KXAN’s political reporter Phil Prazan broke the news and reports Abbott has convinced major business groups to play a larger role.

More info on TxDOT to clean Austin homeless camps on Monday

TCTA Program 2018-19
Short Film Class

This video is the brainchild and creation of students of Austin, Texas’s TCTA program at South Austin Rec Center. All videos are directed and filmed by teens and the TCTA program leaders. The videos are then edited by TCTA staff. Enjoy!

More info on WAR (or a typical Monday at South Austin)

The first freeze of the season makes it way into Central Texas Monday night.

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#taxdeductions #businessadvice #businesslawyer
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This is Misconception Monday, where we tackle common misconceptions in business law, business and society generally. This week, we’re talking about a general misconception around tax deductions.

You’ve probably heard that you can save money on taxes by making charitable donations to get you below a certain tax bracket. If you really understand the tax system, you’d realize why that simply isn’t true. The math just doesn’t add up!

By donating, you change your effective taxable income (and do some societal good), but you will still take home less at the end of the day.

Charitable donations will reduce your overall tax burden, but the bottom line is that they won’t increase your net income.

Watch the video for more detail, and contact me with any questions!
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For a deeper dive into and other legal issues vital to the success of your deals and your business, visit me at:
http://www.cenkuslaw.com

Just starting up? Check this out for my advice on startup success: http://www.thestartupshepherd.com.

You can also reach me at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettcenkus

http://www.cenkuslaw.com

_______________________________________________

About me:

My 20+ years of experience in business finance, business law and entrepreneurship have led me to believe that numbers and logic are awesome tools, but understanding human nature and emotions is the first step to business success.

The Cenkus Law Firm provides services related to mergers & acquisitions, general business issues and startups, including founders’ agreements and fundraising. I also consult with entrepreneurs and have invested my own capital as an angel investor.

From 2010-2013 I served as Chief Legal Counsel of a publicly-trade international oilfield services company. From 2001 to 2006 me and a partner founded and built Paragon Residential Mortgage. Paragon was sold to Bridge Investments in 2006.

I hold a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Now, I live in Austin, TX with my wife and two kids. I enjoy reading, running, classic movies, great food and wine and some great American football.

More info on Does Making Charitable Donations Actually Save You Money? | Misconception Monday

#businessadvice #corporatelaw #businesslawyer
http://cenkuslaw.com

This is Misconception Monday, where we tackle common misconceptions in business law, business and society generally. This week, we’re touching on business law.

You’ve probably heard that you can save money on taxes by incorporating in a different state than where you live. That’s broadly incorrect.

You pay tax where you earn the income.

States like Nevada and Delaware like to emphasize that they don’t charge corporate tax. But, you’re going to pay income tax where you earn the income. In fact, by incorporating in a different state, you’ll have to file as a foreign corporation and end up having to pay more filings. So, you’re really creating more work and expenses for yourself in a fruitless pursuit to pay fewer taxes.

Now, large companies with intellectual property or intangibles like patents do stand to benefit from creative structuring; however, small and even medium sized businesses don’t see benefits by seeking to incorporate in Delaware or other, similarly attractive states for tax purposes.

Watch the video for more detail, and contact me with any questions!
_____________________________________________

For a deeper dive into and other legal issues vital to the success of your deals and your business, visit me at:
http://www.cenkuslaw.com

Just starting up? Check this out for my advice on startup success: http://www.thestartupshepherd.com.

You can also reach me at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettcenkus

http://www.cenkuslaw.com

_______________________________________________

About me:

My 20+ years of experience in business finance, business law and entrepreneurship have led me to believe that numbers and logic are awesome tools, but understanding human nature and emotions is the first step to business success.

The Cenkus Law Firm provides services related to mergers & acquisitions, general business issues and startups, including founders’ agreements and fundraising. I also consult with entrepreneurs and have invested my own capital as an angel investor.

From 2010-2013 I served as Chief Legal Counsel of a publicly-trade international oilfield services company. From 2001 to 2006 me and a partner founded and built Paragon Residential Mortgage. Paragon was sold to Bridge Investments in 2006.

I hold a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Now, I live in Austin, TX with my wife and two kids. I enjoy reading, running, classic movies, great food and wine and some great American football.

More info on Incorporating in Delaware WON’T Save You Taxes | Misconception Monday

http://cenkuslaw.com

This is Misconception Monday, where we tackle common misconceptions in business law, business and society generally. This week, it’s about business law.

So, what is an S-Corporation? Well, it’s not – as many would think – a type of entity. An S-Corp is simply an election or a request an LLC or corporation makes to the IRS for S-Corp tax treatment.

Now, that may or may not have distinct tax advantages for you, but it’s important to note that there is legal structure and tax structure and they don’t need to be the same thing. A corporation can choose to be taxed as a corporation or as an S-Corporation while an LLC has a multitude of tax structures to choose from – a corporation, S-Corp, partnership, etc.

Watch the video for more detail, and contact me with any questions!
_____________________________________________

For a deeper dive into and other legal issues vital to the success of your deals and your business, visit me at:
http://www.cenkuslaw.com

Just starting up? Check this out for my advice on startup success: http://www.thestartupshepherd.com.

You can also reach me at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettcenkus

http://www.cenkuslaw.com

_______________________________________________

About me:

My 20+ years of experience in business finance, business law and entrepreneurship have led me to believe that numbers and logic are awesome tools, but understanding human nature and emotions is the first step to business success.

The Cenkus Law Firm provides services related to mergers & acquisitions, general business issues and startups, including founders’ agreements and fundraising. I also consult with entrepreneurs and have invested my own capital as an angel investor.

From 2010-2013 I served as Chief Legal Counsel of a publicly-trade international oilfield services company. From 2001 to 2006 me and a partner founded and built Paragon Residential Mortgage. Paragon was sold to Bridge Investments in 2006.

I hold a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Now, I live in Austin, TX with my wife and two kids. I enjoy reading, running, classic movies, great food and wine and some great American football.

More info on What is an S-Corporation? | Misconception Monday

Austin Beer Garden & Brewing Co.

$1 off pints
$2 off pitchers
$6 Slice and a Pint
$27 Pitcher and a Pizza

Alcomar

3-6: 
1/2 price wine bottles;
$5-9 drink specials;
discounts on select dinner items

Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden

4-6: 
$1 off Texas pints

Barley Swine

5-6:30:
1/2 priced bottles of wine under $100,
$4 Texas draft beers,
$6 draft cocktails, and
1/2 priced large format beer

Black Sheep Lodge*

all night: 
Keep Austin Local!
$3 TX Pints and TX Liquors

Blue Dahlia Bistro

3-6:30: 
snacks and tartines $4-10;
1 off drafts, $2 Lonestar, $3 premium beer, $5 wine by the glass

The Bonneville

4:30-6:30: 
$3 off cocktails and wine;
$2 off beer;
$6 select appetizers / $7 select pizzas

Botticelli’s

all night: 
$2 Lonestar, Miller Lite, Coors Light;
$3 Dos XX, Corona, Negra Modelo, Shiner;
$5 select cocktails, wine, & sangria;
$5-8 Italian dishes

Cenote

3-close: 
$1 off beer & wine (excludes beer already $2)

Clark’s Oyster Bar

3-6:  
50 cents off oysters, 1/2 off burgers, $5 martinis and drafts

Contigo

5-7: 
$1 off bar snacks;
$1 off draft beer;
$1 off wine by the glass;
$2 off signature cocktails
all day: 
$4.50 Frozen Drinks

Craftsman

4pm-7pm:
$7 specialty house cocktails;
$5 draft beers;
$5 Prosecco on tap

Crown & Anchor*

2-7: 
$2.50 domestic pints with $9.25 pitchers;
$3.75 midrange pints with $12.75 pitchers;
$4.50 premium pints with $14.75 pitchers

Dozen Street

5-8: 
$2 Lonestar tallboys, $3 wells, $5 cocktails

Full Circle

$4 community ‘Helles Larger’ Drafts

Draught House Pub

$2 of ipa’s

Drinks Lounge

4-8: 
$1 off wells & drafts

The Driskill

5-7: 
$7 specialty cocktails

Eddie V’s

all night: 
$6 premium cocktails and wine, $2 off other drinks, $1 oysters and other food specials

El Alma

3-6: 
$4 Mexican bottles;
$5 jacked sangria;
$6 classic marg;
$7 chilanga;
discounted apps

El Chile

3-7: 
$5 select drinks & apps

Firehouse Lounge

5-8: 
$6 prohibition style cocktails;
$4 drafts;
$6 wines;
$5 Grandad shot & Lonestar

Garage

5-7: 
$6 cocktails

Gourmands

11-7:
$4 glasses of house wine & margaritas
$1 off all beer (beer over $3.00)
Large appetizers $5.00
all day:
$14 Margarita Pitchers/ $16 Spicy ($4 by the glass)
$5 Mexi-Meal Tecate/Modelo and a shot of well taquila
$8.50 Swarovski

Guero’s Taco Bar

3-6: 
$4 house marg;
$2 off signature margs;
$2 beer;
$1 off chile con queso & Guero’s dip

Handlebar

4-8:
$1 off everything

Haymaker*

all day: 
$2 off signature cocktails;
$2 white trash cans;
$4/5 white trash can & a shot

Hillside Farmacy

3-6:
All snacks & beers are half off, cocktails $2 off
from 6pm: 
half off oysters + $5 bubbles

Hole in the Wall

3-8: 
$2.25 PBR & Pearl tallboys;
$2.75 Shiner & Lonestar drafts & talls;
$4 Fireman’s 4 draft;
$3.25 Jager;
$3.75 Jim Beam;
all night: 
$2.25 Coors talls & wells

House Wine

3-5:
$4 sangria;
$2 off wine cocktails & app plates;
$20 select bottles

Icenhauer’s

4-9:
1/2 off specialty cocktails

Javelina

4-7: 
$3 wells;
$2 off specialty cocktails;
$1 off select drafts;
trivia 8-?:
$2 Lone Star;
$3 Fireball

Jeffrey’s

all night: 
$2 off wine, beer, and cocktails;
1/2 off bar food menu

Josephine House

3-6:
$2 off wine, beer, and cocktails

King Bee

1/2 off glasses of wine from last night’s bottles (while supplies last)

La Condesa

5-7: 
all beer, wine, cocktails & spirits 1/2 off;
discounted menu in the bar

Lavaca Street Bar

3-7: 
$2.50 domestics, $3 wells;
$4 Jameson all night

The Liberty

4-8:
$1.50 PBR, Pearl & Highlife;
$2.59 wells;
$1 off drafts;
$3 16oz Tigers;
discounted items at East Side King trailer out back

Little Barrel & Brown

all night:
$3 draft and bottled beers;
$5 wine and select classic cocktails;
$5 snacks and salads, $8 sandwiches and appetizers, $10 shrimp po’ boy

The Local Pub & Patio*

3-3:15 
$1 drafts;
3-7: 
50 cents off pints & $1 off pitchers;
$12 beer buckets

Lucille

4-7:30: 
$5-8 specialty drinks

The Lost Well

4-9: 
$3 wells & most drafts;
$4 call drinks

Lucky Robot

4-6:30p:
$5 sake punch;
$7 sake;
$2 beer;
$2-6 rolls and appetizers

Lucy’s Fried Chicken (North & South)

all day:
$4 house margs & $1 Lonestar

Mettle

4-7: 
$2 off cocktails;
$1 off wine, wells & drafts;
1/2 off select apps

Odd Duck

2:30-6: 
$5 draft seasonal Moscow Mules;
25% of wine bottles & beer

Olive and June

5-6:30:  
1/2 price beer, liquor and apps, 1/2 price wine

Opa!

3-7: 
$3 sangria & $15 pitchers;
$2.75 mimosas;
$1 off beer & wells;
1/2 off glasses of wine from previously opened bottles & 20% off bottles

Péché

all day:  
$5 cocktails and 1/2 off food items with *

Perla’s

3-6: 
$2 off drinks, 50¢ off oysters

Posse East

2-7: 
$2.50 domestic pints & $9.25 pitchers;
$3.75 import pints & $12.75 pitchers;
$2.25 domestic bottles;
discounted nachos & queso;
all day: 
$3 Texas craft pints

qui

5 til sunset: $5 aperitifs served on the patio

Quickie Pickie*

4-6:
$3 pints;
$2-4 select snacks;
$5 burgers

Russian House

4-7:
$3 Russian Burger
$5 small plates;
cheap infusions and vodka samplers;
$1 off beers;
$4 wine;
$4 wells
all day:
50% OFF Infusions and Appetizers

Salty Sow

4:30-6:30: 
$2 off signature sips, beer & wine;
$5-6 apps;
$4 craft draft;
$5 select wine & cocktails

Scoot Inn

4-8: 
$3 tallboys, domestics & wells

Searsucker

4pm-close:
$4 draft brews,
$5 house wine,
$6 house-made infusions
discounted small bitess

Shady Grove*

all day: 
$6 Horny Toad ritas

Shangri-La

4-9: 
$2.50 wells & domestics

Snack Bar

4-7: 
$2 lone star, $1 off beer and cocktails;
$6 glasses of wine;
$2 off select appetizers

South Congress Cafe

3-6:
20% off wines by the glass;
$3 beer, margaritas, and frozen lemonade;
$5 frozen bellinis and mojitos;
$3-5 other assorted fruity drinks

Stay Gold

3-8: 
$1 off drafts & craft cocktails;
$3 wells;
$2 PBR, Pearl & Mexicali cans

Stinson’s

4-6: 
$1 off beer;
20% off wine;
$3 wells;
$1.50 off apps

Swift’s Attic

2-6:30: 
$4 cocktail of the day;
$5 house wines;
$2 Miller Light & Mickeys;
$6-8 cocktails;
$4-10 apps

Takoba

3-6: 
$1 off drinks & drafts, half off apps (excluding ceviche)

Twenty Two Eleven

5-7: 
$1 off house cocktails, $2 Lone Star and PBR, $3 wells, $4 Deep Eddy, Jack Daniels, Espolón;
all night: $2 Founders IPA

Uchi

5-6:30:  
$3 sake;
$7 wine;
$4-7 small plates

Violet Crown Social Club

5-7: 
50 cents of wells & beer;
$2 Lonestar

Volstead

7-9: 
$2 wells & Lonestar tallboys, $4 drafts, $5 classic cocktails;
all night: $3 pint specials

Weather Up

4-7: 
$7 cocktails;
$2 off plates

Whisler’s

4-7: 
$7 cocktails

The White Horse*

3-8: 
$2 PBR, Pearl, Hamms pints & wells;
$3 Jameson;
$3 Z Tequila;
$4 Fireball

Wine Belly

all night: 
1/2 price select wines

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*not confirmed in person, so please let us know if you hear otherwise!