To claim or not to claim
Monday, February 20
Who can believe that it’ll be one year this week since the war in Ukraine began. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like there’s an end in sight — a heavy realization for those caught in the crosshairs of it all… Looking back to last February, I can say it’s been a tough year for businesses as well. ...
YOU’RE…NOT Fired--You're Protected
Monday, February 13
Owing a big debt to the IRS tends to bring a lot of fear, which is normal and even a somewhat healthy response. Fear can lead to action. And taking action means you avoid the hammer the IRS would bring down on you if you chose to do nothing instead (think federal tax lien). When facing the realit...
SURPRISING NEWBIE EXPENSES
Monday, February 13
It’s February and love is in the air. (So are taxes. And Super Bowls. And bad tax software commercials – but I’ll leave those for another day.) Flowers and chocolates showed up on desks and countertops this week with sweet little romantic notes. Restaurants set those sweetheart menus for their in...
SCARY THINGS ALL AROUND
Monday, February 13
First off – congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs. From all accounts, it was a pretty epic game. And, of course, there are those commercials. Many great ones, but one quick note about one of, well, “professional interest” for me. The TurboTax campaign (“Don’t do your taxes”). You might not ha...
Ruining a good thing
Tuesday, February 07
Now that we're into the first "full" week of February, things are truly heating up for us here at the Real Estate Accountants, at least in terms of our communication volume. And no, we aren't replying to our emails using ChatGPT ... but I wouldn't be surprised if that happens at other firms. The ...
The big day is almost here...
Tuesday, February 07
The big day is almost here. No, not tax day. (Which is on April 18th this year — and you should be thinking about that now) I'm obviously talking about the Super Bowl®. And maybe you’re not paying attention because you don’t really care about football, but here’s why you should… The weeks leading...