Key TakeawaysYes, the WOTC applies if you hire someone before December 31, 2025.  You must submit IRS Form 8850 to your State Workforce Agency (SWA) within 28 days of the new employee’s start date. The credit can be worth up to $2,400 per eligible...

Summer usually means slowing down — pool days, vacations, maybe catching the sunset from your deck after work. But as a business owner? It means managing staff vacations, trying to stay visible while your customers are mentally on vacation, planning ahead for Q3, and...

Last week I wrote about working less and testing the 80/20 hypothesis for your San Luis Obispo County business work cycle. I'd love to know if you had a chance to consider putting this into practice, send us an email using the email icon at the top right-hand corner...

Raise your hand if you feel like you’re living through a sales tax nightmare as we’re in the post-Black Friday and pre-Christmas window of chaos. (While I can’t see your raised hand, I can certainly feel it.) Which only makes sense: You have to pay attention to a...

The heat is turning up everywhere right now, literally and metaphorically.Let’s discuss that in terms of your San Luis Obispo business if you filed an Employee Retention Credit (ERC). See, the IRS is leveling up their ERC claim investigations right now. If you...

As I sit to write this, it’s the eve of Tax Deadline Day (I’ll be sure to put milk and cookies out for Uncle Sam before leaving the office). Hope you feel the relief of putting your 2024 taxes behind you. Now, you can devote your attention to this other important...

Well, it doesn't look as if the minimum wage increase is happening.But all kinds of other interesting nuggets are inside the Senate version of the third stimulus package, the "American Rescue Plan" (i.e. the Biden stimulus).Now, portions of unemployment are NOT...

Wow, does it ever feel good to have turned the page on 2020. This first "working week" is when I finally began to feel the newness of it all.Yes, it's "just a date" on a Gregorian calendar, but ...2021 holds great promise for our Chorro business clients. With the...

Tax “season” is over – at least for most of us. For all of the tax-exempt organizations out there operating on a calendar year basis, just a little nudge regarding the May 16th filing deadline. We’re here to help.Now, however, despite the relief that comes with the...

As you’re knee-deep in business holiday chaos right now, look no further than Santa for inspiration.Because if Mr. Claus can upgrade his delivery systems to handle millions of gifts in one night (at least that’s what Red One suggests), you can upgrade your Chorro...