California, known for its thriving business environment, offers numerous advantages for entrepreneurs and small business owners. One of the most effective ways to take advantage of these opportunities is forming a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the state. This article will explore the key benefits of forming an LLC in...
In 2000, California enacted new legislation authorizing non-lawyers to prepare legal documents for people performing their own legal work. Recognizing an important opportunity to make straightforward legal matters like Living Trusts and Divorce affordable to more people, Tom and Sue Goehring became licensed Legal Document Preparers and opened the Dublin office in 2003. And...
This is one year we’d all like to put behind us. We want our lives back. With vaccines now in distribution, we can start to fantasize about a life beyond the coronavirus. We can look forward to ballgames and concerts, parades and family gatherings. To weddings and graduations that we...
Jane Matthews built a successful business as a video and movie script writer while homeschooling her nine-year-old autistic daughter and shuttling her 15-year-old son to his accelerated science classes at the local college. Her husband’s sales job means that he travels frequently and is unavailable for day-to-day help with the...
I recently came across David Brooks’s column in The New York Times asking his readers to define their purpose in life. While many were overachievers with lofty themes about changing the world, others found fulfillment in simply living and creating small, happy lives. I have always wanted to be kind One story...
Small business owners may be looking forward to a tax break in the new year. The GOP tax plan was hastily engineered and rolled out to benefit big corporations--not small business owners. Now a 20% deduction is available to entrepreneurs—but there are limits. You may qualify for the break if...
