Are Your Workers Classified Properly? This article examines the ABC test, as used by California to determine employee versus independent contractor status and provides an overview of examples for each prong of the test to assist businesses evaluating their own risk. The ABC test originated with...

What Triggers An IRS Tax Audit? | Dallo Law Group What is an IRS Audit? An IRS audit is a review or examination of an organization's or individual's accounts and financial information to ensure the information reported is correct according to the tax laws and to verify the reported amount of tax is ...

One-Time Penalty Abatement Relief As our attorneys at Dallo Law Group have previously explained back in September 2022, we would like to share some additional information regarding the one-time penalty abatement relief. It is an exciting time as the signing of AB 194, Section 19132.5 has come to fu...

Power. Some of us have it and most of us fear it. But we fear power most when an entity can yield it over us. Most times when someone receives a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), their heart skips a beat, heart palpitations begin, and clammy hands take over. Why do we fear the IRS? Pow...

  We are honored and excited to announce that our own Managing Attorney, Sally Reddy, has been selected as one of the SDBJ's 2022 Business Women of the Year finalists. Sally leads our team of attorneys in representing businesses and individuals facing tax disputes, including state and federal t...

Penalty Relief for Certain Taxpayers Filing Returns for Taxable Years 2019 and 2020Once again, an opportunity not to be missed is the recent approval of penalty relief that has been announced by the IRS. For those of you affected, both business and personal, with certain failure-to-file penalties an...

First Time Penalty Abatement Whether it was an intentional action or simply an innocent oversight due to ignorance, the IRS will not hold back when it comes to penalty assessment. These extra fees will often be significant amounts and they actually provide the IRS with funds in the billions of dolla...

The struggles even a decade after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect, organizations are still struggling to keep up with their many responsibilities because of it. One of which: employers are required to distribute 1...

30-Day Filing DeadlineThe Supreme Court of the United States has recently reversed and remanded a decision from the Eighth Circuit, which could work in favor of a good many taxpayers. With this unanimous decision, the justices unanimously held that the 30-day deadline in Code Sec. 6330(d)(1) to pe...

New Changes to Bonus Depreciation Most business owners are quite familiar with the incredible tax savings that bonus depreciation allows; however, with the recent updates and changes to the tax code, many individuals remain confused with certain aspects of this section – and rightfully so! ...