A Year in Review
I spent the entirety of my career serving and consulting with small business owners: those brave enough to take what they know, apply it and ask someone else to pay them for it. To add value to...
View ArticleAre Taxes Fair? Fair For Whom?
Fair warning: you may be exposed to my opinion here, but this is a blog… I am always frustrated when I hear the media or generally uninformed people discuss income taxes. The media spins a story the...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Meet a CPA
Soon, 2014 will turn to 2015 and it will be tax season again. It’s not nearly as life-altering for non-CPA folk, but you have to get your taxes done. CPAs pretty much hang their “life” up on a hanger...
View ArticleHow Small Business is Like Football
Anyone who knows me, knows I am a HUGE fan of college football. As in, one of the smartest things I ever did was move to the Pacific Time Zone where College Game Day begins at 6 am and you can watch...
View ArticleThe mystery of the auto expense deduction, Part I
Auto expenses….. I am not sure if anyone has ever written this down in plain English. I at least, know that I have had this conversation or portions of this conversation with clients more times than...
View ArticleThe mystery of the auto expense deduction, Part II
So, we learned in Part I about mileage logs and the importance of them for the starting point of a valid auto expense deduction for your business. So, now we’re all keeping impeccable mileage records,...
View ArticleThe mystery of the auto expense deduction, Part III
Parts I and II covered the importance of recordkeeping and the standard mileage deduction. Part III, covers deducting actual expenses and things get a little more complicated. Here are the...
View ArticleNEW Nevada “Commerce Tax” and revised Modified Business Tax
I am updating you with some recent changes to Nevada’s tax structure. The “Margin Tax” was defeated on the ballot last fall, but there will now be a “Commerce Tax” in Nevada as a result of the 2015...
View ArticleWhere Did Charli Go?
I went to the dentist today for a cleaning, one of the many things I do in December so that I don’t have to do them during tax season! I have been going to the same dentist for probably ten years or...
View ArticleAre you an employer reimbursing employees for health insurance?
It seems innocent enough, right? An employer reimburses an employee for what they pay for the health insurance they purchased on their own…as of July 1, 2015 this is actually a BIG problem. The...
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