By Ijeoma S. Nwatu If your business is part of the small minority of businesses who successfully maneuver those challenging early years, then you might be thinking, “what’s next?” If you are fortunate enough–or strategic enough–to generate multiple streams of business income, the need for additional staff or plans to construct a brick and mortar, … Continue reading Financing Your Expanding Business with the SBA →

by Jon Coupal So much of what comes out of the Capitol hurts average Californians. Efforts to impose new taxes, onerous regulations or laws that dictate lifestyle choices like how much soda one drinks, have citizens ducking for cover. But every now and then, bills are introduced that cut against the stereotype by providing genuine … Continue reading Will Average Californians Get Help from Sacramento? →

By Suzanne Burchett Within recent weeks new Proposed Tax Regulations may remove the ability to use numerous discount strategies that are able to eliminate or substantially reduce estate and gift taxes on large estates. If you have or expect your “taxable” estate to be larger than the current exclusion amounts ($11 million for a married … Continue reading ATTENTION INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITH LARGE ESTATES URGENT TAX ALERT →

California State University of Northridge(CSUN) has a secret garden. In 1959 a Botanical Garden was planted with California native plants. Who knew? As a graduate of CSUN, I was never aware of this garden until a recent search on the history of CSUN. As CSUN has evolved so has this garden. It sits on 1.5-acres … Continue reading Did you know? →