Surf City Tax Service

Our team of enrolled agents have the knowledge and expertise to prepare tax returns for individuals, small businesses and simple trusts. Our goal is to answer your questions, efficiently prepare and file your return and provide you the best tax advice and tax planning. We guarantee our work or we pay the penalties and interest.

Margaret (Peggy) Hughes is an Enrolled Agent, admitted to practice before the IRS, with 10 years of service as a professional tax preparer. Peggy holds a MS degree from University of Oregon. She worked as a marine researcher at UCSC for 15 years; and worked another 15 years as an Administrator/Paraleagal for the not-for-profit Legal Aid Society.

In 2019 CA Govenor signed AB5. Under AB5, most workers are presumed to be employees for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code and for most wage orders of the Industiral Welfare Commission unless a hiring entity satisfies a three-factor test, referred to as the ABC test.

This means that many workers previously classified as independent contractors (IC) are now employees under California law and you msut withhold CA income and payroll taxes and meet CA minimum wage and otertime requirements.The penalties for not complying with AB5 are severe. Employers are advised to consult with a Labor Attorney for direction about classification of their IC vs employees.