The Simple Life

I know I’m a thousand years old, but I don’t think technology has the boom we think it has been. Information is easier to access. Great A more violent society. Bad, but not completely attributable to technology Less interpersonal communication. Bad No down time. Bad...

Private Candy Money

I have to admit I was unaware that upon the death of Forrest Mars Sr. (1999), he and his two sons were ranked No. 29, 30, and 31 by Forbes magazine’s list of richest Americans, and they each had a worth of approximately $4 billion. I never paid much attention to...

Donations against the future

Do you contribute to a Traditional or a Roth IRA? The idea behind the investing in a Traditional IRA is that your tax rates will be less when you are retired.  Most of our clients did not believe us when we explained that this is a fallacy, that they will be roughly...

Selling your home

In Fiscal 2020 we had clients who sold their home and did not prepare for the tax consequences. What was the most surprising was the fact that two or maybe three clients all claimed that they rolled the funds into a bigger home and so the profits should not be...

Smoking – the good and the bad

The proposal, announced earlier this year by the Food and Drug Administration, stems from the agency’s finding in 2013 that menthols are harder to quit than regular cigarettes and likely pose a greater health risk. The agency also found that menthols are likely...

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