Spidell’s Analysis & Explanation of California Taxes® 2025 Edition (The Big Blue Answer Book®)
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Trust Spidell’s Analysis & Explanation of California Taxes® and ease the burden of solving complex California tax problems when they come up in your practice. Rely on the resource written and edited by a team of California tax pros who know the challenges, and increase your efficiency with clear explanations to the most common issues.
Here are some new developments this year’s book will cover:
- Understand the tax increases included in the 2024-25 budget deal and who is impacted.
- Know which SECURE 2.0 provisions effective in 2024 and 2025 California does and doesn’t conform to.
- Learn when your clients can claim the Other State Tax Credits for state-mandated local taxes.
- Be prepared for FTB’s proposed changes to California’s apportionment formula market-based sourcing rules and what this means for your multistate clients.
- Stay on top of the latest developments regarding worker classification, including those impacting truckers and those involved in the entertainment and sports industries.
- Learn the latest changes to FTB’s MyFTB accounts, including the new multifactor authentication requirements.
- Learn how the FTB treats penalties related to stop payments versus dishonored payments.
- Stay in the loop on what the EDD is doing about loan-out corporations.
- Know what a business should do first if it receives a CalSavers penalty.
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What you get
- FTB — An exhaustive review of conformity for individuals and businesses, and new LLC and corporate issues
- BOE — A comprehensive discussion of taxable and exempt sales and how to register and file
- EDD — Practical information on filing, payment, and worker classification
- Property tax — An analysis of change of ownership rules and penalties
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