California Assembly Bill 150 (AB 150) allows a pathway for pass-through entity owners to work around the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions imposed by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. AB 150’s workaround, effective for… Read More
Lavine, Lofgren, Morris & Engelberg (LLME) is proud to announce that Michele Barrow, a tax partner with the firm, was recently named as one of San Diego’s Women of Influence by San Diego Metro Magazine. During the pandemic, with tax… Read More
LLME proudly announces that Scott Jablow has taken the reins as managing partner, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Scott has been with LLME since 2008 and has more than 25 years of experience assisting clients with their tax planning and compliance… Read More
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. The new law will provide roughly $1.9 trillion in financial support to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and state and local governments during the pandemic. Here are… Read More
LLME announces that Bill Abel has joined the San Diego-based accounting firm as a tax manager. Bill is a CPA with more than 10 years of experience in public accounting and tax compliance. He specializes in individual, partnership, and corporate… Read More
On December 27, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), which provides pandemic relief, as well as other tax and health-related provisions. The massive 5,500-plus page bill also contains other laws within it, including the COVID-Related… Read More
2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. With individuals and businesses coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and some new tax laws going into effect, you may have questions about how your taxes will be impacted. The end… Read More
LLME proudly announces the promotions of Quillyn Brown and Tracy Pham to the position of tax manager and Adam Kemp to audit manager. Quillyn has been with the firm since 2017 and has experience providing a wide range of accounting… Read More
We’re pleased to announce that James Vinograd has joined the firm as a client accounting services manager. James is a CPA with 20 years of experience providing accounting services to closely held small- to medium-sized businesses in a wide variety… Read More
Kristi Norg, LLME tax manager, contributed examples of complex estate tax returns to Estate Planning at the Movies: The Art of the Estate Tax Return, a 2019 textbook written by noted tax and estate attorney Keith Schiller, Esq. In the… Read More