To those of you who sent kind e-mails offering to go on extension, to wait, or simply with kind words for me and Cat, thank you. To those of you who are sending e-mails making suggestions for how I can improve my business during this time—less than helpful. Oddly enough I’m getting these from both… Read More
This is me, showing you how to hold onto some of your money (or to mitigate the tax consequences of using it)… Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) Recent legislation has suspended RMDs for 2020. If you haven’t already taken your RMD for 2020, you don’t have to. This includes RMDs from inherited IRAs. You know what… Read More
They’re coming! Payments are supposed to start “within the next three weeks.” As to exactly what that means, your guess is probably not much better than mine. If you filed a 2018 and/or 2019 tax return and got a refund via direct deposit, your payment will be the first to be rolled out and you… Read More
Update: If you are reading this after you got my e-mail I just realized I forgot to update the subject line of the e-mail. Same name. Same website. 🙂 This post is mainly for clients to let them know what I will be working on this week in the office. The window for filing amended… Read More
Well I did not blog yesterday, nor did I make it into the office. I woke up around 7:00 figuring I was going to take a walk and head in. Alas, the universe had other plans. Woke up to a flooded entryway, laundry room, kitchen, garage. Hot water tank had broken and water was pouring… Read More
I’m at work again. Getting a lot done. And legally. The latest update from the NM Department of Health lists “professional services” that “assist in legally mandated activities” (like preparing tax returns) as essential. That’s good. I don’t have to feel like such an unrepentant scofflaw. Why unrepentant? Because church services are still not considered… Read More
Yesterday, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a stay at home order for all non-essential businesses. It appears that Tax Therapy is considered non-essential. Unfortunately, the landlord at my office does not consider my rent payments non-essential and many of my clients don’t consider their tax refunds non-essential either. Of course many of those… Read More
I recently read that 95% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years due to either bad management, under capitalization, or some combination of the two. Tax issues for small business owners have the same roots. Bad record keeping is often a sign of bad management. Mileage is one of the most highly scrutinized… Read More
I mentioned in the last post and the one before that that during tax season we require a non-refundable deposit at the time of your intake appointment. Some of you may be wondering why we do that. The short answer is that one tax season I got burned by several “clients.” They came in during… Read More
Are you ready?! We are. Reminder postcards for returning clients and new clients who onboarded over the summer and fall will be mailed tomorrow. On Monday, Cat will be here to start answering calls and e-mails and getting organizers delivered. The organizer contains our annual engagement letter, a copy of our privacy policy, and an… Read More