Starting a Business

Four Tax Tips for Starting a Business

6/11/18

If you are thinking about starting a business, proper tax planning can play an important role in your success. Here are four tax tips for new business owners you may find helpful: 1. Business Structure. An early choice to make is to decide on the type of structure for the business. The most...

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Employee

Employee or Independent Contractor? Know the Rules

6/11/18

The IRS encourages all businesses and business owners to know the rules when it comes to classifying a worker as an employee or an independent contractor. An employer must withhold income taxes and pay Social Security, Medicare taxes and unemployment tax on wages paid to an employee. Employers...

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WNDE Staff

Four Join WNDE Staff

6/04/18

WNDE is pleased to welcome four new members to the WNDE Staff: Tram Hoang is a tax senior. She earned a B.S. in Finance, Hospitality Management at CSULB and worked previously at Hall & Company CPAs. Connor Kirby is an audit senior. He earned a B.A. in Business Administration with a...

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Purchasing Fraud

Detection and Prevention of Purchasing Fraud

5/25/18

Types of Purchasing and Vendor Fraud Some common forms of purchasing and vendor fraud are listed below: • Bribery and corruption (kickbacks, gifts and gratuities to company official and/or employees from contractors and vendors) • Bid-splitting schemes • Change order schemes (often...

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The Top 10 Things Companies Need to Know About Tax Reform

2/05/18

By the WNDE Tax Group The $1.5 trillion new tax law represents the most sweeping change to tax code in a generation. Tax reform of this magnitude will have broad implications for businesses of all sizes and in all industries. While the WNDE tax departments wades through the 185-page legislation,...

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WNDE Partners Serve as Professors at Irvine Valley College

7/27/17

Two WNDE partners, Deana Bowden (left) and Candace Huie (below), teach part-time at Irvine Valley College (“IVC”).  Deana teaches auditing, and Candace teaches business income taxation.  Deana enjoys teaching at IVC, she said, because the students “have a desire to learn and want to be...

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Cybersecurity Incident at Equifax: What to Do

9/11/17

On September 7, 2017, Equifax (one of the nation’s three leading consumer credit reporting agencies) announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Equifax discovered that criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain...

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WNDE Hosts Summer Leadership Program

8/16/17

White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP was proud to host its 2nd annual Summer Leadership Program at WNDE’s Irvine office and at the nearby Second Harvest Food Bank July 27-28.  The program gave 20 Southern California sophomore, junior and senior college students, who are interested in exploring a...

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WNDE Named to 2017 INSIDE Public Accounting’s IPA 200 List

8/05/17

National magazine INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) has named White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP (WNDE) #148 on its IPA 200 list of the country’s top accounting firms. The IPA 200 survey is highly regarded as one of the most thorough, complete and accurate sets of rankings and trends in the public...

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Five Tips for Starting a Business

7/21/17

Understanding your tax obligation is one key to business success. When you start a business, you need to know about income taxes, payroll taxes and much more. Sean Thorstenson, CPA, a tax and advisory services partner with White Nelson Diehl Evans, said that the most common mistakes people...

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