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Serving Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa estate planning, tax and bankruptcy.
Estate planning, tax and bankruptcy advice for Costa Mesa, from the neighboring city. The office is about ten minutes from most of Costa Mesa.
Costa Mesa has a lot of small businesses: restaurants, trades, retail, studios and one-person consultancies. Their tax problems are usually sales and use tax on what they sell, payroll tax on the people they employ, and personal liability when withheld tax is not paid over.
Payroll tax withheld from employees is held in trust for the government. If it is not paid, the IRS and the Employment Development Department can collect it from the individuals responsible, even after the company has closed.
In practice
Matters that often come up in Costa Mesa
- 01
A CDTFA sales tax audit, where the department has reconstructed the business's sales and arrived at a number the owner does not recognize.
- 02
Payroll tax that fell behind during a slow quarter and has since grown penalties and interest.
- 03
A worker classification question: whether the people doing the work are contractors or employees, and what Section 530 relief might be available.
The firm does not have an office in Costa Mesa. Its one office is in Newport Beach, and it serves clients across the state.
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