When the IRS, or any other taxing agency, decides to conduct an audit of a taxpayer, that agency is always gambling that it will recover more money in owed taxes than it expends to conduct the audit. This is true, whether you are an individual with personal income taxes, or a business with income tax, […]

Prior to June 21, 2018, a State could not successfully collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers that did not have any “physical presence” in that State. But on this date, the United States Supreme Court over-turned the 1992 Quill decision[1], in South Dakota v. Wayfair et. al[2]. The so-called “physical presence test” meant that online […]

As you have undoubtedly heard by now, National Economic Director Gary Cohn and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin unveiled President Donald Trump’s tax plan yesterday in the White House Press Room. The plan itself was a single page, consisting of eighteen single sentence bullet points, and was very vague. More details were gleaned from […]

If you have not yet filed your 2016 tax returns, Cardin & Company is here to help you. Cardin & Company has been preparing taxes in San Diego County for more than 20 years, and with our offices conveniently located a stone’s throw from the I-5 in Carlsbad, we are just a short drive from […]

In Fall of 2016, certain cities in California caused outrage amongst Californians by publicizing the fact that they were considering imposing a tax on Internet video streaming subscriptions. This so-called “Netflix Tax” could take the form of a sales tax, or be imposed as a utilities services tax, much like cable users pay each month. […]