Wright Ford Young & Co. is excited to welcome three new hires to our firm: Cathy Zhang, Kirby McIlveen, and Susie Johnson. Cathy Zhang joined our tax department, Kirby McIlveen joined our estate & trust department, and Susie Johnson joined our administrative department. WFY is excited to have these new hires on our firm’s team. […]
Richard A. Huffman, CPA, MST Tax Partner The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed under the tax neutral reconciliation rules and included a significant amount of tax law changes that begin to adjust this year. Here are the details as follows: 2022 Tax Year Changes Research and Development costs Through 2021 research […]
Jonathan Smeragliuolo, CPA Tax Director On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law. The provisions included in the Act are intended to address the climate crisis, lowering prescription drug prices, and reduce the deficit – while being paid by several revenue raisers included in the bill. […]
Wright Ford Young & Co. is excited to welcome a recent new hire. David Pak recently joined WFY’s tax department. We are pleased to have this new hire join our WFY team. David Pak In August, David Pak joined our tax department as Tax Staff. He graduated from CSU Fullerton this past summer majoring in […]
Jonathan Smeragliuolo, CPA Tax Director On July 27, 2022, Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin announced an agreement to add the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to the current Budget Reconciliation bill – with a vote to be held this week. The bill includes several proposed revenue raisers and tax changes to fund initiatives […]
This month in July, Wright Ford Young & Co. is excited to welcome five new hires to our tax department and our estate & trust department. Ashley Petrie joined our estate & trust department in the beginning of July. Ellie Robledo-Santos, Michael Collister, Eloise Komara, and Richard Corral recently joined our tax department. We are […]
Gregory Lambourne, Esq. Senior Planning Consultant You may be aware that the tax code grants taxpayers a $16,000 annual exemption from gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes. That means you (and every other taxpayer you know) can gift any person(s) up to $16,000 per year gift and GST tax-free. Good financial planning and estate […]
Four new hires joined Wright Ford Young & Co. in the month of June. Jonathan Smeragliuolo joined our Tax Department. Stephen Bruette, Mona Karimipour, and Eric Rueger joined our Audit Department. WFY is excited to have these new hires join our team. Jonathan Smeragliuolo Jonathan Smeragliuolo joined our Tax Department as our newest Tax Director. […]
By Jennifer Haddad, CPA Audit Partner, ERISA Plan Audits Audit Director Every year, Wright Ford Young & Co. attends the annual AICPA & CIMA Employee Benefit Plans Conference. The multi-day conference includes a comprehensive lineup of sessions, delivered by top regulators and expert practitioners. Sessions at the conference include topics such as the new […]
Wright Ford Young & Co. welcomed four new interns to our team in May: Fayze Hindi, Elizabeth Gieser, Chenal Assady, and Brooke McMurtry. These interns will be joining our audit department for our summer internship program. We are thrilled to introduce these new hires to our WFY team. Fayze Hindi In May, Fayze Hindi joined […]
Richard A. Huffman, CPA, MST Tax Partner The June 15 deadline is approaching for the mandatory prepayment of the 2022 California passthrough entity elective tax workaround deposit. Important details to consider are as follows: Benefit By electing to pay the taxpayers California tax at the entity level, the federal itemized deduction state and local […]
In the beginning of May, Wright Ford Young & Co. welcomed a new hire who joined our Administrative team. We are excited to have this team member join WFY. Adriana Alcala Adriana Alcala joined our Administrative team in the beginning of May. She previously worked in the mortgage industry for six years as a loan […]
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