Apollo 11 Crew: Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 and 3 very brave astronauts set foot on the moon. This amazing feat took years of planning and although there were plenty of na-sayers they did it. They changed the world. As a business person our hope is to strike [...]
Source: Wikipedia In the words of the famous Will Rogers (you do know who he is, right?) “The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” I am not sure when exactly Mr. Rogers said that but considering that it had to be some time before 1935, [...]
I work with many small business owners…. That’s what I do. There are several stages of business ownership but the most fun for me is the start-up and beginning stages. I get a thrill and get excited about the potential of the new thing and so I spend a lot of time figuring out how [...]
This weekend I celebrate my 40th Birthday. It is a major milestone in my life. At the beginning of the month I started to think about how to celebrate all the wonderful things that have happened in my life, who has been major players, learning opportunities and maybe a few failures. I guess the [...]
The month of June is full of exciting dates but a really big one is Father’s Day. I wanted to do something special this year and tell you about my Dad and show how he shaped my life. As the only girl in our family and also the middle child I had a mixed bag [...]
If you have a financial interest in or a signature authority or other authority over any foreign financial account, including a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account you may want to pay close attention to this blog post. There is a deadline approaching. According to the Bank [...]
If you collect sales taxes then you need to know…… The 1% Temporary Transaction Privilege Tax approved by Arizona voters in May 2010 will expire after May 31, 2013. New rate table below: http://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/TPTRates/201306.pdf If you owed money on April 15th you will want to avoid penalties and interest by filing quarterly. 2nd Quarter Estimated [...]
The recently enacted 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act is a sweeping tax package that includes, among many other items, permanent extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for most taxpayers, revised tax rates on ordinary and capital gain income for high-income individuals, modification of the estate tax, permanent relief from the AMT for individual taxpayers, limits [...]
Hi all….. Just a quick note of thanks to you! We finished up tax season on April 15th but are still working on extensions and still are kind of waiting to come up for air. The delays from Congress, which then delayed the release of certain forms, really put a damper on things for us [...]
The dreaded April 15th tax deadline is here, which means the official end of “tax season” has arrived! If you are having us prepare your return and it has not been completed prior to the April 15th deadline, we have already filed an extension for your taxes and we are working on these returns to [...]