ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS WITH SHAREHOLDERS — NOT AS EASY AS CLIENTS THINK

In this Internet age, with the volume of snail-mail slowing to a trickle and e-mail dominating business discourse, it is understandable that many companies are opting to send nearly all their communications electronically. When it comes to official shareholder communications, however, California and many other states have adopted laws that impose surprisingly rigorous conditions on the […]

Taxpayer Friendly Legislation from Sacramento

There were two welcome tax changes from the California State Legislature and Governor Jerry Brown late in 2013: California Qualified Small Business Stock First, a court decision had declared California rules about “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) unconstitutional, because the rules had limited the QSBS benefits only to corporations with significant California connections. QSBS benefits […]