Tax Talk
The Bench Shutdown: Why Big-Box Bookkeeping Falls Short—and How a Real Accountant Partnership Powers Small Business Success
Vancouver’s Bench Accounting, one of North America’s largest online bookkeeping services, just shut its doors without warning as reported by DH... Read More
Can You Get Paid to Send Your Kids to Summer Activities?
We frequently hear about companies and a select few individuals obtaining tax breaks through unconventional, mythical methods. How about a... Read More
Irish For a Day
On Saint Patrick’s Day, millions of Americans go scrounging through their Ancestry DNA tests in hopes of finding a drop or two of Irish... Read More
Art, Not Science
I start these missives with the premise that nobody should pay more tax than they have to. Then, I launch into a story about someone finding... Read More
“Price Is Right” Taxes
The IRS reminds us that, “the U.S. income tax system is built on the idea of voluntary compliance. This means that taxpayers are responsible... Read More
What Happen$ in Vegas Goes to Washington
Sunday’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas was a spectacle for the ages. MVP Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs affirmed their dominance in... Read More
Open Secrets
Last fall, a former IRS contractor named Charles Littlejohn copped a plea to one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax return information.... Read More
What is BOI? And Am I Required to File It?
Starting on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) takes its first significant step towards implementation. It introduces a... Read More
Suze Orman is Full of It
America has always been a land of opportunity, but most Americans don’t seem very good at managing those opportunities. The average... Read More