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November 15, 2018

Qualified Opportunity Funds... an Opportunity for Tax Savings

By Abe Livchitz, CPA, Senior Tax Manager & Tingting Zhang, CPA, Tax Senior

Tax deferral, gain exclusions, tax free appreciation. These seven words are very exciting as they offer potentially significant tax savings for our clients. All three of these benefits are possible by investing in a “Qualified Opportunity Fund” (QOF). The creation of these funds and their related tax benefits were authorized by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) passed by Congress in December 2017. The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance to clarify questions unanswered by the TCJA, so QOFs should gain in popularity in the coming months. However, additional guidance is expected in the future, as many questions remain unanswered. (more…)

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Categories: Fall 2018, Tax Reform, Updates & Alerts
Tags: Abe Livchitz, Gain exclusions, Qualified Opportunity Fund, Tax deferral, Tax free appreciation,
November 15, 2018

Environmental Impact of the Concrete Surrounding You

By Steve Carter, CPA, Principal
ASL Construction Group

When you see a cement mixer going down the street, or at a site getting ready to pour, do you think immediately of the effects upon our environment? I must confess, I have not. Until recently.

Cement is a major component of concrete. Cement is often referred to as the glue that holds concrete together. But cement is very harmful to our environment.  One ton of cement production releases one ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. With cement production currently at 2.8 billion tons per year, and expected to only increase, that is a lot of CO2 released into our already fragile atmosphere. (more…)

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Categories: Construction Corner, Fall 2018
Tags: Carbon dioxide, Cement, Concrete, Steve Carter, sustainability,
November 14, 2018

Major Change in California Independent Contractor Classification Rules

By Rachel Rabindran, Accounting Consultant

UPDATE—In September, 2019 the Governor signed Assembly Bill 5 that codified the ABC tests used in the Dynamex case to determine when a worker is an employee or independent contractor. In September, 2020 the Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc. to determine if the Dynamex decision can be applied retroactively. See our most recent blog post for more details about how these actions will impact your business: Reclassifying Workers as Employees Under AB 5.


In April, 2018 the California Supreme Court issued their long-awaited ruling in a class action lawsuit concerning delivery drivers. The court unanimously ruled in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County that a worker will be considered an employee of the hiring entity unless the hiring entity can establish all three of the following factors (also known as the “ABC test” to identify independent contractors): (more…)

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Categories: Fall 2018, Updates & Alerts
Tags: ABC Test, California Employment Development Department, Dynamex Operations West, Independent Contractor,

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