President Obama signed into law H.R. 3236, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, on July 31. Included in this act are several changes to due dates for the filing of several types of tax…
On June 29, the Trade Preference Extension Act of 2015 (TPE) was signed into law. The TPE mainly focuses on foreign competition and retraining domestic workers. But if you read the fine print, you’ll see that it also includes important…
High growth companies often find that offering employee stock compensation can be an effective motivator to attract and retain top talent. Before offering employees an ownership stake in a business as a differentiator in talent management, it is important to…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently proposed a new partnership regulation. The proposal suggests certain partnerships could be treated as disguised payments for services instead of as interest in the partnership. The effect would be seen in the income received…
Boca Raton, Florida was recently ranked in the top 20 best cities in the United States to start a small business in a study released by NerdWallet and Entrepreneur. As Daszkal Bolton was founded in Boca Raton as a full-service…
In the business of startups and entrepreneurship, every dollar counts. And when every dollar counts, every hour does as well. Meaning entrepreneurship is less about putting in man hours and more about efficiency. Efficiency in strategy, business development and most…
In recent months, several states and localities have passed laws to mandate paid sick leave. Here’s an update: California and Massachusetts each have passed required sick leave laws that kick in on July 1, 2015. They follow Connecticut, which became…
On June 19, the IRS published proposed regulations implementing a new federal law that authorizes states to offer specially designed tax-favored ABLE accounts to people with disabilities who became disabled before age 26. Until the issuance of final regulations, taxpayers…
In May 2015, we shared that the IRS had issued approximately 1.5 million Identity Protection Personal Identification Numbers (IP PINs) to assist victims of tax identity theft. While the IP PIN is assigned annually to victims of identity theft with…
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a proposal that could extend overtime protections to nearly five million white collar workers within the first year of the new rule’s implementation. The argument for the proposed changes stems from the gradual…
