Most taxpayers have neither the time nor the complex knowledge needed to confidently prepare their taxes and financial statements themselves, and as a result, they put their trust in professional accountants. Unfortunately, not every accountant…
Malpractice is any kind of error, omission or deviation from standard practice that causes harm to a client. When it comes to accounting, malpractice specifically refers to a failure to adhere to the Generally Accepted…
Successful partnerships require trust and respect, so choosing a friend for a business partner makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately, the things that make a friendship work socially don’t necessarily translate to compatibility within a…
A non-compete agreement can make all the difference in your ability to maintain control of former employees’ actions, but only if the agreement itself is legal and enforceable. There are a surprising number of mistakes…
When starting a new business, one of your earliest and most important steps is choosing the legal structure under which your business will operate. The right choice will depend upon several different factors, including the…
There are few professions where the use of precise language is as important as it is in the law. Though two words may seem interchangeable to the layman, an attorney understands that there are important…
You’ve probably been told that you should never sign a contract before you’ve read it, and that’s very true. But as a non-attorney, contracts can be confusing, and that is especially true of non-compete or…
When a dominatrix instructs her client to defame a psychologist, who really pays the price? In a recent whopper of a case, Bochetto and Lentz partner, David Heim, won a $5 million lawsuit, representing a…
In the last several years, businesses large and small have come under fire for the decisions that they have made. Companies have been boycotted for their positions on issues ranging from gay marriage to guns,…
Despite the availability of tax preparation software, plenty of people entrust their federal tax preparation to accountants and other tax preparation professionals. This is especially true for business owners and taxpayers whose returns are complicated…