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Help! My Dental Office Received an EDD Audit *The following article was updated in January 2025* I’ve received a lot of calls from California dental practices that are facing an EDD audit. If you’re a dentist or dental office, and if you’ve ever hired an independent contractor, you may want to familiarize your practice with...
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Tips and Deadlines: How to Avoid Late Payments to the CDTFA If you’re a California business owner, the IRS is not the only agency to which you pay taxes. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) is known for its sales tax audits. The CDTFA generally reviews retailers who sell items at a...
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What is SDI & Is SDI Taxable in California? *The following article was updated in March 2024* If you’re a business owner in the state of California, there are several taxes and regulations that need your attention. It’s critical that you pay attention to the rules and comply with the taxing agencies, or you may...
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What Happens If I Don’t Respond to an EDD Audit Notice? Receiving an EDD audit notice can be scary. An EDD audit occurs when the California Employment Development Department (EDD) launches an investigation into a business’ California state payroll tax records to determine if the business has classified a worker as an independent contractor instead...
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Voluntary Plan for Disability Insurance (VDPI) Starting January 1, 2024, VP employers will pay a VPDI assessment rate of 0.00154, calculated as 14 percent of the 1.1 percent DI State Plan tax rate, applied to taxable wages. When it comes to California tax returns, there are a lot of questions about what expenses are deductible...
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Do I Have to Pay California Income Tax If I’m Moving? Most people don’t want to pay California taxes. They end up contacting me because they are going to move to Florid, Texas or Nevada. I warn them to make sure they actually decided to relocate, move their family, move their house, move their driver’s...
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What Should I Do if I Get Hit With an EDD Audit? *The following article was updated in February 2022* If you’re a business owner and taxpayer in California, you may have heard the term EDD audit recently. Or perhaps you’ve faced this tax audit first-hand. If you’re not familiar with the term, an EDD...
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What is the Statute of Limitations for an EDD Audit? Many San Francisco business owners have been faced with a new challenge over the last several years, and that is the EDD audit. This type of audit occurs when the California Employment Development Department (EDD) launches an investigation into a business’ California state payroll tax...
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I Owe the EDD Money. How Do I Pay the EDD What I Owe? You’ve gone through the process of an EDD audit and now you owe EDD Money to the state of California due to and EDD overpayment? Like many San Francisco business owners and taxpayers, you may be wondering how to pay those...
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How to Dispute a CDTFA Audit Finding If you’re a California business owner who recently underwent a California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) audit, you may not be pleased with the result. The CDTFA is known for its distinctive sales tax audits and generally reviews San Francisco retailers who sell items at a...
