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Month: January 2020

Opportunity Zones Allow Deferral of Gains

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act became law on December 22, 2017. The Act is best known for its revision of individual tax rates and brackets and for setting the federal income tax rate at a flat 21% for corporations. But the Act also allowed for the creation of Opportunity...

Raising Capital for Startup Companies

Every startup begins with an idea. The idea grows and changes. Eventually, clarity is achieved. At that point, unless the founders are independently wealthy, they must begin raising capital to turn their idea into a profitable business. This post outlines the stages...

The CCPA: California Consumer Privacy Act

The news often includes stories about data breaches, large and small. These breaches range from inadvertent releases of personal information by large companies, to information theft, to website hacks and more. The amount of personal information the Internet contains...

Section 409A Requirements and Valuation Rules

Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) applies when an employee earns compensation in one year, but the employer actually pays the compensation in a future year. Section 409A requirements apply when compensation is considered paid under a “nonqualified...