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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 19, 20246 min read
CARES Act - Federal Funds for Small Businesses
Update on U.S. Federal Government Financial Aid & Other Sources of Financial Aid in Response to the Economic Crisis Connected with the...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 19, 20243 min read
ABC - California Attacks the Gig Economy
September 18, 2019 The so-called gig economy, in which many people in our nation work as independent contractors and move around from gig...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 19, 202430 min read
Dear FASB - Needed: Accounting Rules for SAFEs
December 18, 2018 Seed-Stage Startup Financing Innovation SAFEs (Simple Agreements for Future Equity) are old news in the fast-moving...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 19, 20244 min read
Tax Reform is a Win-Win-Win
November 6, 2018 The “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” of December 2017 (“Tax Reform”), effective for 2018 and going forward, is the best tax reform...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 19, 20245 min read
California's Decimation of its Middle Class
April 18, 2018 In a recent analysis performed by McKinsey & Company and published by U.S. News, Best States Ranking, California was...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20247 min read
Tax Day - One Measure of America's Insanity
April 17, 2018 Now that Tax Day is over, let's talk about what happened. (I know, I know. It's painful! But, if we are to have any...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20244 min read
Hey SEC. Seriously - SAFEs are Equity, not Debt.
July 14, 2017 In a land far, far away, in a tall ivory tower, an ongoing debate is raging about whether SAFEs (Simple Agreements for...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 202415 min read
Hey SEC - SAFEs are Equity, not Debt!
June 26, 2017 We are currently helping to represent a client before the United States Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in a case...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Go for the Gold
August 19, 2016 The IRS taxes our Olympic champions. The U.S. Olympic Committee pays a relatively small amount of cash to our country’s...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20242 min read
California Partial Sales Tax Exemption - Manufacturing or R&D Equipment
July 20, 2016 The state of California has provided a partial exemption from sales taxes on purchases of equipment used...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20246 min read
R&D Tax Credits - Big Savings for Small Startups
July 8, 2016 Those of you who follow our posts know that we don’t have a high opinion of U.S. Tax Law, or of the Senators and Congressmen...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20243 min read
How Big is the U.S. Tax Code?
April 26, 2016 How big is the Internal Revenue Code (the "IRC" or the "Tax Code")? It's so big that nobody seems to actually know how big...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20243 min read
The Fair Tax - An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
April 19, 2013 "The entire American tax process is a farce. I have no idea how anything works. It's absurd." "I just got destroyed on my...
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Marpé Finance & Accounting
Jun 12, 20242 min read
IRS: Abuse of Power
May 23, 2013 The recent revelations about the IRS targeting citizens and organizations based on their political views should be a matter...
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