Certified Public Accountants

Sanchez & Santiago is an accounting and business consulting firm offering tax and accounting services to small businesses and individuals. While we do provide traditional certified public accounting services such as accounting, bookkeeping, tax planning and preparation, we also offer other business consulting services for small business owners to relieve you of the administrative and financial aspects of your business and personal finances so you can focus on growing your business.

Our number one goal is to surpass every customer’s expectation with service, quality and respect. Client confidentiality is guaranteed and fees are based on the complexity of the assignment.

With over 30 years of Fortune 100 experience in audit, accounting, tax and consulting, Sanchez and Santiago is uniquely poised to provide everything you need!

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With technology making it easier than ever for people to operate a business out of their house, many taxpayers may be able to take a home office deduction when filing their federal tax return. Here are five important things the IRS wants you to know about claiming the home office deduction. Generally, in order to claim a business deduction for your home, you must use part of your home exclusively and regularly: As your principal place of business, or As a place to meet or deal with patients, clients or customers in the normal course of your business, or In the case of a separateRead more »

Introduction The IRS is providing information about abusive Home-Based Business schemes to help taxpayers avoid the pitfalls of these schemes: These schemes are abusive because they manipulate and misinterpret tax laws. The public should not be fooled by home-based business schemes that claim taxpayers can deduct most, or all, of their personal expenses as business expenses. Taxpayers should be wary of promoters who claim otherwise. The IRS and other federal agencies are aggressively pursuing and successfully prosecuting promoters of schemes and scams, including abusive home-based business schemes. Participating in these schemes can result in repayment of taxes owed with interest and penalties, and possibly imprisonment andRead more »

Every year, millions of taxpayers itemize their deductions on their federal tax return. One of the most common itemized deductions is a donation made to a charitable organization. Here are the top ten things the IRS wants every taxpayer to know before deducting charitable donations. Charitable contributions must be made to qualified organizations to be deductible. You can ask any organization whether it is a qualified organization and most will be able to tell you. You can also check IRS Publication 78, which lists most qualified organizations. IRS Publication 78 is available at IRS.gov. Charitable contributions are deductible only if you itemize deductionsRead more »

Are you Really an Independent Contractor? Independent contractors who don't know about — or who ignore — the relevant aspects of current contractor tax law are endangering their own livelihood and pose a significant threat to companies. The IRS is currently funding California's Employment Development Department (EDD) to conduct twice as many independent contractor-related corporate tax audits as they did last year. Such audits routinely last 18 months and the resources required to prepare for them frequently put small and even mid-size companies out of business. If you the fight, the penalties (for failure to withhold employment taxes and provide you withRead more »

Certified Public Accountants

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Five Facts about the Home Office Deduction

Abusive Home-Based Business Tax Schemes

Ten Tips for Taxpayers Making Charitable Donations

The IRS' 20 Questions for Independent Contractors

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