Television’s Multi-Million Dollar Secret: Retransmission royalties! (David R. program chair and moderator) Time: 12 Noon Location: BHBA Conference Center, 9420 Wilshire Blvd 2nd Floor P.O. Box 7277 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Contact: (310) 601-BHBA Fax (310) 601-2423 Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Registration: For more information and to RSVP plea [...]

California residents most likely have noticed that California sales tax has been charged by online retailers such as Amazon.com recently. After much debate and negotiation with the State of California on whether the state’s sales tax collection rules applied to Amazon’s business model, Amazon agreed to collect sales tax from California customers beginning in September [...]

I thought I’d share some key takeaways from a recent presentation I attended on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Most organizations have not… Determined the expected financial impact of health care reform Modeled scenarios to determine the cost-benefit of offering or not offering benefits to employees Thought about the “look back” period and how to [...]

The United States Treasury recently released the so-called “Green Book,” which is the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals. The Green Book is the President’s wish-list of tax changes, and as usual, this year’s wish-list is a cornucopia of tax proposals – past and present. The proposals include tax changes for businesses and ind [...]

The United States Treasury recently released the so-called "Green Book," which is the Administration's Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals. The Green Book is the President's wish-list of tax changes, and as usual, this year's wish-list is a cornucopia of tax proposals - past and present. The proposals include tax changes for businesses and individuals. This tax alert [...]

California’s passage of Proposition 39 combined with California’s “doing business “ requirement for income/franchise tax purposes creates a potential tax compliance and reporting issue for businesses based outside of California that are deriving income from California sources. This tax publication includes information on the following: “Doing Business” in California [...]

On April 29th, Ilan Haimoff and Peter Klass will be teaching the course “Path to Protecting Money Due to Entertainment Clients.” This course will provide attendees with best practices in monitoring participation (royalty) statements, as well as an overview of production and distribution processes in both motion picture and television. In addition, this cour [...]

The purpose of this quarterly California Tax Legislative update is to provide our clients and prospective clients with timely and meaningful tax legislative updates that will affect both their personal and businesses taxes. While the First Quarter of 2013 was considerably slower from a legislative perspective then the Fourth Quarter of 2012, [...]

By: Richard Ruvelson Many tax-exempt organizations are not aware of the fact that they may be entitled to claim credits for excise taxes paid for certain on-road and off-road vehicle use. For federal purposes, gasoline and aviation gasoline purchases may qualify for the credit. Ultimate purchasers of gasoline for uses including the following qualify: Off-highway bu [...]

The purpose of this quarterly California Tax Legislative update is to provide our clients and prospective clients with timely and meaningful tax legislative updates that will affect both their personal and businesses taxes. While the First Quarter of 2013 was considerably slower from a legislative perspective than the Fourth Quarter of 2012, California continued on i [...]