Cryptocurrency, US National Debt & IRS Scam Calls 01.29.19

Join us this week as we discuss how the IRS is treating Cryptocurrency, Why the US actually has over $200 Trillion in national debt and how to know if a phone call from the IRS is real or a scam. For questions regarding these or other tax issues you may have please contact me at 510-797-8661
Doing Business in China – Common War Stories
Doing Business in China – Common War Stories As time passes, I hear from reliable sources the same type of stories, over and over, about doing business in China. So, I thought I’d pass along some recent reviews: Assume a taxpayer sets up a Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprise (W.O.F.E.) and manufactures products (directly or via a…
Even the Ultra Wealthy Need Smart Financial Planning
Even the Ultra Wealthy Need Smart Financial Planning By Alan Olsen, CPA, MBA (tax) Managing Partner Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co. LLP How many times have you heard about an ultra-wealthy individual who has somehow managed to blow all of his or her fortune and end up with practically nothing? There are countless stories of…
Top 12 Tax Planning Tips for 2010
Top 12 Tax Planning Tips for 2010 By Alan L. Olsen, CPA, MBA (Tax) Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co., LLP Posted: 12/22/2010 Washington’s ‘gift’ to tax payers was signed into law by President Obama on December 17th. While the argument is still raging behind closed doors, we the tax payers now have some additional clarity…
IRS Redirects Its Approach To Ensure Withholding Compliance
IRS Redirects Its Approach To Ensure Withholding Compliance The IRS has released temporary and proposed regulations (REG-162813-04 & TD 9196) under IRC section 3402 modifying employer requirements to furnish copies of Forms W-4, Employee’s what is withholding compliance program Allowance Certificate, to the IRS. The temporary regulations provide that employers are no longer required to…