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Annual Summer Party 2022

Annual Summer Party 2022
By Premier Professionals on Aug 09, 2022 at 12:05 AM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Premier Professionals of Santa Barbara
Summer Tropical Dinner Party
Date: Wednesday August 10, 2022

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Supreme Court allows blind man's ADA website lawsuit against Domino's Pizza to proceed

By Premier Professionals on Oct 07, 2019 at 03:26 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Domino's Pizza, clearing the way for a lawsuit filed by a blind man alleging the chain's website and mobile app were not ADA accessible to people with disabilities.

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Annual Summer Party June 20, 2019

Annual Summer Party June 20, 2019
By Premier Professionals on Jun 05, 2019 at 07:12 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

You are invited to join us for our Cajun/Country Themed Summer get-together. WITH LIVE CAJUN AND NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BY JT & THE ZYDECO ZIPPERS.

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Built-in Gain Tax Liability - Defend Yourselves!

Built-in Gain Tax Liability - Defend Yourselves!
By Premier Professionals on Jul 03, 2017 at 09:15 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Estate of Richmond v. Commissioner Rebutted
by JAMES LISI, CVA MBA
July 2017

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Using the Option Pricing Method Changes the Standard of Value. Does the IRS, or Anyone, Care?

Using the Option Pricing Method Changes the Standard of Value.  Does the IRS, or Anyone, Care?
By Premier Professionals on May 01, 2017 at 07:05 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Part one of this article presented the ‘current method’ and ‘option pricing method’ (OPM) for allocating value to common stock for 409a valuations, and how these two methods differ in pricing of common stock. Part two examines the implied changes made by OPM and how it affects stakeholders. We start with a brief review of the key impacts on the valuation problem.

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Update Brief on 2704 Proposed Regulation by Jim Lisi

Update Brief on 2704 Proposed Regulation by Jim Lisi
By Premier Professionals on Jan 04, 2017 at 06:45 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

On December 1, 2016 the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service held hearings on proposed regulations changes to Section 2704 of the tax code. They received 28,000 written comments, all opposed with a few exceptions. Thirty-seven speakers testified, and thirty-six requested full withdrawal of the proposed regulations.

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Buy or Rent Real Estate for Your Santa Barbara Business?

Buy or Rent Real Estate for Your Santa Barbara Business?
By Premier Professionals on Apr 13, 2016 at 04:54 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Most Santa Barbara business owners and entrepreneurs have asked themselves whether they should (or could) buy the real estate used for their business. There are valid reasons to do each: renting may be the better solution if you are just starting out, or you need or prefer the flexibility allowed by leasing or you lack the cash down payment or credit required to purchase.

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Does Clicking on your Google Local Listing improve your Ranking? - YES

Does Clicking on your Google Local Listing improve your Ranking? - YES
By Premier Professionals on Apr 06, 2016 at 08:56 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Google Employee Wrote, "Search history: In the past how many times has the listing been clicked on by users searching with the keyword."

There are 4 top critieria Google improves your Google Local, Google+ and Google Maps ranking...

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Santa Barbara Commercial Real Estate Loans - Looming Liquidity Crunch for CMBS Loans

Santa Barbara Commercial Real Estate Loans - Looming Liquidity Crunch for CMBS Loans
By Premier Professionals on Apr 06, 2016 at 08:41 PM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Do you have a commercial real estate loan in Santa Barbara coming due in 2016 or 2017? If so, you should start your planning early, especially if you currently have a CMBS loan and are thinking you will be able to go back to the CMBS market. If you haven�t heard, the CMBS loan market has been in turmoil recently, with widening spreads, dwindling lenders and less competitive terms.

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Santa Barbara SBA Loans - More Flexible Than You Think

Santa Barbara SBA Loans - More Flexible Than You Think
By Premier Professionals on Feb 25, 2016 at 07:22 AM in Santa Barbara Professional Service Providers

Santa Barbara SBA LOANS. BET YOU’VE HEARD OF THEM. Most likely, it’s the 7(a) Loan Program. Th at’s the government’s Small Business Administration’s (SBA) most common loan program.

It’s a general small business loan that can be used to pay for such things as operational expenses, accounts payable, building construction or real estate, new equipment, refinancing old debt, purchase an existing business, or start a business.

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