You know, almost every Friday night, I have a bunch of friends and acquaintances over to share a meal. Because it is the holiday of Shabat, the day the Supreme Being rested- and that means so do we.
Continue reading The 15th? Not the 14th?
Now, that corporate taxes have all been filed (whaddaya mean you haven’t filed yet?), a great burden has been lifted. Oh, sure, I still have a slew of personal taxes to compute and file for my clients, but about 2/3 of those needs are related to the corporate taxes we already filed. So, the unknowns have been greatly attenuated.
Continue reading A blessing on your head, mazel tov, mazel tov…
I’ve had a slew of folks argue with me that their business has no office but the one in their home. If their business is unincorporated (and if your net income is $ 25K or higher- shame on you for being unincorporated) or a disregarded LLC, I agree that they have the ability to claim part of their home’s expenses for business purposes, using Form 8829.
Continue reading When a home office is not a home office
Here I am, so smug that I don’t turn on location services on my phone. Thinking, “Ha! You can’t track me.”
Continue reading Surveillance Capitalism
I admit it. I’m aching. Because two days ago, along with a slew of my fellow shul-mates, I walked from 16th & Jonquil Streets to 4th and Pennsylvania Avenue. I had forgotten that more than 7 mile trek was going to be an uphill climb. (Yes, that made the return trip somewhat less troubling.)
Continue reading What did you do last Saturday?
Tomorrow, we will see if there is the continued action after the talk. Talk is too easy. It’s the continued, concerted action that makes the difference.
Continue reading A new day is dawning?
You do realize that we haven’t raised our gas taxes in forever, right? And, most (OK, 30+%) of the Highway Trust Fund comes from the fees truckers pay. If we add in all the fees truckers pay (state and federal), the total approaches the halfway point, for sure.
Continue reading A different kind of tax computation
My mom wore 4 inch f..k me heels until the day she entered the hospital, where she died 75 days later.
Continue reading You really want to be taller?
This is one of those hidden gems. One I missed when I read the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. (Now you know why my monograph on the law hasn’t been published yet. I’m still re-reading the verbiage to see if there are other “gems” (a.k.a. fecal deposits) hidden between the lines.)
Continue reading @#%$ ME!!!!!!!
Today, I will talk about a diminutive woman. Only in stature.
My mother’s mother, my grandmother Bessie, has her yahrzeit today. She died on the 3rd day of Nissan. Here’s where it gets tricky. I own a document that indicates Bessie died in 1969. But, the Social Security Administration indicates she died in 1974.
Continue reading 3rd of Nissan
