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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

by Annette Jorgensen
Vice President/Business Development Office
American Riviera Bank