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Sale of home in 2013 may trigger 3.8% Medicare Surtax

I have written about the coming 3.8% surtax for Medicare coming in 2013 (on investment income of AGI over $200,000 single and $250,000 joint).  I have also written about the sale of a primary residence (Uncle is your partner on the sale, you are alone on a loss). ...

Collection Calls

A while ago a client asked if I could assist her with a problem; her receivables were growing and she did not have the staff nor the inclination to hire staff to deal with the issue.  So I now have my staff making collection calls on behalf of my client. They make...

A little more revenue never hurts.

A colleague of mine has just had me review a lease for her.  She will be renting out some additional space that she was not utilizing.  So she will be bringing in a respectable amount that will now be offsetting other expenses.  She is doing what most of us should be...

Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World

I have been reading Carl Hiaasen’s fictional works for years.  I enjoy the cynicism and the fact that there are no redeeming characteristic in any character; hero, heroine or villain. For some reason I have never read any of his non-fiction works before.  But with his...

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

I had great hopes for this book.  But it is a slow slog through the tome.  There were surprisingly few tidbits that I was able to glean that were new.  Nor can this book really be used to to teach/assist others in truly reading offices or homes. I recommend a...

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