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AHLSTARZ Tax and Accounting Service is here to serve your every tax and accounting need! From personal and corporate income tax preparation to tax return review and amendment, we can provide you with first rate and GUARANTEED accuracy!
We are also a year round provider of accounting and payroll services for self-employed, small and medium-sized businesses throughout the Southern California area.
AHLSTARZ is proud to be a tax and accounting services provider to the GLBT community of Southern California. Our extensive experience and knowledge in handling the unique needs of our community for over 30 years is what makes us your best tax resolution solution!

AHLSTARZ would like to thank all of its new and existing clients for helping make Tax Season 2010 such a grand success! This year saw a great deal of change in the tax codes at both Federal and State levels. But more importantly it saw a great deal of heartache and frustration for many clients in danger of losing their homes and businesses, not to mention those who have already had to suffer such incredibly humbling circumstances.

California General Assembly Passes Internal Revenue Code Conformity Bill

The California General Assembly has passed a bill that, if enacted, would update California's Internal Revenue Code (IRC) conformity date from January 1, 2005, to January 1, 2009, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, for California personal income and corporation franchise and income taxes. By updating the conformity date, California would incorporate many, but not all, of the federal changes enacted by the following federal acts that amended IRC provisions followed by California:
-- the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58),

The Senate on March 10 approved by a 62 to 36 margin legislation (The American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, HR 4213) that would extend through 2010 approximately $30 billion worth of expired tax provisions and increased unemployment and COBRA benefits. The measure now heads to the House, where House Ways and Means Chairman Sander M. Levin, D-Mich. said he may call for a conference to resolve differences between the two chambers' bills. The House passed an extenders bill on Dec. 9, 2009 (TAXDAY, 2009/12/10, C.1).

Sacramento Franchise Tax Board (FTB) today offered guidance to taxpayers who plan to hire a tax preparer for the 2009 filing season.
Taxpayers are cautioned to avoid tax preparers who:
* Claim they can get bigger refunds than other tax preparers.
* Delegate tax preparation work to someone with less experience or knowledge.
* Ask the taxpayer to sign a blank return, or sign a return in pencil.
* Base their fee on a percentage of the refund amount.
* Do not provide a copy of the tax return for the taxpayers records.

California Winter Storm Victims Get State Tax Relief from Franchise Tax Board

Sacramento The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) today announced special tax relief for California taxpayers affected by the recent severe winter storms that started in January.
"California families who suffered property damage can find quick relief through their tax returns," said State Controller and FTB Chair John Chiang.