If you’re building at the pre-seed or seed stage, the tax code can either be an anchor or a tailwind. Our job at ShayCPA is to make it the latter. Here’s a founder-friendly rundown of what’s still on the table in 2025, what’s changed in practice, and how to position...
If you sell SaaS in the Empire State, you might need to collect and remit sales taxes. New York taxpayer guidance says, “Prewritten computer software is taxable as tangible personal property.” Navigating New York’s SaaS Sales Tax Rules If you’re creating...
If you’re building in tech, Q4 isn’t just sprint-planning and GA launches, it’s when small, high-impact tax moves can unlock real cash flow. At ShayCPA, we work with founders every day who are juggling runway, board expectations, and hiring plans. Smart year-end...
Companies that provide SaaS products need to take certain steps to make sure they’re compliant with any sales tax laws that apply to them. Doing that gets a lot easier when you know what those steps entail. With that in mind, let’s go over your SaaS company’s...
We have an important alert for all software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies: you might be subject to sales tax. While most of us think of sales tax as applying to tangible goods, plenty of states have implemented this tax for software products, too. Fortunately, if...
Capital gains tax is a particularly painful one. It directly eats into your profit, taking a significant chunk. That’s especially troubling to founders and investors who want to liquidate some of their shares. With capital gains in play, the amount of money you...
Now that the Act — commonly called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — has been signed into law, it introduces a number of changes for individual taxpayers. Even as we await implementation action from the Treasury Department, people who want to plan ahead can...
Over the last 20 years of being an accountant, I’ve opened my fair share of mail to find tax notices so daunting they could wake you in cold sweat. These letters—from federal, state, or city agencies—might demand income tax, franchise tax, sales tax, unemployment...
July 4, 2025 wasn’t just the last Independence Day before the United States’s upcoming Semiquincentennial. It was also a historic day because it cemented one of the biggest pieces of legislation in recent history. The formerly named One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)...