Back and Forward: Ben Brown

On Dec. 22, 2017, the most sweeping tax legislation since the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was signed into law. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) makes small reductions…

“Before BFBA became the region’s largest locally owned accounting firm, there were four guys at a table in a dark corner of the Black Angus Steakhouse in Citrus Heights. It…

Ben Brown, managing partner at BFBA, offers his insight into family business planning. For more from Brown, check out “Mapping the Next Move” first published in the October issue of…

I’m often asked when should a business consider adopting a nonqualified deferred compensation plan.  Businesses use deferred compensation plans for different reasons and different goals. The goals are usually a…

Hachiko was a familiar sight at the Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan. Each evening he would go down to the station to greet his owner Mr. Ueno on his…

Salary, benefits, size, types of clients? How about the thing that will contribute to your overall happiness that is just as important? The thing that I’m talking about is firm…

purposes, which means states can now require out-of-state sellers with any substantial nexus within a state to collect and remit sales taxes, without regard to physical presence in that state….

The recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a significant benefit for C corporations.  The corporate rate was reduced to a flat 21% vs. a maximum rate of 35% prior…