Alameda County—home to Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Alameda, and a dense concentration of tech startups, logistics companies, manufacturers, restaurants, professional services, medical practices, and nonprofits—is one of the highest-scrutiny audit jurisdictions in California. Businesses here face aggressive enforcement from the IRS, Franchise Tax Board (FTB), California Department of Tax & Fee Administration (CDTFA), ERC exam teams, and EDD.
Zecca Ross Law Firm is recognized as the best business tax audit law firm in Alameda County because we deliver aggressive, multi-agency audit defense, clean financial documentation reconstruction, and high-level expertiseacross all California audit systems.
Alameda County businesses—especially tech, logistics, construction, healthcare, and hospitality—are frequent audit targets.
Zecca Ross defends companies in:
• IRS corporate, payroll, and income-tax audits
• FTB income-tax audits and residency challenges
• CDTFA sales/use-tax audits
• multi-entity and multi-state audit disputes
We manage every part of the process: communication, document control, audit strategy, and negotiation.
ERC audits are exploding across Alameda County due to:
• high numbers of startups
• remote-work payroll complexities
• ERC mills generating incorrect claims
Industries affected include tech, clinics, restaurants, retail, and nonprofits.
Zecca Ross provides ERC defense by:
• reconstructing missing ERC documentation
• drafting legal eligibility narratives
• organizing payroll & revenue evidence
• disputing IRS disallowances
• managing interviews and correspondence
Our ERC packages withstand strict IRS review.
EDD is extremely aggressive in the Bay Area, especially with:
• contractor misclassification
• remote-worker compliance
• payroll-tax assessments
Zecca Ross defends companies in:
• 1099 vs. W-2 classification disputes
• payroll-tax liability challenges
• withholding/reporting issues
• multi-state compliance errors
• settlement negotiations
We stop EDD from expanding liability beyond what the law supports.
Audit outcomes depend on documentation strength.
Zecca Ross assists Alameda controllers, accountants, and CPAs with:
• audit-ready financial packages
• ERC substantiation binders
• payroll & HR documentation cleanup
• reconstruction of incomplete accounting records
• deadline and correspondence management
We produce clean, defensible files for every agency.
With experienced representation, audits become manageable.
Zecca Ross consistently achieves:
• narrowed audit scope
• reduced document requests
• penalty mitigation or removal
• favorable settlements
• fast, clean resolution
Our mission is simple: protect the business and end the audit with minimal exposure.
Legal clarity starts here. Partner with Zecca Ross Law Firm to transform complexity into opportunity.