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By: Tamara Pow In addition to income tax considerations on forming a limited liability company (“LLC”) in California and making contributions to the LLC, potential LLC members should keep in mind that income they receive from their LLC may be subject to self-employment...
By: Serge Filatov The real estate market in the Bay Area and San Jose is booming. With interest rates still low, many real estate investors are taking advantage of cheap debt and either taking out new loans for projects or refinancing existing debt. One...
By: Tamara Pow Although I do not practice estate planning law, as a limited liability company lawyer (“LLC lawyer”) in San Jose, I have worked with estate planning attorneys to form many LLCs for families that want to include them in their estate...
As a business attorney with a Silicon Valley practice, I create a lot of contracts for many different kinds of companies. It never gets boring! One of the issues we sometimes worry about is whether there are any other parties that might have rights...
By: Tamara Pow As a real estate attorney in Silicon Valley, I represent a lot of real estate investors that hold their properties in LLCs. One of the biggest and most expensive mistakes LLC members can make when transferring property to or from...
By: Robert Hawn As a business attorney practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area working with start-up companies , I often represent companies which are pursuing market opportunities in the European Community. Many of these companies, especially “software as a service” companies, offer...
By: Serge Filatov I’ve written previously about sole proprietorships and general partnerships as forms of businesses for the small business owner here in San Jose and Silicon Valley. However, as mentioned before, those forms of businesses are not ideal because they expose the business...
By: Jack Easterbrook Many of our clients, at one time or another, get involved in private loan activities in California as a lender. It may be to help finance a business, purchase or improve real estate around San Jose, Silicon Valley or elsewhere...
By: Tamara Pow IRS Announces 2016 Standard Mileage Reimbursement Rates The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2016 optional standard mileage rates ( IR-2015-137, Dec. 17, 2015 ): As of January 1, 2016, the rates for the use of a car, van, pickup or...
By: Jack Easterbrook Technology lenders, asset based lenders, commercial lenders and factors always pay attention to a borrower’s revenue line – obviously the revenue line is critical for determining the income of the company and the amount and quality of the accounts receivable and...