by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 7, 2019 | Business Law
How Much Compensation Should S Corporation Shareholders Receive? When you run your own business, self-employment taxes are a fact of life. However, if you are interested in reducing your annual tax burden, it may be worth exploring the possibility of filing as an S...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 7, 2019 | Business Law
Four Benefits Of Working With An LLC Attorney To Start Your San Diego Small Business If you are keen to save money on LLC lawyer fees when starting your San Diego business, you might be tempted to handle the process alone. However, forming your business without the...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jun 17, 2019 | Nonprofit Law
AB 1181: The Ever-Changing World of Nonprofit Reporting Standards Staying on top of your nonprofit’s reporting, documentation, and administrative paperwork can feel a little challenging at the best of times. When the state of California introduces changes and...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jun 11, 2019 | Nonprofit Law
When people band together to start a nonprofit organization, they usually do it because they are driven to fix a problem that is meaningful to them. They generally don’t do it because they want to get involved in the world of corporate governance and...
by Nikki Semanchik | May 30, 2019 | Nonprofit Law
Staying Compliant With California’s New Nonprofit Sexual Harassment Training Rules The #MeToo movement brought monumental change to Hollywood, politics, and a host of other industries. When the state of California passed SB-1343 last year, the nonprofit sector...
by Nikki Semanchik | May 8, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
Success in the world of business is rarely easy to accomplish. Many small businesses simply break even each year while others end up closing their doors altogether. Luckily though, there are some steps that you can take to maximize your chances of finding sustained...
by Nikki Semanchik | May 2, 2019 | Nonprofit Law
The Tax Filing Deadline Is Looming For California-Based Nonprofits While April 15th has long been tax filing deadline day for most Americans, California-based nonprofit organizations must instead have their state and federal taxes filed by May 15th. With that date...
by Nikki Semanchik | Mar 5, 2019 | Estate Planning
Overview of the Costs and Complexities of the Probate Process The Probate process represents one of the most complicated sets of laws in the state of California or anywhere else in the United States. Although each state has its own probate code, or set of probate and...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 11, 2019 | Business Law
An 83(b) election (here’s the code) can effectively accelerate your income tax and save you money by allowing equity you receive to be taxed before it is vested in a company, rather than after (we’ll talk more about what this means in practical terms in a...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 3, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel, Nonprofit Law
As the year wound down and we brought 2018 to a close, your nonprofit may receive requests for W-9 forms from companies you’ve done business with over the course of the year. You may think of a W-9 as a form that only applies to independent contractors (and, for the...
