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What I Learned from Traveling to Dubai and the UAE

by Stephen Morris, CPA, MBT, CCIM | Nov 22, 2023 | International

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the holiday season. More than anything, Thanksgiving is the time of year I look forward to the most since I love cooking the feast and of course, eating delicious roasted turkey with the family. I’ve been absent from this...

California’s Passthrough Entity Tax Credit: Maximizing Benefits

by Stephen Morris, CPA, MBT, CCIM | Oct 12, 2023 | Tax Strategies

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week. We put together a video for you to help you understand how the passthrough entity tax credit works and why you should seriously consider taking advantage of it whenever you can! Feel free to contact us if you need further...

Achieving a 10.5% Tax Rate Can Be Your Reality

by Stephen Morris, CPA, MBT, CCIM | Oct 5, 2023 | International, Tax Strategies

I really think that the Internal Revenue Code garnered such a mythology around it such that my clients sometimes view me as a sorcerer who can conjure up the right tax law to magically make their tax liability $0 or close to it, especially many months after the tax...

Always Ask “Why?” – A Lesson on Principled Negotiations

by Stephen Morris, CPA, MBT, CCIM | Sep 26, 2023 | Real Estate

This time around, we’re going to shift gears a bit and talk about the most annoying thing every real estate deal maker encounters at least once in their lives, either as the aggressor or the victim. That thing is of course the dreaded “re-trade,” which also known as a...