Water Buffalos spotted on the Santa Monica Pier
Water Buffalo Club celebrates “Christmas in June” Our Rick Schenkel has been a member of the Water Buffalo Club (WBC) – a local service organization with the motto “Big Kids Helping Little Kids” -- for over 20 years. The WBC hosts an annual summer event at the famous Santa Monica Pier for 200 inner-city kids (many of whom have never…
Read More »Put Another Candle on our Birthday Cake
SPS turns 30 this year. In 1981 Dallas was the number one TV show, Cannonball Run was racing through movie theaters, the space shuttle program saw its maiden voyage, and IBM began selling something called a personal computer. While all this was going on, ten people in Brentwood quietly got together to form Sobul, Primes & Schenkel. Thirty years later,…
Read More »The Wealth Squad Wants You!
An introduction to the IRS’s busy new group The Global High Wealth Industry Group, also known as the “wealth squad,” is a team of experienced IRS specialists assembled specifically to audit wealthy taxpayers. Depending on your point of view, this crack squad is either a scheme by the current leaders directed against the wealthy or a sincere plan to put…
Read More »Lights! Camera! Levitt!
The Hollywood Reporter spotlights Steve Levitt The Hollywood Reporter’s May 20, 2011 article entitled The Secrets of the Rich and Famous, named SPS’s Steve Levitt as one of their top 25 “Greenback Goliaths.” Steve also attended an event honoring those included in the business managers “power” list. The article discusses the unique challenges of entertainment industry business managers. You can…
Read More »Newsflash – Steve Levitt Featured in The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter - May 20, 2011 The Secrets of the Rich & Famous Hollywood’s business managers tell tales about their clients ($600,000 at Barneys!) and how they rein them in By Eriq Gardner Not long ago, a celebrity client of entertainment business manager Evan Bell came to him with news of a girlfriend in London. This wouldn’t be terribly…
Read More »Newsflash – Important 2010 Year-End Tax Alert
As you all probably have heard by now, a new tax act was enacted. The “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010” is a sweeping tax package that includes, among many other items, an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for two years, estate and gift tax relief, a two-year “patch” of the alternative minimum tax…
Read More »Federal and California tax matters update
A follow-up to the recent letter we sent Sometimes letters can fall through the cracks. We hope that anything arriving at your house or office with a Sobul, Primes & Schenkel logo on it will be treated with reverence. But we’re realists and know that you may not always read what we send you. A recent letter, dated August 18,…
Read More »Newsflash – Federal and California Tax Matters Update
August 18, 2010 Dear Clients and Friends: FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA TAX MATTERS UPDATE Significant tax legislation has been passed so far this year, and it is likely that even more changes are upcoming. We want to make sure you are aware of your opportunities and obligations with respect to some of these activities and what might be on the horizon…
Read More »Green is the color of many shades
Some ideas on removing paperwork from your life When it comes to going green, we don’t all have to be perfect to make a difference. The challenge is knowing what we can do effectively and how to implement the change. You may have seen an earlier article in SPSQ on how we’ve made some changes here at the office. Now…
Read More »You’re not alone!
When official looking documents come in the mail, call us! You know what it’s like when those documents with an official-looking seal and title arrive in the mail. There’s that little nervous twinge in your stomach. Your mind starts racing about the drama that may be entering your life. Fortunately, you can relax, review the contents and give us a…
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