Retirement

You have worked long and hard. You also planned and saved and sacrificed to make this happen and now want to enjoy your later years in peace and quiet, with comfort. Did you expect that in retirement taxes can be your largest expense?  Probably not.  All of those...

Tax Preparers

Some data to explain why the IRS would like oversight of unenrolled preparers. Those who are not CPAs, attorneys, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, etc. They prepared 53% of all 2018 Form 1040s. That figure increases to 76% when you count only 1040s with Schedule...

The US is no longer #1 in the world

We alone are no longer number one.  To stay number one, we need to recruit from other countries and our policies are now making this more difficult, if not impossible. We are not growing all that we need internally. In the competition for global talent the U.S. has...

Your planning

Lately there seem to be a number of articles, at least were I am reading; with children having difficulties with family heirlooms or inheritance since their parent passed away and their new spouse is laying claim to all property by rule of law. I lived a bit of this...

Lockdowns

I was just reading that lockdowns may have to be put back on the table for those states that reopened too fast and have epic levels of new coronavirus.  There is even concerns that Illinois’s numbers are going in the wrong direction as well.  Just not as fast, but we...

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