Author Archives: LSL Staff

California State Association of County Auditors (CalSACA) Accounting and Reporting Manager’s 2019 Spring Conference, hosted by Sutter County – March 8, 2018

Location: Governor’s Inn, Sacramento Speakers: Debbie Harper, CPA and Brandon Young, CPA Topic: GASB 87...

New Form 5472 Filing Requirements: Reporting obligations of foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entities

Effective December 13, 2016, the United States Treasury issued the final regulations that treat a...

Bank Feeds Help Automate Accounting Processes

One of the biggest benefits of moving your books to the cloud is the ability...

How to Avoid the Pitfalls of the Self-Rental Rules

Self-Rental Rule Many business owners that own operating businesses also own the office building or...

I Didn’t Know That was in My Prepaid Account!

Prepaids I was at lunch last week with an automotive banker and we were discussing...

Are You a Baby Boomer?

Are you a baby boomer? Well, if you were born in the years soon after...

Tax Reform and How It May Affect You

Tax Reform is upon us and we at LSL are here to help. Classic tax...

2017 League of CA Cities Municipal Finance Institute

LSL will be attending the League of California Cities Municipal Finance Institute Conference December 13th...

2017 The Digital CPA Conference

LSL is always looking for ways to help our clients improve accounting systems and management...

Top 4 Small Business Cloud Accounting Apps

In my previous article, “The Top 5 Reasons to Move Your Books to the Cloud”,...

IRS Announces 2018 Retirement Plan Contribution Limits

On October 19th the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced IRS 2018 Adjusted Retirement plan contribution limits...

Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Business Expenses?

Employees are generally required to substantiate their business expenses for travel, entertainment, business gifts, and...

LSL’s Year-End Tax Planning Conference

Please join LSL CPAs at our Year-End Tax-Planning Conference. It will be morning of essential...

Employee vs Independent Contractor

Employers – be careful in classifying workers! The difference between an “employee” and an “independent...

The Equifax Data Breach – What to Do

On September 7th, Equifax, one of our nation’s 3 credit reporting agencies, announced they experienced...