California Franchise Tax Board – Website Changes
As of January 1, 2016, the California Franchise Tax Board has updated its website. Learn more about how this might affect you.
Please, Oh Please: Let the Air Escape!
I have always been a loud talker. The employees who sit in cubicles outside my office can attest to this. Why, just this morning alone, they heard more than a few expletives that escaped from the walls of my office. Many of them probably know personal details I have confessed only to a few close friends—albeit it very loudly.
On Grieving During the Holidays: The First Thanksgiving Without My Son
My 28-year-old son died in July. Writing these words stops me. I sit in my seat, staring at them. How can they be true? It is hard to move past these words today, in particular. It is one day before Thanksgiving, and I am wondering how I will make it through tomorrow—the first big holiday without my son.
Swatting a Fly with a Sledgehammer
When someone is interested in purchasing another business, it is common practice to hire an accounting firm to investigate the affairs of that prospective purchase. We recently welcomed one such firm to complete some due diligence on one of our clients.
Tapping Into Social Capital for a Great First Impression
Founding Partner Tony Rose has written and spoken about the important role Social Capital plays in the success of your business. So, it is not surprising that at RSJ we place a great deal of importance on your first point of contact with our firm. Meet Jessica Hull.
Pain Denial Syndrome (PDS) – One of the Best Kept Dirty Little Secrets
Our great friend and mentor, Dr. Brad Spencer of Spencer, Shenk, Capers, has spent a lifetime considering and counseling business executives. He recently shared this previously unpublished article on suffering. He has given me permission to share his wisdom with all of our friends and clients. PAIN DENIAL SYNDROME (PDS) Yes, I just made up the term…(there is no such thing in the DSM-5, the bible of psychological disorder diagnosis.) But tell me it does not exist and I will point to several contradictions.
On the Passing of My Son
My son was taken from us on July 27, 2015. He was just one month and one day shy of his twenty-ninth birthday. The loss was extreme and shocking for everyone who knew him—for his mother and his little sister, for his many friends and his girlfriend, and for me. Before Jonny was born, my wife, Chris, and I were happy. Then Jonny turned us into parents, and in doing so, he conceived a warmer, richer blanket of love than we had ever known. If you are a parent, you know.
New Business Tax Provisions Under the Affordable Care Act
At RSJ, we pride ourselves on staying on top of newly implemented regulations and requirements. As part of its primary purpose to facilitate healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes key tax provisions that affect businesses, and so we felt it is important to share the following reminders with our clients and colleagues.
How To Wrap Up Your Next Speech
When doing any public speaking it’s important to remember that you’re taking other people’s time; whatblah may be interesting to you may not be to them. The best advice I ever heard about public speaking came from communications expert Gary Hankins, which was something like this: · Tell the audience what you’re going to be saying. · Say it. · Then say what you said. Pretty good advice. Most folks are able to start talking easily enough, but where I see people fail most often when it comes to public speaking is the inability to wrap it up.
Tony Rose Featured in San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s Accounting Issue
We are thrilled to share that Founding Partner, Tony A. Rose is featured in the current issue of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal as part of the publications special report on Accounting.
Bringing the Real World of Accounting into the Classroom
After 29 years in any career, it is easy to forget what it was like when you were finishing school, wondering what your future held and how you would actually put your degree to use. Thanks to a professor friend of mine at Cal Lutheran University, I have the opportunity several times a year to meet with CPA students who are in exactly this position. I am able to talk candidly about my three decades at the firm of Rose, Snyder, & Jacobs, about the business and what to expect from it and how to succeed in the accounting world. One of the topics I like to focus on — especially with this generation — is ethics. It is important that students go into this industry with their ethics intact. We discuss cases of fraud by using examples of our own clients, as well as some cases that have made the national headlines. We talk about the reasons accountants might be willing to go along with these unethical practices, as well as how they ultimately got caught and the consequences their actions delivered.
Say Hello to the Elephants Quadrant Three: Implementation
This article by Tony A. Rose first appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of Business World Magazine, a publication by Russell Bedford rbedford-logoInternational. We all have elephants – professional or personal problems, needs or truths that we ignore, usually to our detriment. In Say Hello to the Elephants, I offer a powerful system for confronting issues, along with tools to address problems, achieve clarity, and make decisions. I call this system Quadrant Thinking. In this, the third of four articles, I present an overview of Quadrant Three: Implementation. Implementation In Quadrant Two, we looked at solutions and how you reach the goals you defined in Quadrant One. In Quadrant Three we look at implementing your solutions. That’s it. Just implement.
Say Hello to the Elephants Quadrant Two: Solutions
This article by Tony A. Rose first appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Business World magazine, a publication by Russell Bedford11057214-rbnewlogobkeyrc International. We all have elephants – problems, needs or truths that we ignore even though we must face up to them. Often our elephants may be of a professional nature. We may also have personal elephants. In Say Hello to the Elephants I offer a way to confront issues, along with tools to address problems, achieve clarity, and make decisions. I call this Quadrant Thinking. In this, the second of four articles, I present an overview of Quadrant Two: Solutions. Solutions In Quadrant One we looked at reaching clarity and how that makes everyday problems manageable. Having achieved clarity and defined your goals you know where you want to go. In Quadrant Two we will look at how you get there: your solutions. Above all, your solutions must be SMART: • Specific • Measurable • Actionable • Relevant • Time-bound
Say Hello to the Elephants Quadrant One: Clarity
This article by Tony A. Rose first appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of Business World magazine, a publication by Russell Bedford11057214-rbnewlogobkeyrc International. The elephant in the room – English idiom meaning that which all can see but none choose to discuss or confront. We all have elephants – problems, needs or truths that we ignore even though we must face up to them. Often our elephants may be of a professional nature. We may also have personal elephants. In Say Hello to the Elephants I offer a way to confront issues, along with tools to address problems, achieve clarity, and make decisions. I call this Quadrant Thinking. Quadrant Thinking Quadrant Thinking is a four-part process. In a series of four articles I will present an overview of each quadrant. • Quadrant One: Clarity
A Peer Reviewer Interview
Stephane Vachon oversees the Accounting and Auditing Department and the SEC Practice at Rose, Snyder & Jacobs. He has professional expertise with reorganization plans, feasibility and profitability analyses, and national corporate insolvency practice for financially troubled companies. He is also a member of the California Society of CPA’s Peer Review Committee, which means that in addition to his numerous responsibilities at the RSJ office, he is often found visiting other accounting firms in the LA area conducting Peer Reviews. What are Peer Reviews, you may ask? For one, it is a required, periodic outside review of a firm’s accounting and auditing practice aimed at helping the firm maintain and improve the quality of its services. For more information on the process itself, we have the answers straight from our resident expert below.
The Importance of Nurturing Your Relationship with So-Called “Strangers”
I write in my second book, Five Eyes on the Fence, about the importance of protecting your social capital. My thesis is that financialFive Eyes on the Fence_WEB capital is a byproduct of four other types of capitals. When human, social, intellectual, and structural capital are well-tended, financial capital flourishes. Social capital can be summarized in two words: Relationships matter. The strength of your relationship with clients, potential clients, vendors, employees, and colleagues determines the extent to which these relationships can be accessed as a resource. The stronger the social capital, the more likely your financial capital will benefit. And the stronger your relationship with strangers, the better your social capital. I know what you are thinking, “Wait a minute: How can a person have a relationship with a stranger? Isn’t not knowing the person the very definition of a stranger?”
Founding Partner, Tony A. Rose, Releases New Book “Five Eyes on the Fence: Protecting the Five Core Capitals of your Business”
Already a Forthcoming Feature on Harvard Business Publishing Encino, CA – October 10, 2014: Rose, Snyder & Jacobs is proud to announce the publishing of “Five Eyes on the Fence: Protecting the Five Core Capitals of your…
Artists are Business People, Too!
Earlier this month, I had the honor of being a guest speaker in my friend John White’s class at Otis College. John teaches in the areas of Advertising Design and Communication Arts, and it was clear the group of students I was spending the afternoon with were a creative, inquisitive bunch.So they probably wondered why an Accountant was coming in to talk to them — especially an accountant who had just published a book. The creative types hire the number crunchers to manage the left brain-stuff, right? Fortunately, I know that I don’t talk like an Accountant is supposed to talk. And I brought with me a set of values cards for each of them, so that instead of listening to me pontificate on how they must do business when they graduate, they were engaged in identifying what is important to them now. We then looked, as a group, at how these values impact decision making both in business and in everyday interpersonal relations.We also defined and discussed human capital, structural capital, social capital, and intellectual capital, and how these things are just as important as your financial bottom line. If you want to...
Risks to Avoid When Outsourcing Payroll
Outsourcing your company’s payroll has many of benefits, but many pitfalls as well. I recently contributed to an article on Business News Daily on avoiding these risks. Read the article here. I’d like to thank writer, Brittney Helmrich for including my thoughts in her article. Related Posts:Thinking About Outsourcing Your Company’s Payroll Services?Kolbe Wisdom Changes the Game for Rose, Snyder & Jacobs. What’s YOUR Pixie Dust?
Thinking About Outsourcing Your Company’s Payroll Services?
I recently had the opportunity to chime in on this subject for an article in Business News Daily. If you’re thinking about outsourcing your company’s payroll this may be helpful. And, as always, we are here to help answer questions you may have. Credit: Krasimira Nevenova/ShutterstockEvery business, no matter how small, needs to process payroll, and deciding how you want to manage payroll is an important step.While some small business owners prefer to do their own payroll in-house, there are many benefits to using a payroll service. With so many options to choose from, however, finding the right one can be overwhelming. >> Read moreRelated Posts:Kolbe Wisdom Changes the Game for Rose, Snyder & JacobsFive Eyes on the FenceGetting Control of Your Business