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EDD Audit Consult.

  • Single flat-fee
  • Exceptional success rate
  • Mitigate tax assessment
  • Help with compliance
  • Serving all of California

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    California’s Premier EDD Payroll Tax Audit Defense Lawyer

    Should You Get an Attorney?

    EDD Tax Audits usually lead to an assessment of unpaid payroll taxes, income tax and penalties. These assessments cover a period of multiple years and can range from a few thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, which the owners of the business are personally liable to pay. Once the assessment is issued you have a small window of time to challenge it before it becomes permanent. Being experienced payroll tax audit defense lawyers, our firm has extensive experience managing the risks of such audits and negotiating the amounts and the terms of payment. We successfully and significantly reduced the assessments to 100% of our clients who pursued a timely appeal. It is advisable to have an experienced attorney manage the audit on your company’s behalf.

    What to Expect

    • A single flat-fee paid in interest-free payments
    • We will advise you on how to change your business practices to avoid further audits and reduce exposure
    • We will manage the audit directly with the EDD auditor
    • We will negotiate the amount and terms of repayment on your behalf
    • We will file an appeal and represent you at an appeal hearing

    CLIENT REVIEWS

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    Alyssa Bruno

    Everyone is wonderful and made the process easy and was […]

    Everyone is wonderful and made the process easy and was informed every step of the way.

    Angie F.

    This is by far the best law firm in all […]

    This is by far the best law firm in all Southern California. I have waited for over a year going back and forward with EDD to get my benefits.
    In April of 2017, they approved me but never sent me any money. I wrote them, called them, went back to their office to fill out more applications and nothing happened. They sent me a notice of denial after they had already approved me. I was so sick and tired of fighting for what I was entitled. In 40 years I have never ask for any help. I was told by several people that EDD denies everybody. They only pay attention to the people who have attorneys, so I started looking for one and the first one that came up online was Pershing Square. Dephney a super professional lady answered the phone and explained to me exactly how they work and she immediately put me in contact with Charlie. After reviewing my documentation, he took my case. Every time I had a question and had to leave a message, he would call me right away to let me know how everything was going. I even spoke to the owner of the firm with a very specific question and he explained to me with very detailed answers and within 5 weeks, I received my money. The best part is that they managed to have EDD retro my checks back to the original approval date, so I’m very happy to say the least. I didn’t even go to their office. I didn’t have to go to court. I don’t know how they do it but it’s like magic. I definitely recommend anyone fighting EDD to contact this firm immediately and stop wasting time and money. I would like to give them 10 stars.
    Thank you guys! YOU ROCK!!!!

    Angela B.

    TRUST ME I just went to Pershing Law Firm is […]

    TRUST ME I just went to Pershing Law Firm is the best Firm Everrrrr. They just won my complicated case for 16,000 and won I’m so ever Grateful for this Firm and Charlie stood in and handled my like I was a celebrity and Won and Daphne made my payments so affordable for me thankyou and Peter your the Boom.com I highly Recommend this Firm if they can beat mine yours will be a piece of cake..I Love them all Thankyou and God bless them all. Thank you again…They will fight for you. Trust me.

    Andy B.

    I just went through a ridiculously stressful three months after […]

    I just went through a ridiculously stressful three months after my former employer let me go. The boss said I quit, contested any claim(s) I had for unemployment insurance, so I was cut off. After a nightmare interview with the EDD, it was confirmed that I was disqualified. I contacted several labor law attorneys with some to little to no advice at all. Then I reached out to Pershing Square. Gia, who’s awesome (!), got the ball rolling. Then, I met Charlie (phone only) — we had a great conversation. He processed a ton of extremely complicated information, then (thankfully) decided to take my case. Days later, thanks to Charlie, I won my appeal. If anyone has been denied claims by the EDD, you simply cannot do better than this firm.

    A.S.

    Without a doubt one of the best employee rights advocates. […]

    Without a doubt one of the best employee rights advocates. Having consulted with this law firm on a couple of incidents the team really steps in and takes care of the issues to enable me to focus on other matters and not have the added stress of handling employment law issues.

    I have used them for both basic consultation and full service representation and agree the team does what their clients want them to do in a case.

    One of the benefits that is often overlooked in hiring an attorney is a clients ability to maintain a working relationship with the entity they are seeking help in resolving a legal issue. This is so critical as most people whether it be employers, Department, or State truly want to help people but may be limited in scope or existing procedures that may incorrectly be applying a regulation or policy. In representing oneself you can damage a relationship in having to be the one that argues a legal question.

    Having an attorney be the one to argue my case enabled me, as the client and employee, to maintain a neutral stance in the relationship and not be seen as the negative opposition in the relationship that has to continue with my employer, Department and State.

    Regardless of the outcome of my current legal question I would recommend this law firm to others that both understands the importance of maintaining a working relationship and are willing to let go of control in trusting others with higher knowledge and experience.

    AG Z.

    I retained Pershing Square Law and had great results.  Assaf and […]

    I retained Pershing Square Law and had great results.  Assaf and his team and very helpful, dedicated, and answer many questions with great success.  I would definitely hire them again.  Very happy I went with them.

    I felt completely assured that every attorney knew what they were dealing with and giving straight answers.  To top it off, we won the judgment.

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    Why You Should Never Ignore an EDD Audit?

    As experienced payroll tax audit defense lawyers, we want to educate clients on what EDD audits entail. The EDD is in charge of collecting payroll taxes from all California businesses, making it one of the largest tax collection agencies in the country. One of the common pitfalls businesses encounter is when they choose to work with individuals as contractors rather than employees. Since businesses do not pay payroll taxes for contractors, the EDD may launch an audit if they believe you may have misclassified them. The audits can cover all the individuals you worked with in recent years (including yourself), and can materialize into significant liabilities that you may be personally liable to pay. There are strict deadlines to challenging tax assessments, and if you do not act quickly you would likely lose your right to appeal and would have to repay the full assessment. Here are a few important points to keep in mind:

    EDD Payroll Audits are usually triggered when an individuals who worked for you as a contractor files for unemployment or disability benefits.

    You have a strict deadline to appeal an assessment or fully pay it. Failure to do either one could lead to penalties and/or loss of right to appeal.

    Business owners may be personally liable to pay for tax assessments against their business.

    Most EDD audits are caused by businesses who pay workers off the payroll. Most commonly, this is caused when you pay someone as a contractor.

    Audits may occur when business owners fail to pay themselves wages or pay themselves below their fair market value.

    Failure to issue 1099s to individuals who work as contractors may leave you responsible to pay their personal income tax following a payroll audit.

    Out-of-state employers may be audited if they work with individuals who provide services in California.

    All California workers are presumed to be employees. The law places the burden of proving otherwise on the employer.

    Call for a free consultation with one of our attorneys today.

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