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Debt Collection Scam Phone Number 760-284-1423

Posted on September 16, 2010
Please note that if you have received a call from an alleged paralegal or other person claiming to work at, with, or from the Law Office of Jonas M. Grant, and demanding the payment of an alleged debt, and threatening "prosecution" or anything else if payment isn't made, note that these calls are not originating from this office, which does not practice consumer debt collection law and does not employ paralegals or others to make calls on behalf of debt collection agencies or creditors...

Estate tax remains unresolved

Posted on July 11, 2010
It has come to this: Congress, quite by accident, is incentivizing death.When the Senate allowed the estate tax to lapse at the end of last year, it encouraged wealthy people near death's door to stay alive until Jan. 1 so they could spare their heirs a 45% tax hit...

Do It Yourself Estate Planning Pitfalls

Posted on June 30, 2010
The pros and cons of DIY estate planning are discussed in yesterday's article in US New and World Report:"Unless you are single and have absolutely no money," says Brooklyn-based estate planning and tax lawyer Hani Sarji, you need an estate planner, because people tend to make mistakes when they fill out their own forms online...

Tax Audit Risk Among Reasons to Incorporate Side Business

Posted on June 21, 2010
CPA Michael Hanley, who specializes in working with small business, advises:"The #1 most overlooked tip by people running side businesses is that they fail to setup a business entity because they still view their business as a little side business that they will incorporate when things take off...

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Los Angeles Business Tax Break Proposed

Posted on June 15, 2010
Los Angeles' mayor today proposed an expansion of the City of Los Angeles' new business tax exemption, from two to three years, assuming gross revenues of less than $500,000: Tax Break for New Businesses Proposed, Los Angeles Business Journal, June 15, 2010

CEOs rank California 51st for Business Environment

Posted on May 08, 2010
More than 600 CEOs rated states on a wide range of criteria from taxation and regulation to workforce quality and living environment, in our sixth annual special report. In Chief Executive?s annual survey of best and worst states for business, conducted in late January of this year, 651 CEOs across the U...

California Secretary of State Processing Times

Posted on April 27, 2010
California Secretary of State business entity filing times have soared since the first of the year, as a result of the state budget crisis and resulting budget and staff cuts at the Secretary of State's office (which included the closing of some regional offices)...

California Annual Minimum Franchise Tax Repeal Proposed

Posted on November 14, 2009
A bipartisan commission appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger has recently proposed sweeping overhauls of California's tax laws, including reduction of personal income tax rates, the elimination of the corporate tax, and the elimination of the $800 per yaer minimum annual franchise tax levied on corporations, LLCs, and LLPs doing business in the state...

California Attorney General Targets Annual Minutes "Scam"

Posted on October 28, 2009
California's attorney general has filed suit against a nyumber of individuals and companies to combat what he calls a scam targeting small businesses:News ReleaseOctober 08, 2009For Immediate ReleaseContact: (916) 324-5500 Brown Sues 8 Individuals and 6 Businesses Operating Scams Targeting California Small Businesses San Diego - Continuing his fight against "rip-off artists" operating in California, Attorney General Edmund G...

Employment Law in a Social Networking, New Media World

Posted on October 25, 2009
I am quoted in a FOXBusiness small business article on how employers can protect their intellectual property rights in a Facebook/Twitter social networking world:In an age of way-too-much information and widespread social-networking addiction, businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to protect trade secrets and practices...

Intellectual Property Protection in a Social Networking World

Posted on October 25, 2009
I am quoted in a FOXBusiness small business article on protecting intellectual property rights in a Facebook/Twitter social networking world:Friend it, follow it or link to it. Brainstorming, would-be entrepreneurs around the world are continuously connecting through social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn...

Home Loan Modification Advance Fees Now Illegal in California

Posted on October 15, 2009
As of October 11, 2009, advance fees for home loan modification services are illegal in California, even if charged by licensed attorneys. For more information, see California Department of Real Estate Announcement [PDF]

Tax Increases Expected by 2011

Posted on October 11, 2009
Higher Taxes Are Coming. Are You Prepared? Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2009:As the recession and bailout have pushed this year's federal budget deficit to an unheard-of $1.6 trillion, an unpleasant reality has dawned: Taxes are going up. The only questions are when, how much, and for whom?The answers depend on the shifting sands of wealth politics and the scope of health-care revision...

Online Passwords and Estate Planning

Posted on July 23, 2009
Estate planning for online passwords:If you're smart about your online life, you've created strong and varied passwords for all your accounts. You change those passwords often. And you never write them down or share them with anyone.That's all well and good while you're alive...

California FTB LLC Fee Refunds and Case Updates

Posted on July 10, 2009
Claims are due this summer for certain claims for refunds of LLC fees (above the $800 per year minimum franchise tax) paid to the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) for tax years prior to January 1, 2007, for LLCs that had operations in multiple states...

Michael Jackson's Estate and Estate Planning (press item)

Posted on July 06, 2009
Recently quoted in the press on Michael Jackson's estate, will/trust, and creditor and child custody issues:Though Michael Jackson?s body isn't in the ground yet, speculation is running rampant as to what will happen to his financial assets. Many suspect that legions of those only tangentially connected to the pop star are already sharpening their knives for their shares of the possible profits...

Los Angeles Business Tax Amnesty Program Announced

Posted on June 07, 2009
The City of Los Angeles agency responsible for the administration and collection of business taxes, the Office of Finance, has announced a tax amnesty program. Non-compliant businesses will still have to pay the base tax and interest due, but an automatic waiver of the usual penalty will apply (without the amnesty program, penalty waivers can be requested, but they are discretionary with the Office of Finance):Tax Penalty Amnesty Program Chapter II, Article 1...

Indiana Secretary of State Corporate Minutes Mailings

Posted on May 28, 2009
From Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita. California may want to follow suit (although California's laws may be drafted differently than Indiana's, and it is not clear if these defendants are also behind some of the California mailings.COMPLAINT FILED IN BUSINESS MAIL SCAMMay 21, 2009- An out-of-state operation sending deceptive solicitations to Indiana businesses for the last several months would face fines of over $1...

SBA Announces No-Interest Loans for Struggling Businesses

Posted on May 20, 2009
PRESS OFFICE/LOS ANGELES Release Date: May 18, 2009 Contact: David J. Hall (202) 205-6697 Release Number: 09-30 Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news SBA Launches New 100-Percent Guarantee ARC Loan Program to Help Struggling Businesses WASHINGTON ? Small businesses suffering financial hardship as a result of the slow economy may be eligible to receive temporary relief to keep their doors open and get their cash flow back on track through to a new loan program announced today by SBA Administrator Karen G...

Study Names "Most Free" States; California Ranks Poorly

Posted on May 18, 2009
A recent George Mason University study ranked the 50 U.S. states on a freedom scale, attempting to turn the various economic, social, and personal freedoms available in each state into a number, allowing comparison and ranking. According to the researchers, the "freest" states are New Hampshire, Colorado, and South Dakota: "All three states feature low taxes and government spending and middling levels of regulation and paternalism...

Blog Post Cited in Orange County Register Article on Annual Minutes Mailings

Posted on April 10, 2009
This blog's most popular entry, posted in January 2007 but updated continually since, concerning misleading corporate and LLC annual minutes mailings was recently cited in a small business advice column in the Orange County Register: Old scam reappears in O...

Free Legal Forms Online

Posted on April 09, 2009
Adams Drafting, a blawg of interest primarily to business attorneys, has an interesting post and following discussion regarding the use, misuse, and dangers of free legal forms found on the Internet or elsewhere: With Free Online Forms, You Get What You Pay For...

California Sales Tax Rate Increase

Posted on April 09, 2009
Effective April 1, 2009, but unfortunately not an April Fool's Day joke is a 1% rate increase to California's sales tax, for a new total of 8.25%. In addition, certain cities and localities may add an additional surcharge of up to 2.0%, for a grand total not to exceed 10...

New Twitter account - Follow us

Posted on March 20, 2009
The Law Office of Jonas M. Grant, P.C. is now on Twitter - which means you can "follow" us by signing up as one of our followers here, and receive occasional updates, including notification of new blog posts here - around four per month and you can of course stop "following" at any time...

Nigerian Email Scam Targets Lawyers & Their Client Trust Accounts

Posted on March 05, 2009

Obama Moves to Raise Estate Tax

Posted on February 26, 2009
President Barack Obama has announced his intention to increase the estate tax:President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010, suggesting the levy might outlive the "Death Tax Repeal" movement that has tried mightily to kill it...

Hilton Hotels Leaves Beverly Hills, California To Lower Its Cost of Doing Business

Posted on February 04, 2009
Hilton Hotels Corp., which last month announced it was leaving Beverly Hills, said Wednesday it had chosen Fairfax County, [Virginia], as its new corporate home.Hilton, which wants to lower its cost of doing business .... [intends to] create more than 300 full-time jobs in Fairfax County within the next 36 months...

Clients: Please complete our Client Satisfaction Survey

Posted on February 04, 2009
Current and former clients - please provide feedback to us via our client satisfaction survey at any time, no invitation needed. "If you're pleased with our services, please tell a friend or business associate; if you're not, please tell us!"

Study Finds Settling Lawsuits Often More Cost Effective Than Litigating Them Through Trial

Posted on January 30, 2009
A 2008 study by the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, as reported last year in a New York Times article, Study Finds Settling Is Better Than Going to Trial, found that -.... most of the plaintiffs who decided to pass up a settlement offer and went to trial ended up getting less money than if they had taken that offer...

How to Avoid an IRS Tax Audit: Incorporate Your Small Business

Posted on January 15, 2009
One tip for Dodging a Tax Audit, per the Wall Street Journal's reporting: Incorporate. The WSJ reports that the IRS continues to target Schedule C filers for tax audits and additionally notes that the IRS will sometimes act on an anoymous tip regarding a taxpayer's non-compliance with U...

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