I want to chat about President Trump’s “Executive Orders” that he signed August 8, 2020, because Congress could not agree on the next Economic Relief Act. I have Executive Orders in quotes, because there were 4, but only 1 was an Executive Order. 3 were merely memorandums which are not as strong as an Executive […]
The U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security act provided $2 Trillion in aid. Let’s talk about how much money $2 Trillion. If you spent $1 Million per a day from the time Jesus died until now (1 A.D. – 2020 A.D.), you would have spent about $737 Billion. Double that and you still aren’t […]
So you are all filed and feeling pretty good, but you get a phone call. A scary, threatening phone call from the “IRS” that you did something wrong, you owe money, the tax police are coming to get you! HANG UP The IRS, the U.S. Tax Court, and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (“TAS”) have all […]
Have you finished your taxes yet? This time of year my pet peeve is all the advertisements promising you a BIG refund! Like if you get a huge refund you won some kind of tax game. You beat the IRS. Guess what? The bigger the refund the more the IRS beat YOU. Before you get […]
The quick answer is April 15th (April 17th in Maine and Massachusetts). Yep, Monday. You have less than a week to dig through all that odd tax mail that was sent to you, dig up all those charitable receipts, and figure out how to organize it all for a whole new Tax Code. Yes, the […]
My husband and I kind of psycho out this time of year. I would like to say it is on fun things like Christmas decorating or presents or other fun things… NOPE. We are total nerds. We go nuts on end-of-year planning, and, worse, on next-year-budget planning. I am going to spend the next few […]
I am from the South and I am about to speak some fall sacrilege and break some terrible news to some of you. I was doing my continuing education yesterday (I know, right!?! They actually make me keep up with all this stuff every few years!) and I was studying the 2017 Tax Cuts and […]
Everyone else is jumping on this train, so here I go. Man, I hope I don’t regret this. I am going to attempt to stay out of the right/wrong, should they/shouldn’t they argument and go straight to something that kind of annoyed me yesterday… the media totally sensationalized the stock market. Listen guys, I am […]
Do you have a favorite babysitter? A cleaning person that comes frequently? A butler, personal chef, chauffer, gardener (ok, at this point, can I be you!?!) You may have Household Employee Taxes or “Nanny Tax”. A LOT of people miss this one. You start out working one day a week and have a few babysitters […]
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