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Nicaraguan Surgery Center Opens with the Help of Linkenheimer and Rotary

Linkenheimer is excited to announce the grand opening of the new Surgery Center in the Rio San Juan Region of Nicaragua. Since 2007, the firm has made seven trips to Nicaragua to provide eye and care to a region of 40,000 people that would otherwise never receive medical attention. John Jones has been leading these trips with Linkenheimer, Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary and St. Mark Lutheran Church. Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary has made six trips to the region, while St. Mark has sent teams almost every summer since 2006. Over the course of the past 14 years, John has personally examined over 25,000 people in the region, providing eye exams and prescription glasses.

Nicaragua is the 2^nd poorest country in the western hemisphere behind Haiti. The area of Sabalos and the Rio San Juan is the poorest of all Nicaragua. Average per capita income for the country is about $400 and in the Rio San Juan it is closer to $200 per year. Few paying jobs exist with most people surviving on subsistence farming. The people though are very content and gracious. There are […]

By Linkenheimer LLP|2021-04-06T20:56:44+00:00April 6th, 2021|Community, Nicaragua|0 Comments

Business Charitable Contribution Rules Have Changed Under The CARES Act

In light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many businesses are interested in donating to charity. In order to incentivize charitable giving, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act made some liberalizations to the rules governing charitable deductions. Here are two changes that affect businesses:

The limit on charitable deductions for corporations has increased. Before the CARES Act, the total charitable deduction that a corporation could generally claim for the year couldn’t exceed 10% of corporate taxable income (as determined with several modifications for these purposes). Contributions in excess of the 10% limit are carried forward and may be used during the next five years (subject to the 10%-of-taxable-income limitation each year).

What changed? Under the CARES Act, the limitation on charitable deductions for corporations (generally 10% of modified taxable income) doesn’t apply to qualifying contributions made in 2020. Instead, a corporation’s qualifying contributions, reduced by other contributions, can be as much […]

By Linkenheimer LLP|2020-09-03T20:02:58+00:00May 11th, 2020|business, charity, Community, contributions, deduction, deductions, New Tax Laws|0 Comments

Linkenheimer Team’s Eye Care Service Project to Nicaragua in January of 2020

We departed the night of January 14, 2020 on a graveyard flight from SFO to Houston to Managua. The intrepid travelers included first timers – Dana Breaux, Ernie Ceja, Charla Balkin, Jan Coulter, Gino Scurini and Kelly McGlinchy. Experienced missionaries included Carli Ortiz, Kerri Berry, Nina Shaposhnikov, Joshua Warren, Andy Vedder and John Jones. Our objective was to provide eye care (exams and prescription eye glasses for free) to the people of Las Azucena. This is a small village south of San Carlos Nicaragua and upriver from our home base at the Sabalos Lodge.

Nicaragua is the 2^nd poorest country in the western hemisphere behind Haiti. The area of Sabalos and the Rio San Juan is the poorest of all Nicaragua. Average per capita income for the country is about $400 and likely in the Rio San Juan it is closer to $200 per year. Few paying jobs exist with most people surviving on subsistence farming. The people though are very content and gracious. There are no eye care teams (or brigades) that make it to this part of the country. The work we do through the firm, Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary and St Mark Lutheran Church is the total […]

By Linkenheimer LLP|2020-09-03T20:03:18+00:00February 14th, 2020|Community, Nicaragua|0 Comments

Vote Now for Your Favorite Local Businesses

It’s that time of the year- New Years Resolutions, Super Bowl parties, voting for your favorite local companies… The NorthBay Biz has opened the polls to their annual Best of the Best survey. We’d love it if you took a minute to vote for your favorite local companies and accounting firm! Click here to cast your vote!

It’s been 88 years since Linkenheimer opened for business and we are grateful for another year of being able to serve our clients and community!

By Linkenheimer LLP|2020-09-03T20:03:21+00:00January 30th, 2020|best, best place to work, Community|0 Comments

Giving Back During the Holidays at the Redwood Empire Food Bank

On Tuesday, December 3rd, the team from Linkenheimer, along with significant others and kids, met up after work at the Redwood Empire Food Bank to lend a helping hand. Holiday months are always tough for REFB in terms of finding volunteers, so we were excited to be able to participate and assist a great local non-profit that has been serving Sonoma County for over a decade, providing meals to elderly, children and those in need. Over the course of our two hours there, we formed into teams to put to sort through and box bread and baked goods. In total, we boxed 3, 697 lbs of bread to be sent out in the community. This helps provide over 2,900 meals to be distributed to our neighbors in need. Local charities like these are what makes Sonoma County such a great place to live and do business in and we are proud to support them. So during these busy holiday months, we encourage everyone to take some time and think about how they can give back and help those less fortunate. If everyone does a little, the impact can be huge. Happy Holidays from the Linkenheimer […]

By Linkenheimer LLP|2020-09-03T20:03:24+00:00December 12th, 2019|Community|0 Comments