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capital gain from LLC
I'm owner of 10% from LLC company. We sell a property but we do not want make a distribution the capital gain to the manager.members. This is possible?
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Is it time to stop outsourcing to India?
I would like to get some feedback from US based companies that have been outsourcing work to a wholly owned subsidiary in India. Am I the only one to find that the advantages are getting less all the time. At one time, the lower wage rates, English speaking language, level of education skills and t…
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Supplier Financing Programs
Two customers in the last month approached us to sign up for a financing program where we provide another 60 days dating (going say from net 30 to net 90) with the ability to be paid on our invoice anytime through their financing company ( eg. Deutsch bank) with an invoice payment discount factored…
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Corporate Insurance rates - any one willing to compare?
I'd love to get input and do a mini survey on what you are seeing in insurance renewals this year. I am getting my initial quotes in from marketing and although I expected increases am surprised at the size of them. The intial rate increase indications, with volumes/sales/values, level set for tr…
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Insurance - What do you carry and does it protect you?
The Insurance Industry has done a phenomial job at inculcating the public that one can not live (or die for that matter) without Insurance. So, from a business perspective: What types of insurance do you carry? How often do you review your coverage? How often do you bring in a non-alig…
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Should my company build a captive insurance capability?
We are a mid-sized public co. Our health costs are through the roof, and we're growing rapidly. We have a low risk workforce (no manufacturing). Does anyone have experience with creating a captive? What was your experience? Good, bad or scary? Saved money? Saved time/effort? Got better/worse result…
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Intellectual Property Theft, Prevention & Protection – Is It an Issue?
Intellectual Property (IP) is more than just patents, trademarks and service marks. It can encompass any copyrightable attribute aspect of your company as well as proprietary information that is developed. In recent years, the rate of IP theft and prosecution (either civil or criminal) has increas…
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Income tax question - How do you report loss?
I have a 1040 client that was a 50% shareholder in an S Corp. That S Corp owned a building and the mortgage was personally guaranteed by my client and the other 50% shareholder. The S Corp legally dissolved several years ago (circa 2005) and my client was issued a final K-1. The other 50% shareh…
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Taxes Paid by an LLC
Our company paid the taxes for its members. Should this be booked against their equity or can we take this as an expense? Taking it as an expense can help us with our taxable position. I have always worked in a corp and never dealth with an LLC. Any insight would be appreciated.
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If a plan year begins prior to 12/31/13, can a company obtain another waiver extension?
Our company's health insurance plan expires 9/1/13, we received a waiver this year for the annual limits. It looks like we can apply for another waiver at 9/1/13 for one more year. The cost to comply will more than likely result in higher premiums or lower benefits, so we meet that rule. My questi…
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Any one know a good corporate contract attorney?
We have a dispute amongst the members of an LLC partnership in regards to equity allocations to a member who has been inactive since 2009, will require a very solid attorney in the San Jose/San Francisco area to help us vigorously defend this.
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What should I look for in a virtual office?
Colleagues; I'm bringing a few disparate people into one organization. To solve the business address problem I'm planning on doing the "virtual office" thing. What services have you found especially valuable? What has been missing? What did you discover that you didn't need?. Bonus points for p…
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Is it legal in Fl. to pay commission only in a telemarketing position?
My sister has a job calling people to set up appointments to sell their Timeshare, she doesn't get paid anything until a sale goes through, she is not a Realtor or in any real estate position.
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Where can I find an product for commercial mortgages, similar to PMI on home mortgages?
If a bank asks for 25% equity on a $3,000,000 loan and we want to put down 10%, is there a product that will guarantee payment to the lender for the other 15% in case of a default?? If so, who offers such a product?
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Risk Mitigation - What Is The Formal Process?
One hears quite a bit about “risk mitigation” these days. Can someone describe the crucial elements of a formal process and how best to comprehensively pursue same? I'm especially interested in intellectual property, compliance and currency risk.
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What are you doing to protect your Trade Secrets and/or Proprietary Information?
I just attended a FBI briefing where they talked about protecting Trade Secrets/Proprietary Information and to some extent what levels of protection a company can instittute that would make release of said information actionable by the FBI. So what do you do to protect these assets?
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