This week we're covering the effects of the government shutdown on the upcoming filing season.

This week we're covering the timeframes for reporting federal changes to the FTB and how to report those changes.

This week we're covering entity dissolutions and the $800 minimum or annual tax, because we frequently get questions on how a dissolving entity can avoid being assessed the tax going forward.

This week we’re covering some federal form updates, and notices that business in California will be receiving in early 2019.

This week we are covering a rule that allows some taxpayers domiciled in California to be treated as nonresidents.

In part 2 of our series on §199A planning tips, this week, we have tips to consider for businesses to maximize the deduction.

This week, we're covering some planning tips related to the IRC §199A deduction for individual taxpayers.

This week we're talking about the changes made to Schedule CA to allow for the differences between federal and California law following tax reform.

This week we're covering letters the CDTFA is sending out to individuals about use tax obligations, and what those letters might mean.

This week we're covering the administrative dissolution process, for which Spidell has been advocating for years to help taxpayers abate outstanding tax liabilities.

This week we are covering specified service businesses for the purposes of the §199A deduction.

This week we have a bit more information on how the EDD has reacted to the California Supreme Court's decision in Dynamex.

This week we are talking about waiving penalties for reasonable cause, whether it's because of a power outage or reliance on a preparer.

This week we're covering regulations that confirm the tax reform act elimination of miscellaneous itemized deductions does not eliminate expenses that were previously deductible under IRC §67(e).

This week we're covering business meal expense guidance that tax pros have been waiting for since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act went into effect.

This week we're talking about raising fees as a result of the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

This week we're covering FUTA and what it means to employers that California has paid off its unemployment account loan balance.

This week we have some stats on FTB business audits, including the FTB's business audit workload, how long these cases are taking, and how much revenue is being generated from these audits.

This week we're covering some of the bills that made to the Governor's desk and are awaiting his signature, including another bill in conflict with the IRS's recent proposed regulations.

This week we're covering the IRS proposed regulations disallowing charitable contribution deductions to funds that many states put in place to circumvent the limitation on state and local tax deductions.

This week we have some follow-up information regarding the problems that practitioners have been having with accessing client accounts through MyFTB.

This week we're covering the high points of the recently-released proposed regulations under §199A.

This week we're covering a lighter non-tax topic: waste and misuse of time by state employees.

This week we’re covering the filing requirements for Form FTB 3840 when a passthrough or disregarded entity does a like-kind exchange.

This week we’re covering who can and cannot sign a tax return for a fee in California and the potential penalties.