So, Monday, I started this 4000+ word piece on the changes that affect the tax laws and how filings are to be done this coming tax season. So, you will understand how (and why) to file your business or personal taxes. But, always paying the lowest amount of money required by law. Let’s continue!
Continue reading What Changes Affect My Filing Taxes in 2017 (Part II)
Over the course of this year, I’ve written (check the “Search” box on the right, with the keyword ‘Tax’ or click on the black band above and choose the “Taxes” section to find those articles) about the ridiculous way our (your?) Congress has acted to update our tax laws. By including tax code provisions in a highway bill, a mass transit bill, and a trade package bill- plus within the Bipartisan Budget Act and the PATH (Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes) Acts. (Those last two were, indeed, logical places to regulate taxes.)
Continue reading What Changes Affect My Filing Taxes in 2017 (Part I)
I admit it. I’ve been guilty of this. And, I should know better! But, like that famous Michael Jackson song- I’m looking at the man in the mirror- and I’m changing…
I’ve written before about the value (and pay) of CEO’s of large (and small organizations). And, the value of institutional memory. So, when one is new in a position- and in a new environment, it is difficult to trust your instincts. Because YOU have no basis for such instincts. So, you have to consider a fair number of options, or have folks you can trust that have that institutional memory upon which you can rely.
Continue reading Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe..
Yesterday, we talked about individual income tax filing. Today, we will discuss the forms businesses, trusts, estates, and partnerships must file.
Continue reading T-8 (yes, really!)
I was examining a new book (Precious Objects by Alicia Oltuski) this past weekend. Not because I am interested in the diamond business per sé, but because I know a few who are so engaged and also know it’s a bastion of activity for Orthodox Jewry. What most may not know is that this entire business is built on trust. Not a lot is written down.
Continue reading Whom do YOU trust?
