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We Read Trucking Tax Debt Differently: How a Trucking Company Gets the IRS to Slow Down — or Stop
A trucking company that owes the IRS has two real options: Currently Not Collectible status or an installment agreement built around actual cash flow.
The $114K Hiding in an EDD Penalty Bill: How We Fight a Trucking Misclassification Audit
How a California trucking company answered an EDD worker-misclassification audit: the seven steps we use to rebuild the math and contest the penalty.
When Banks Say No: How Growing Trucking Companies Get SBA-Funded in 2026
One SBA 7(a) loan can fund trucks, working capital, refinancing and a buyout. Why growing carriers get declined, and how to get the file lender-ready.
Moving to Another State: Essential Tips for a Smooth Transition
Establishing residency elsewhere takes more than a driver's license. The domicile test, the 183-day rule, and the tax traps of a half-finished move.
Beat the 2025 Energy – Credit Cliff:
Federal energy credits for solar, electric fleets and charging stations run into hard deadlines. The dates that bind, and how to plan installs around them.
QSBS 2.0: Can You Still Exclude $15M from Capital Gains?
New QSBS rules lift the exclusion to $15M, but only for future shares in a qualifying structure. Holding periods, S corp limits, and planning windows.
How to Save on Capital Gains Tax with Opportunity Zones (2025 Update)
Opportunity Zone rules are widening: deferral into 2028, access for smaller investors, and clearer maps. How reinvesting gains through a QOF works.
Prepare for Future Attest Engagements- How G\&S Helps You Build a Strong AP System
Accounts payable is where a review or audit stalls. The approval trail, documentation and separation of duties that make an attest engagement painless.
Fuel-Tax Audits Don’t Have to Derail Your Fleet: How G&S Accountancy Simplifies IFTA
IFTA fuel-tax filing is where fleets lose audits. How G&S Accountancy turns mileage and fuel records into clean quarterly returns that hold up.
Wildfire Recovery Funds: Rebuild, Re‑tool, and Thrive After Disaster
SBA, IBank, California Rebuilding Fund and CDFI options for wildfire-hit businesses, compared by amount and rate, plus what stalls an application.
ACA Compliance 2025: Employer Reporting & Penalty Guide
Past 50 full-time-equivalent employees, ACA reporting applies. What an applicable large employer must file, and the penalties for getting it wrong.
When to Get a Business Financial Review for Your Company
Six situations that call for a SSARS review: new investors, bank or SBA financing, licensing and bonding rules, and getting ready for a future audit.
How Reviewed Financials Help You Negotiate Better Loan Terms
Reviewed statements tell a bank the numbers were tested. How the assurance level moves your rate, your credit limit and your covenants in underwriting.
The Role of Independence in CPA Reviewed Financial Statements
Independence in fact and in appearance is what gives a CPA review its weight. The self-review, advocacy and familiarity threats that can destroy it.
Disaster Tax Relief Explained: What You Need to Know After the LA Wildfires
Disaster relief moved LA County deadlines but does not stop interest on what you already owed. How the IRS and the FTB treat pre-existing balances.
Master Your Financial Statement Review: 6 Mistakes to Watch For
Six mistakes that undermine a financial statement review — and what lenders, bonding agents, and boards actually look for when they read one.
Reviewed Financial Statement Disclosures and Footnotes
Reviewed statements still need footnotes. The disclosures lenders and investors actually read, who is responsible for them, and the cost of omitting one.
Inside G&S Accountancy CPA Process
What happens during a CPA review, step by step: engagement letter, document requests, ratio and trend analysis, and focused inquiries of management.
How Limited Assurance Boosts Stakeholder Confidence
What limited assurance means in a CPA review, how it sits against a compilation and an audit, and why lenders and boards still act on the conclusion.
How to Strengthen Internal Controls with a CPA Review
A CPA review surfaces control weaknesses without full audit testing. The variances that expose them, and practical fixes for a small finance team.
Why Reviewed Financial Statements Drive Business Growth?
Reviewed statements earn lender trust and investor confidence for a fraction of an audit's cost. When that middle tier of assurance is the right call.
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