So ... I'm not sure if you knew this.Apparently, running a business is expensive. And controlling costs can be daunting.But despite whatever you might see from those gurus who are posing by their Lamborghinis in the Facebook ads ... even the leanest Sacramento...

With all the floods, fires, hurricanes, and other events that happened in 2019, it turned out to have been a very expensive year for natural disasters.Then...2020 rolled in and said, “Wait until you see what I’ve got!”For decades, a little-known federal loan program...

Every year, the IRS charges tax debtors a boat load of penalties.Just how much? If you’re in Sacramento and you owe taxes, you should definitely take a look...To put this in perspective, the IRS budget for 2021 is about $12 billion. That means the entirety of IRS...

The return of March Madness this past week was a big reminder of everything that has happened in just one year. In my opinion, it was the canceling of this event in 2020 that made the entire nation (including those of us in Sacramento to) sit up and take notice that...

Well, it doesn't look as if the minimum wage increase is happening.But all kinds of other interesting nuggets are inside the Senate version of the third stimulus package, the "American Rescue Plan" (i.e. the Biden stimulus).Now, portions of unemployment are NOT...

With the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act AND the CARES Act, the government is seemingly trying to go "full Oprah" with all of the credits, grants, and such that they are slinging out to Sacramento small businesses...And while the media headlines are dominated...

Recently, I saw some data on the US Census Bureau website that was both encouraging and troubling at the same time. I would imagine Sacramento business owners who might face tax problems would be interested in seeing this:(Here is the page from which this is...

We are knee deep in tax forms with the 3/15 deadline looming for corps.On top of that, of course, Congress continues to throw new things our way. The House passed the "American Rescue Plan" and there are stimulus-ish things to pay attention to.One provision of note...

We're keeping our powder dry over here at Ornelas & Ornelas, as it relates to the "American Rescue Plan'' proposed by Biden. There's plenty of talk about it ... but as of yet, nothing has passed.I prefer to live in the world of what *is* -- instead of speculation.When...

I am simultaneously eager while also being slightly horrified that tax season has officially begun.Horrified, simply because the IRS has been significantly behind the 8-ball this year, and I still can't believe that we're already halfway through February 2021.EAGER...

During the first Super Bowl that Tom Brady won (with the Patriots), these were some of the companies who advertised (hat tip to Jon Erlichman of Bloomberg):AOLBlockbusterRadio ShackCircuit CityCompUSASearsHotJobsYahooVoiceStream WirelessGateway ComputersThe year was...

For many Greater Sacramento small business owners, and families, it can seem that the government has simply been throwing money around and not paying attention to what is done with it, or collecting what is due.After all, there is a backlog of notices that the IRS is...