In the heart of downtown San Anselmo. Recently,
tastefully remodeled with granite floors, lots of windows, shared
kitchen and bathroom, parking, high speed Internet and phone lines in the
wall. Approximately 300 square feet, though feels like 500 square feet. Utilities
and Internet included. Perfect for professional or consultant. Exterior
signage. Admin support available. $675 per month. First month FREE.
For information, contact Robert Hunter, Registered Investment Advisor, 415-458-5880/800-758-3768.
Trim Your Energy Costs with the Smart Lights Program!
Smart Lights is specially designed to help small businesses upgrade to energy-efficient lighting and refrigeration. The program offers free start-to-finish technical assistance and cash rebates to help defray the cost of installing energy-efficient lighting, and limited refrigeration products.
Who?
CESC-SMART Community Energy Services Corp & PG&E
Why Energy-Efficiency?
Lighting can constitute as much as 50% of your energy bill, depending on your facility type. Energy-efficient lighting can be a good way to reduce energy costs.
New door gaskets, strip curtains, and other refrigeration measures are low-cost products that can help you cut your refrigeration energy costs.
Who’s Eligible for the Program?
Marin small businesses
Small institutions in Marin
Common areas of multifamily buildings (5 or more units)
What Does Smart Lights Give Me?
Free no-obligation lighting assessment
Typical financial incentives range from 60%-100% of total project costs depending on measures implemented
Negotiated discounts with qualified installation contractors
Rebates paid directly to contractor to help defray your out-of-pocket costs
Free start-to-finish project management
The First Step
The first step is a Free, no-obligation assessment of your existing lighting.
Call Smart Lights at 510-981-7750 or visit our website at SmartLights.org
New Use Tax Registration Requirements for Qualified Purchasers
This
email is a reminder about the newly added section 6225 to the California Revenue
and Taxation Code (RTC) that requires a qualified purchaser to register with
the Board of Equalization (BOE) and report and pay use tax directly to the BOE
by April 15th for the preceding calendar year for purchases subject
to use tax.
Under this section, a
qualified purchaser is a person who has at least $100,000 in gross receipts per
year from business operations, is not required to hold a seller’s permit or a
certificate of registration use tax, does not hold a use tax direct payment
permit, or is not otherwise registered with the BOE for use tax.In September 2009 we sent this link
to our special notice with information regarding the new use tax registration
requirements.
Under
California law, if sales tax
would apply when a particular item is purchased in
California,
use tax applies when a similar purchase is made from a retailer outside the
state and no tax is charged.Use tax is
not a new tax.It has been a part of the
California RTC since the 1930’s.Only
the registration requirement is new under RTC section 6225.
As part of our registration efforts, we
contacted approximately 180,000 identified qualified purchasers and informed
them of the new program.In an effort to
help ease taxpayer burden, we have registered those taxpayers through our
automated registration system.In the
next couple of weeks, taxpayers will receive their “welcome letter”, (click here for a copy of this letter).The
letter introduces the program and provides taxpayers with their new BOE account
number and express login code.
Through
our automated system, taxpayers will use their account number and express login
code to efile their use tax returns for years 2007, 2008 and 2009.
For more information about the BOE’s efiling
and other tax and fee programs, please visit our website.
For merchants in San Anselmo, the SAPD wanted to get everyone on board with the new Community Alert system (NIXLE.COM). The San Anselmo Police Department signed so that we can dissemninate up-to-date information to the public. Anyone can sign up to receive instant text messages or email alerts. It is free and there are no advertisements.
You can receive instant messages on San Anselmo road closures, such as traffic accidents, crime alerts, wanted or missing persons and community messages. You can set limits as to what type of information you want sent to you and what times. If we can get all the merchants of San Anselmo on board, this system can be very useful in putting out alerts to merchants for criminals operating in our area. A picture of the person, if we have one, can be attached to the message with a description as to what criminal activity they are doing (fraud, thefts etc.).
So far, San Anselmo PD is the first in Marin County, besides CHP for traffic, to register. Other agencies around the Bay Area are also on board. We hope that other Marin County agencies will join as the subscriber base gets larger. Other large municipal agencies are using this service such LA county Sheriffs and New York City.
For more information, feel free to
contact me Monday-Friday 7:00 am to 3:00pm at 415-258-4615. Detective
Corporal Julie Gorwood, San Anselmo Police Department, 525 San Anselmo
Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960, Office 415-258-4615, Cell 415-720-2664.
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:
50 cents per mile for business miles driven
16.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations
The new rates for business, medical and moving purposes are slightly lower than last year’s. The mileage rates for 2010 reflect generally lower transportation costs compared to a year ago.
The standard mileage rate for business is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile. The rate for medical and moving purposes is based on the variable costs as determined by the same study. Independent contractor Runzheimer International conducted the study.
A taxpayer may not use the business standard mileage rate for a vehicle after using any depreciation method under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) or after claiming a Section 179 deduction for that vehicle. In addition, the business standard mileage rate cannot be used for any vehicle used for hire or for more than four vehicles used simultaneously.
Taxpayers always have the option of calculating the actual costs of using their vehicle rather than using the standard mileage rates.
