation was posted, to which I responded, and which I'm reprinting here, because I get frequent questions about the advantages and disadvantages of online incorporation services:I am using an online service to create the S-corporation, and one question asked by the website is to check off a box if it is a "personal service corporation"...

Beverly Hills Lawyer

Posted on February 21, 2007
I recently received an emailed new client inquiry. She indicated that she was seeking a book contract to write on some new information regarding a celebrity trial, which would thus in her opinion (which I did not disagree with) be quite marketable. Specifically, she wanted to know if I had connections to get the book sold...

FAQ: When can I obtain an EIN number for the corporation or LLC I'm forming?

Posted on February 06, 2007
Another frequently asked question: When can I obtain an EIN number for the corporation or limited liability company I'm forming? The definition of "EIN" is Employer Identification Number. An EIN, sometimes also called a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), Taxpayer ID number, or Federal Identification Number (FIN) is in essence the business entity equivalent of a social security number...

Incorporation Service Pursued by State Bar

Posted on January 28, 2007
The State Bar of Michigan has successfully obtained a permanent injunction from the Kent County Circuit Court against the "We the People USA, Inc.," and its franchises in the state from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.The consent judgment was a result of action taken in response to a complaint received by the State Bar of Michigan that "We the People of West Michigan LLC," drafted a special needs trust for an individual and that the trust did not meet statutory requirements...

FAQ: California Corporate Seal

Posted on January 24, 2007
In this post, I will address the first of many frequently asked questions (FAQs) I receive from client and potential clients regarding California business law: Do I need a corporate seal for my California corporation or LLC? Where do I get one?Historically, a company's official seal was applied to documents to indicate that the contract was a corporate act...

2007: Time to Incorporate Your Sole Proprietorship?

Posted on January 19, 2007
IRS to Target Schedule C Filers: In a recent telephone conference, IRS commissioner Mark Everson said that they will be conducting more audits on individuals running unincorporated businesses (i.e. self-employed individuals). While Schedule C filers have long been audit targets for the IRS, they are now stepping up their audit efforts because they believe that self-employed individuals represent a large portion of those individual taxpayers underreporting their income...

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