Tax-Time Financial Products that African-American Households were 36 percent more likely to use the products than white households

More than 20 million American taxpayers spent at least an estimated half a billion dollars in 2017 on financial products that are based on their anticipated tax refund, according to the National Consumer Law Center. Tax-time financial products, typically offered by banks and made available by providers of tax preparation services, include refund advances and […]

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Crowdfunding Advisory Services “CAS”

Crowdfunding Advisory Services “CAS” Click here to schedule a free consultation MKG Tax Consultants provides startup crowdfunding advisory services to meet the SEC Eligibility Requirements for Form CF submissions to regulated funding portals for issuer offering or selling securities in reliance on the exemption in Securities Act Section 4(a)(6) and in accordance with Section 4A and Regulation […]

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SEC Proposes Conditional Exemption For Finders Assisting Small Businesses With Capital Raising

One of the biggest changes the SEC has implemented is the legality of “finders” receiving commissions or payments for brokering deals and introducing investors to issuers, syndicators, developers, etc. Before this change, only broker-dealers were allowed to receive compensation for such deals. With the new changes, these finders can now legally receive these commissions and other transaction-based compensation from issuers. The […]

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1994 Crime Bill & the Impact on the black community

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 received bipartisan support at the time but has been criticized for some of its provisions, such as mandatory minimum sentencing, and its impact on mass incarceration. (When we looked at claims in 2016 from both sides on the law’s role in mass incarceration, we found the trend of increasing […]

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Harris makes history as first female, Black, South Asian American VP-elect

President Joe Biden Elect and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, also solidified her place in history Saturday by becoming the first woman, the first Black American and the first South Asian American elected vice president in U.S. history. Harris’ political career has included many barrier-breaking moments, such as serving as California’s first Black female attorney general […]

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Fresno Black Investment Banking Circulating the Black Dollar

Fresno Black Investment Banking Capital Formation Black buying powers by the numbers And with nearly 50 million Black people in the United States, Black consumers spend more than $1 trillion a year If blacks in Fresno can invest in black business it will allow Fresno Black Investment Group to be the leading Central Valley private […]

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Private Investment in Private Equity Deals

Fresno Private Investment in Private Equity Deals Access to capital markets Despite the economic downturn and the coronavirus pandemic many black business leaders are not familiar with access to capital markets due to the complexity and lack of community support for crowdfunding technology and City of Fresno lacking Black Capital Access Brokers (BCAB) and Black […]

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Capital Formation

Fresno Metropolitan area is economically disadvantage because they lack a CAB Capital Access Broker’s as they are referred to as investment banks to provides investment banking and advisory services with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and private capital placements.  Many small business rely on local chambers of commerce who don’t have enough resources to provide […]

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Safe Harbor 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)

Safe Harbor 401(k)s are designed to allow owners and highly compensated employees (generally owners and those making over $120,000) to contribute up to the maximum dollar limit as their 401(k) elective deferral without regard to what other employees contribute. The maximum deferral for 2019 is $25,000 if a participant is age 50 or over. Guest […]

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