New Year ~ New Web Site
I’ve spent most of this first day of the new year developing my website using WordPress. It’s very easy to use, although the learning process is rather slow… and I still have some tweaking to do, and...
View ArticleManaging a Small Business
OK, so you’re a small business owner, and you’ve been negligent about attending to your accounting for the past several years. When you started out, you thought, this accounting stuff, how hard can it...
View ArticleNew Regs for Tax Preparers
Growing up, I remember my mother — who did all the finances for the family — preparing the annual tax return. She’d have forms and receipts and journal books spread out on the table, since we had a...
View ArticleThinking of hiring employees?
Perhaps it’s the season, or a barometer of an improving economy, but I’ve received a few inquiries from clients lately on the topic of hiring employees. There are a lot of steps to take — some might...
View ArticleGifts to Haitian Relief Tax-Deductible Now
The generosity of the American people is really quite amazing. This past weekend, our local Rotary Club, of which I am a member, held a chicken barbecue to raise funds for the earthquake relief effort...
View ArticleSome facts and myths about charitable contributions
I volunteer my time with a local non-profit theater company, serving as an usher for theatrical productions. I was working my shift one night, when I heard, out in the lobby, another volunteer hawking...
View ArticleTaxes and Popular Culture
Recently I had some down time, so I watched a 2006 movie I’d had on my list called “Stranger Than Fiction.” It stars Will Ferrell as an IRS agent named Harold who audits, and falls for Ana, a bakery...
View ArticleTaxes and Ethics
This tax season, I have had no fewer than three people ask me at what point do [fill in the blank: charitable deductions - or - self-employment expenses - or - losses from rental activities] trigger an...
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