How to select the best tax services for your venture-funded startup, covering specialization, comprehensive offerings, proven track record, and handling complexity to optimize cash flow and prepare for fundraising.
Learn about the top tax credits for startups, including the R&D Tax Credit, and how to reduce your burn rate. Kruze Consulting explains which credits apply to venture-backed companies.
Estimate your startup tax return cost with Kruze Consulting's calculator. Learn about tax factors, required information, and our specialized services for venture-backed startups
A hot topic today with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is the danger of using deal structure to protect your startup's valuation. We see this happening all too often, so let’s take a look at it.
Senate Bills 167 and 175, recently enacted in California, introduce several significant changes that affect startups and other businesses in the state, primarily targeting tax regulations and incentives.
Understanding authorized shares is important, because if you know what authorized shares are then you may be able to save your startup thousands of dollars in taxes.
Congress is working on a tax package (called the Smith/Wyden tax package) that could revive key tax provisions, including the deductibility of research and development expenses.
The ultimate tax season guide for startups, by the leading tax CPA to startups. Kruze has filed thousands of tax returns; we answer the top tax questions.
The 'Masters Exemption' (also known as the Augusta Exemption or Augusta Rule) allows startup founders to rent their homes to their startups - for legitimate businesses purposes only - for short periods and reap tax benefits.
Vannessa Kruze, CPA, answers the question 'Do bootstrapped startups actually pay taxes?' and discusses different types of taxes you may need to consider.
One fairly complicated question we encounter is “Do investors have to pay capital gains taxes each time the valuation of a company goes up when, at the same time, the company’s SAFE notes have been converted to equity but have not been sold?”
POA (power of attorney) notifications are sent out from taxing authorities, like states or the federal government, when they receive POA authorizations.
Scott Orn explains how a startup’s taxes change if it changes the state of incorporation and why VC firms want their startups to be incorporated in Delaware.
Scott Orn explains how a startup’s taxes change if it changes the state of incorporation and why VC firms want their startups to be incorporated in Delaware.
The short answer here is that your startup accountant needs to know your revenue by state to properly handle your taxes. So let’s look at why that’s the case.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses getting clients power of attorney and the IRS new allowance of firms submitting Power of Attorney requests online!
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses getting clients power of attorney and the IRS new allowance of firms submitting Power of Attorney requests online!
Startup founders, do you want to know how to move your startups’ fiscal year-end from December 31st to January 31st? Well, you’ve come to the right place.
The Vaccine Tax Credit was a tax credit created under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), and was announced earlier this year by the President.
The Vaccine Tax Credit was a tax credit created under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), and was announced earlier this year by the President.
Kruze Consulting has provided the links you need to see specific city tax calendars and find out about the deadlines which are due this Thursday, Oct 31st.
If your startup has a location in California, then you likely have the pleasure of needing to file a 571-L SF Property Tax Statement. What is the Form 51-L?
Continuing our tradition of focusing on employee wellness, we recently brought in some healthy smoothies to help our team deal with the stress of tax time.
The 2025 Startup CEO Salary Report reveals a 14% increase in average salaries to $161,000, reflecting an improved fundraising outlook and market trends.
Unfortunately for startups in the United States, tax deadlines aren’t just in the spring. Beyond the April 15th deadline (it was actually April 17th in 2018), here are SOME of the other deadlines your startup needs to be aware of in the third quarter.
The Supreme Court has overturned a 1992 precedent that allowed online businesses to only collect sales taxes in states where they had a 'physical presence'.
Navigate year-end tax reporting for Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) and Non-Qualified Stock Options (NQSOs) with this guide, covering forms like 3921 and 1099-MISC.
Section 382 is a part of the IRS code that was developed about 20 or 30 years ago to limit corporations' use of their net operating losses to offset profits.
It's 2017 and time to start Tax Planning for your Startup! Don't worry, we've done all the work for you by creating customized 2017 Startup Tax Compliance Calendars for Startups based in San Francisco, New York, Palo Alto and Santa Monica.
It's 2017 and time to start Tax Planning for your Startup! Don't worry, we've done all the work for you by creating customized 2017 Startup Tax Compliance Calendars for Startups based in San Francisco, New York, Palo Alto and Santa Monica.
As the Consulting CFO and CPA to over 70 venture backed startups, the most common question I get asked every January is, “What do we need to do about taxes? What about this Delaware Annual Filing? And SF Payroll Tax Expense?” So about this time every year I send out a customized road map to all of my clients that details everything they can expect for the coming year. I wanted to share this “cheat sheet” with you, but keep in mind that this is just a “cheat sheet.” Please reach out to me or your local CPA about tax filings that are specific to your business…because every startup is unique!
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